After studio on Monday I decided to rent a bike for the remainder of the summer. I now have a bright yellow bike with a cute basket on front. Tuesday, I rode to Banana Park, a cute little park with soccer field, playground, rock climbing and a large rubber banana protruding from the ground. I thought it was pretty clever that Hannah was at Banana Park with a banana colored bike.... That's just my sense of humor I suppose. Leaving the park, it was time for some ramen then riding around the city with some classmates. It started pouring rain and by the end of the day my pants were soaked all the way through and my rain jacket provided no relief anymore. Definitely fun though.
Today was not as exciting, but still raining. Visited Gehl Architects this morning during class. They're a firm based out of CPH and have firms in NYC and San Francisco. They focus on making cities for people, projects pertaining to the urban development of cities and how the people use them. A well known project would be the redesign on Times Square in 2005 - removing vehicle traffic and adding space for pedestrians. Such an inspiring firm and what seemed like a great work environment. The founder, Jan Gehl, was a professor at the architecture school in Copenhagen and has wrote several successful books/reports. He's very well known within the urban design realm and in Denmark as a whole. We were lucky enough to see him, in passing, in a glass phone booth - pretty sure he probably felt like an animal in a zoo the way we were all looking at him. Pretty great experience to see an operating firm in CPH. A quiet and rainy week - hopefully the rain will pass...
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