ARCH 574 - LA 537 BARCELONA TRAVELING STUDIO Prof. Sara Bartumeus
ITINERARY _ Sep. 18 | Sep. 27, 2026
Friday, September 18 > Travel Day
Peoria Charter to O’Hare
North side of Armory Building: 505 E Armory Ave, Champaign
Flight to Barcelona
Saturday, September 19> Landing & Settle Down Day
9:35am Arrival to BCN
Studio Hostel (lodgment)
Address: Duquessa d´Orleans, 56 B, Sarrià, 08034 Barcelona
Phone: +34 932 05 09 61
No activities planned/organized
Students will be provided with a handout with a list of buildings and sites of interest in Barcelona.
Sunday, September 20 > Introduction to Barcelona [I] Visit Ciutat Vella (gotic-ribera-raval)
9:00am Meet at Café Zurich (above Plaça Catalunya FGC Station)
[long] walk through El Raval: Ramblas, CCCB, MACBA, Antic Hospital de la Sta. Creu, Escola Massana and Social Housing, by Carme Pinós at Plaça Sant Josep, Mercat Boqueria.
[long] walk through Gotic -Ribera- Born: Plaça Reial, Ferran, Plaça St. Jaume, Pi, Plaça Nova, Cathedral, Mercat de Santa Caterina, Carrer Montcada Plaça del Rei, Princesa, Fossar de les Moreres,
12:00am Visit Santa Maria del Mar 12:15pm Lunch break
1:15pm Meet at central space Centre Cultural del Born
Introduction to Barcelona [II] Visit Poblenou
2:00pm [long] walk through Ciutadella, by Fort Pienc Block and Plaza, Arc de Triomf, Passeig Sant Joan transformation
4:00pm take L1 to Glorias station
[long] walk through Els Encants (9-20h), Parc Glories, Design Hub, Can Framis and UPF University
7:30pm End of day’s activities
Monday, September 21 > Intensive Workshop
Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona _ ETSAB
Location: Avinguda Diagonal, 649, 08028 Barcelona
+34934016333
9:00am Classroom: A-44, fourth floor
Institutional Welcome
[Enric Batlle | Director MBLandArch UPC-TECH; Eulàlia Gómez | Director International relations ETSAB; Albert Gassull | Director of Public Space services. AMB]
Introductory Talks & Introductions
1:30pm Lunch Break
2:00pm Site visit by bus to the project’s site
6:00pm End of day’s activities
Tuesday, September 22 >
Intensive Workshop_ ETSAB _ Classroom: A-44, fourth floor
9:00am to 6:00pm (1 hour lunch break)
Studio work (see syllabus and schedule on a separate document)
Wednesday, September 23 >
Intensive Workshop_ ETSAB _ Classroom: A-Bbeta, fourth floor
9:00am to 6:00pm
Studio work (see syllabus and schedule on a separate document)
Thursday, September 24 >
Barcelona [III] Visit Nova Esquerra de l’Eixample
10:00am Meet at FGC Provença Station
Walk by Provença _ Urgell (Library + civic facility) and School, Fabrica Lemann. Germanetes, Green plazas Consell de Cent (green axis), Sant Antoni, Superblock
Introduction to Barcelona [IV] Visit Montjuic
1:00pm Lunch break at Salts Montjuic Bar
Fundació Miró
Barcelona Pavilion
5:00 pm Free time and dinner break
end of day’s activities
Friday, September 25 >
Intensive Workshop _ ETSAB_Classroom: A-Bbeta, fourth floor
9:00am to 4:00pm
Studio work (see syllabus and schedule on a separate document)
4:00pm to 8:00pm
Workshop Final Review & Farewell
Saturday, September 26>
No day activities planned/organized
Students will be provided with a handout with a list of buildings and sites of interest in Barcelona.
Sunday, September 27 >
Travel Day
Flight back to Chicago
Peoria Charter to Champaign
