Bategant

Bategant (beating),

tindrem la mida de totes les coses (we will have the measure of all things)

només en dir-nos que ens seguim amant (if we only tell ourselves that we still love each other).

The sky of the courtyard of Sant Jaume and Sant Maties is beating. The space is filled with an intense red that wanders around the courtyard, coming closer and then moving away from the viewer to the sound of majestic catenaries. Desire awakes in the heights and the dreams. It rushes through the arches of the courtyard out of control because of a passion without limits. It gets lost travelling through the curves and eventually surrenders, defeated at the feet of the most earthly pleasures.

THE AUTHORS

Gisela Rovira and Aleix Salazar are friends and students of the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and participate together in competitions of ideas and ephemeral spaces.

Gisela is also a student of the Barcelona School of Agriculture (ESAB). In addition to that, she studied for a year at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design in Norway. Simultaneously, she has also collaborated with different studios like Batlle i Roig Arquitectes, RGN Arquitectes and the Urban Ecology Department of Barcelona City Council.

Aleix studied for a year in the Scuola di Architettura Urbanistica Ingegneria delle Costruzioni del Politecnico di Milano in Italy. He also participated in the international workshop that RCR Arquitectes organised in Olot. During his studies he has collaborated with different offices such as Cantallops Vicente, Pineda Arquitectes and Pàmpols Arquitecte.