Listen

As I mentioned previously, Tuesdays are our days off, but because we had a pin-up today (I'll get back to that point later), I decided to spend the day doing laundry in the bathtub, preparing a PowerPoint presentation for our trip to Madrid (we're leaving tomorrow!), and working on studio work.

In the evening, a group of us attended a strings concert at the Philharmonie. The interior of Hans Scharoun's concert hall is beautiful. I couldn't stop looking up. When we were checking in our coats, I asked the woman if photography was allowed and she said no, so I checked in my camera bag. We entered the Kammermusiksaal (Chamber Music Hall), one of two music halls at the Philharmonie, and headed to our seats. Luckily a lot of seats were empty so an usher told us we could move forward. From the moment I stepped in, I wished I had my camera. The space was intimate, the details were very captivating (especially the ceiling), and the center lights and sound system were hung beautifully. As I looked around, I realized that other people were taking pictures (with flash, nonetheless!) but I had checked mine.

When the music started, it was as if I had been placed in the middle of a movie. I kept imaging scenes that the music would be perfect for. There's something incredibly beautiful about watching a person produce music from their hands (or mouth for the clarinet and oboe players). During intermission, I headed straight for the coat check and got my camera and photographed all that I could.

We got out around 10pm, and a group of us went back to studio to work on drawings and models. I ended up staying in studio until 3am, taking a bus (the U-Bahn line we normally take wasn't running), then taking a taxi back to the apartments and pulling an all-nighter. In the morning, I learned that my professor was sick so we didn't have a pin-up today. All that stress for nothing... welcome to architecture!

We're off to Madrid in the morning until Sunday night, so look for an update next week! Mach's gut!