We technically were not supposed to have class today, it was scheduled as a museum day, but our tour guide the other day changed that. He offered us an opportunity we could not refuse. He opened up the citys building that contains a model of the entire city. The thing filled an entire room and was easily< 30 by 40 feet. The awesome thing about it was that all the building, about half, that were in wood were built in the last 15 years. It was what the man called a working model as they add to it everytime they put in another building.
After the tour we were released to go off an explore a museum for the day. We decided to go to the Bauhaus Archives, as we are students of architecture. It was pretty small, but I was really interested in the innovative design thoughts these people had way back in the 30s. I also found it funny, that their design style, which they hoped would be for the masses, is now found, quite frequently in you everydaz hospital waiting room. Yup, they were all about efficiency. I also liked the many photos of great danes that one of the students bred and sold to fund the school. After we skecthed for a while we walked to the museum island where we never actually went into a museum, though we did sit out on the lawn and sketch the Berlin Dome and the people that surround the other buildings.
We walked to dinner and ate pretty good Thai food, especially for the price. Tomorrow we will go to the zoo and spend the day finishing up projects for Astrid before we head to Düsseldorf on Tuesday.
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