Every year Catalonia citizens memorize the BCN re.set events of 11th 1714 – when the War of the Spanish Succession that has come to symbolize what Voltaire called “the Barcelonans’ extreme love of freedom.” – This year it’s the 300th anniversary of the event and Fundació Enric Miralles curated 7 public installations all around the city as part of Tricentenari BCN program.
Photography by © Runze Hu
One of these installations designed by the Chinese-based studio Urbanus, with a theme of ‘identity,’ divided plaça nova into two parts to host different activities showing the Catalonian identity. The bamboo grid installation reinterprets ancient roman and Catalan vaults.
Photography by © Runze Hu
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