DE CEL A TERRA

Curiosity is a force in constant tension with reality. It nourishes the imagination, encourages the being to fly, to redraw the limits of the world, contemplate new paradigms and know. It is the process of self-discovery, a learning process revealed over time, the engine of knowledge. It is the gaze that positions us, the force that incites us to dream.

This intervention aims to encourage the curious among us to enter a sea of information which can be interpreted in many ways. A changing environment where reality hides and light is transformed.

Light, as a base material, creates different perceptions depending on the surfaces with which it interacts, defining the space and meaning of the environment.

A series of layers made up of thin aluminium-coated films with a mirror finish transform the cloister and commandeer the space, filtering the gaze of spectators. Filters which, when in contact with the solid light of the courtyard, capture the material in it, reflecting it, illuminating it and concealing it. A seemingly opaque material that under diffused light reveals its transparent properties.

From heaven to earth, from light to mind. Curiosity starts an introspective journey that, through dreams and the use of reason, creates the basis of every reality.

THE AUTHORS

The “DE CEL A TERRA” team is made up of architects Álvaro Alcázar del Águila, Miquel Figueras Segalà and Lucia Huerta de Fernando. They are young professionals who work at ETSAV, the Vallès School of Architecture. Different perspectives from different places that meet and combine in a common language so as to explore ephemeral interventions as an artistic and temporary concept.

Álvaro, from Barcelona, studied architecture at ETSAV and the University of Strathclyde in Scotland. From a perspective of sensitivity and reflection, he works on the essence and identity of a sensitive atmosphere and experiential phenomenology. He has carried out his own projects and also collaborated with MAIO and dataAE.

Miquel, from Tarragona, studied architecture at ETSAV and the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice. He is interested in projects based on sustainability, construction technology and memory. He has carried out his own projects and also collaborated with Toni Gironès and dataAE.

Lucia, from Madrid, studied architecture at ETSAM, UCEN in Chile and TUB in Berlin and has a degree from ETSAV. She values architecture that uses material intelligently, takes into account the qualities of a space and adapts to the location. She has carried out her own projects and also collaborated with Harquitectes and GINA Barcelona Architects.