The architect Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT) with Fundació Enric Miralles and the stage director Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) have organized a significant intervention in the city of Barcelona this year.
In the context of the commemoration events organized by the Town Hall of Barcelona and Toni Soler encompassed in the Tricentenari BCN programme, some of Barcelona’s most symbolic public spaces will change thanks to a set of artistic and architectural installations that propose a reflection upon such concepts as identity, freedom and democracy.
The first installation opened in May in Ciutadella Park. Inspired in the old city wall and its subsequent destruction, this creation by Benedetta Tagliabue and Àlex Ollé symbolises the recovery of the city by its citizens. The idea of reconstruction and destruction of the rampart and of the walls of the world make way for the creation of six ephemeral installations designed by six international architects, in conjunction with Barcelona’s leading schools of architecture and design. They are located in Plaça dels Àngels, Plaça de Salvador SeguÃ, Plaça de la Mercè, Plaça Nova, Plaça del Mar and Arc de Triomf.
