The Architecture of Virtual Water is presented at Roca Barcelona Gallery from February to November 2026, continuing the public life of the work originally shown at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2025, at the Corderie dell’Arsenale. Conceived as an interdisciplinary installation, the project brings together architecture, scientific research, music and digital art to explore the hidden presence of water within the built environment, society and daily life.
At Roca Barcelona Gallery, the installation invites visitors to perceive water not only as a visible natural element, but as an embedded system circulating through social, environmental and material networks. Supported by Roca’s commitment to sustainability and the circular management of water, the project translates ecological awareness into an immersive spatial experience.
The pavilion is structured through wooden elements spelling the word AQUA, the Latin word for water, while its walls are made from upcycled industrial filter paper assembled with a honeycomb technique. Produced in Catalonia using solar-powered methods, these hand-crafted surfaces express a commitment to sustainability, experimentation and material reuse.
Inside, digital projections and an acousmatic composition respond to visitors’ movement, revealing invisible water exchanges that connect bodies, daily actions, commodities, architecture and distant geographies. Designed for disassembly and reuse, the installation presents sustainability as something that can be experienced sensorially within architectural space.
