Memorable Study trip to Barcelona; The Patterns

patterns in architecture

This study trip to Barcelona, Spain was all about patterns recognition.

On a chilled Saturday afternoon, while making melody on the piano with my humming bird friends that hang around my “music room”, my elder brother walks in determined to say something. Obviously, he had been listening to me play from the main house and he says, do you know some of the best  hit songs have the same 4 chords played repetitively throughout the song. All they do is vary the rhythm, the pattern, the tempo but it’s the same old 4 chords. ”

Study trip to Barcelon
Study trip to Barcelon

Study trip to Barcelona: The patterns recognition

And just like that I had that Aha moment this week while designing my studio project. It’s all about the pattern. The pattern makes the melody so beautiful you can’t help but sing along or in this case in architecture, to STARE at.

Take me back to Barcelona, Spain.  My, oh my, I just kept taking photos of the patterns on the buildings.

Let’s have a look,

Ground Patterns

Study trip to Barcelona, Pavements
Study trip to Barcelona, Pavements

The floral pattern

Study trip to Barcelona, Zigzag
Study trip to Barcelona, Zigzag

Canopy Patterns

Study trip to Barcelona, The canopy
Study trip to Barcelona, The canopy

The 3D Zigzag  Line

Study trip to Barcelona, Basket Weave
Study trip to Barcelona, Basket Weave

Building Patterns

The Basket weave

Study trip to Barcelona, Patterns 1
Study trip to Barcelona, Patterns 1
Study trip to Barcelona, Brick Game
Study trip to Barcelona, Brick Game

Do you remember the brick game we use to play on the 90s Nintendo game boy?

Study trip to Barcelona, Brick games
Study trip to Barcelona, Brick games

The Brick Game

Study trip to Barcelona, Brick Game facade
Study trip to Barcelona, Brick Game facade

 The grid pattern + The brick game

Study trip to Barcelona, Mesh
Study trip to Barcelona, Mesh
Study trip to Barcelona, Basket Weave
Study trip to Barcelona, Basket Weave
Study trip to Barcelona, Facade
Study trip to Barcelona, Facade
Study trip to Barcelona,
Study trip to Barcelona,

The Horizontal line

Study trip to Barcelona, Camp Nou
Study trip to Barcelona, Camp Nou
Study trip to Barcelona, Horizontal lines
Study trip to Barcelona, Horizontal lines

The Brick Pattern

Study trip to Barcelona, Brick
Study trip to Barcelona, Brick
Study trip to Barcelona, The Author, Naomi
Study trip to Barcelona, The Author, Naomi

Thank you for stopping by. Till we meet again.

Location: The Streets of Barcelona

Photography: Naomi Wangari

Sketches : Naomi Wangari

Love,

Swanky_tecture.

Original Feature:

https://swankytecture.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/patterns-that-make-the-best-melodies/

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