Reimagining a city -- The Guggenheim Museum and the city of Bilbao.

Each of these lessons are based on a topic such as the METAVERSE, NFTS or more general like the Ted talk on BLUE ZONES or tips for better PRESENTATIONS. 

This lesson is a reading and listening exercise looking at the way in which art and was an integral part in the transformation of the city of Bilbao in the north of Spain. 

Objective – Reading an article from BBC Arts, discussing the imagining of a city and introducing phrasal verbs and new vocabulary. 

Class duration – One-hour sessions \ Number of students – 1 – 3 maximum

The majority of corrections are given in real time during the online class with notes taken and written in the CHAT option in Microsoft teams, google MEET or skype.

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The definition of the word REIMAGINE is to remake or review something from a fresh perspective. The Basque region of Spain took this brave approach when they began to transform the industrial city of Bilbao in the 1990s. In a period of economic uncertainty and violence a CLUSTER of architects and artists were invited to the city, and thus began Bilbao on a new CAMINO \ path\. 

BBC Arts - BBC Arts - The Bilbao effect: How 20 years of Gehry's Guggenheim transformed the

 city

VOCAB - a scare, gritty, A city scarred – by terrorism, kick start,

PRONUNCIATION - Hub – [hʌb] -the central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and

from which the spokes radiate.

A riot of twisted metal, more like sculpture than architecture.

Phrasal verb – knock-on – a secondary effect, travel on – continue, win over – convince someone of

 idea, 

Listening ---- The Bilbao Effect -- 

Frank Gehry and the Bilbao Effect - YouTube

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This is a listening looking in more detail at the work of Franck Gehry and his many projects. 

The playful architecture of Frank Gehry - YouTube

The video will be paused after three minutes and answer the questions below about the dialogue and the earlier part of Gehry's life. 

0 - 3 mins -- 

1. What does the interviewer mean when he says that Gehry at 91 is not resting on 'his substantial laurels ? 

2. When dis Disney Hall open to the public? 

3. What does Gehry mean when he says ' I see what I would do differently' ? 

4.  What is ' second guessing ' and what other expression does the interviewer use to describe this? 

5. How does the architect describe his impression of L.A when hew arrived as a seventeen year old? 

6. What expression is used to say that attention has been directed somewhere? 

attention collocations | Sentence collocations by Cambridge Dictionary