Berlin is "a city full of architecture, history and culture" in which they have been able to explore "the historical and urban development through the core topic periods of the history of architecture," explains Victor Larripa.

The students toured the buildings inherited from the 19th century with visits to the New Guard Corps Pavilion, the Altes Museum and Charlottenhof Palace in Potsdam, with a special focus on the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The program of the trip highlighted the modern architecture of the 20th century with a pathway that took in the most significant stops in Berlin and its surroundings: the Einstein Tower in Potsdam, the Bauhaus and the houses of the masters in Dessau, by Gropius, the Berlin Olympic Stadium, representative of the 1930s, the Unité d'Habitation by Le Corbusier and the Neue Nationalgalerie by Mies van der Rohe, as icons of the 1960s. The tour also included examples close to the end of the twentieth century, such as the postmodern projects linked to the IBA '87 with works by Rossi, or even proposals that anticipate the deconstructivism of the nineties, such as Eisenman' s work at Checkpoint Charlie.

"There wasn't one of us who didn't admit to being impressed by the Bauhaus building and the Master's Houses, which for many became their favorites of the trip. And it's no coincidence, as they represent the root of much of what we have learned throughout the degree program, so seeing them up close had a special weight," confesses Calista Vizcay, course delegate.

The students also reviewed current architectural trends and the various design responses to challenges with visits to the Holocaust Victims Memorial, designed by Eisenman, the Jewish Museum by Daniel Libeskind, the Dutch Embassy by Rem Koolhaas and David Chipperfield's interventions around the Neues Museum.

"Unlike cities like Paris or Rome, Berlin has a particular history that conditions its architecture and gives it its own language, more recent, representative and even confusing," adds Calista.