Well. It seems I get more and more tired with each passing day. Today was probably our longest journey through the tube and we ended up on the eastern side of town in a place called Abbey Wood. We took a cab from Harry's Cab to Crossness Engines Trust to view the engines and the pumps that they previously used for pumping sewage away from the city. We got a tour of the facility and got to see how everything worked or used to work and the new renovations they were implementing. Now the reason we were there was Crossness Engines Trust was just starting to market the place as a tourist attraction. It was still in need of some work but they would like to draw tourism to the area. So we did a sort of workshop talk about how you could possibly market Crossness to reach a more diverse demographic. The architecture and engineering was quite interesting to me but not so much my classmates. It was also slightly difficult to bear the smell of outside when entering and exiting the building. The building to me has a lot of potential and i would love to see the place while its running and refurbished.
Day 5 - V&A and Transport Museum
I always been a fan of going to museums. The Victoria and Albert Museum blew my mind. I could spend days looking at all the stuff they had in there. We unfortunately only had about 2 hours but there was so much to see. Our focus for the visit was the graphic posters over war and social propaganda but I most enjoyed the sculpture and theatre galleries. They had a section just for theatre set and costume design which was awesome and their sculpture section was quite vast. I didn't have time to view all of it but I did get to see one my favorite sculptor's works, Bernini's Poseidon and Triton.
After the V&A we headed towards the Transport Museum of London. It was interesting to see the history of the public transport systems in the city of London since the 1800's. The first bus, train, and subway were there and the entire museum was very interactive. You could go inside and look at most of the transport vehicles and they had a lot of video reenactments to watch and experience. Their gift shop was relatively expansive and they had a nice little cafe above for after. The design of the museum was very modern and contemporary which made it easy to enjoy.
Later that night we went to a pub called Half Moon and watch the Argentina vs Netherlands World Cup game. It was like a mad house in there, everybody screaming and cheering. It was loads of fun to experience that kind of excitement first hand.
Day 6 - RSA and Jean Paul Gautier
I don't really have much to say about day 6 other than it was quite a long day of standing and walking and standing and listening and standing and walking....
The Royal Society of Arts was an interesting building to tour. Its architecture was authentic and dated but they also had a lot of renovations, a good combinations of classic and contemporary. We walked through many of the rooms and viewed a lot of archived material. We also went to a small exhibition of Jean Paul Gautier, a famous french fashion designer. Interesting work to say the least.
Day 4 - Abbey Wood + Crossness Engines Trust
Day 5 - V&A + Transport Museum
RSA + Jean Paul Gautier
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