What makes a building look Spanish? Is it the arches, balconies, colours and materials? Or something deeper in its proportions and structure? And once you know what to look for, could you actually recognise different architectural influences just by walking down a Shanghai street? Join David Moreno, an award-winning Spanish architect, for a Walk & Talk through the beautiful Wukang Road area, where some of Shanghai’s most fascinating historic buildings will become our classroom. David will point out details most of us walk past without noticing, explain what makes these buildings structurally and stylistically distinctive, and show you how to start reading architecture with a more informed eye.

But this won’t be an architecture lecture with everyone standing around taking notes. David is not only a brilliant architect... he’s infectiously passionate about architecture, and we’ll walk, look, ask questions and discuss what we discover together. Why did these styles appear in Shanghai? How can two buildings that initially look similar actually belong to very different traditions? What survives when a European architectural style is transplanted halfway around the world? Absolutely no knowledge of architecture is necessary; in fact, this is designed to help complete beginners start noticing things they never noticed before. Come spend a beautiful day exploring one of Shanghai’s most atmospheric neighbourhoods, meeting new people and discovering that once you learn how to look at a city, the same streets may never look quite the same again.

是什么让一栋建筑看起来有“西班牙味”？是拱门、阳台、颜色和材质？还是它比例和结构里更深层的东西？而一旦你知道该看什么，你能不能只靠走在上海街头，就认出不同的建筑风格影响？加入David Moreno——获奖西班牙建筑师——来一场“边走边聊”，穿梭在美丽的武康路一带，把上海一些最迷人的历史建筑变成我们的课堂。

David会指出那些我们大多数人路过却从没注意过的细节，解释这些建筑在结构和风格上为什么与众不同，并教你怎么开始用更有底气的眼光去“读”建筑。

但这不是一场大家站着记笔记的建筑讲座。David不仅是一位出色的建筑师……他对建筑的热情还特别有感染力。我们会一起走、一起看、一起提问、一起讨论我们的发现。为什么这些风格会出现在上海？两栋乍看相似的建筑，怎么会其实属于完全不同的传统？当一种欧洲建筑风格被移植到地球另一端时，什么被保留了下来？完全不需要任何建筑知识；事实上，这场活动就是设计来帮完全的新手开始注意到以前从没注意到的东西。来花一个美好的下午，探索上海最有氛围的街区之一，认识新朋友，并发现一旦你学会怎么“看”一座城市，同样的街道可能再也不会看起来完全一样了。