Read lines 1-15.

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How could one building change the entire city?

What process did the city have to go through in order for that to happen?

a. _______________________

b. _______________________

c. ________________________

d. _______________________

Before the arrival of the Guggenheim Museum.

“Bilbao was an industrial city which was entirely based on industries such as iron, steel, and shipbuilding. Unlike an Israeli city, which has a separated industrial zone, the entire city of Bilbao looked like an industrial city all over, with poor and grim-looking residential areas.

During the 1980s, the city’s industries were in decline and unemployment hit 25%. This caused the city to look even more neglected and poor and caused many industrial buildings located along the river to be abandoned.

This whole grim-looking site was located only 2 km around the river from the site designated for Bilbao’s most famous landmark, the Guggenheim Museum.”

Discuss the problems that such a situation could create for Frank Gehry and his professional team in building the Guggenheim Museum and in turning Bilbao into a tourist city.

Use the word bank below to help you: available space, access, distance, traffic, noise, unattractive, vicinity,
development, investment, occupational change, residents’ objection,

How can such problems be prevented to begin with?

Get Creative!!

Let’s build our own ideal city from scratch…

Would you like your city to be a tourist city, or a regular city?

Reach a decision and then start planning it.

Your END RESULT will be a MAP OF YOUR IDEAL CITY.

Which medical, educational and cultural institutions, and which shopping centers and services, transportation and related services does a city need?

You may think about your own city to help you out.

Make a map of your city with each of these areas:

The Residential Area

Medical institutions/clinics

Educational/cultural institutions

The Industrial Zone

Use the worksheets for help.

CHECK YOUR VOCABULARY – PLAY THE GAME

QUIZLET BILBAO EFFECT