The students of the University Master's Degree in Design of Spaces (MUDE) present 'Return to the origin' at Llum BCN 2024, one of the European festivals of reference in the field of the light arts, which will take place from 2 to 4 February.
Luciana Almanza, Elke Kovacevic, Carolina Silva, Esteban Ugalde and Grecia Lilia Villegas have devised this light intervention that can be seen in the Passage RBA (Av. Diagonal, 189) and has been tutored by Tània Costa, Sara Coscarelli, Giacomo Damato and Raúl Oliva.
Conceived as a critique of architecture at the service of corporate power, 'Return to the origin' is an architectural typology that identifies with monumentality and totemic aspiration - landmarks on the urban map - and seeks to differentiate itself from the usual urban scale of Barcelona.
The central element is the formal reinterpretation of the monumental arch with an intentional change of scale, more human and anthropocentric, in which new interactions and experiences are created in a route that traverses different, increasingly smaller scales of successive modules.
The route also plays with emotions, with lighting effects and exploring the textures of a permeable textile enclosure that is transformed by light and chromatic masonry, showing the structure as an essential element of architectural language and exposing the internal order that is usually hidden. Thus, 'Return to the origin' also reveals itself as a reinterpretation of the octagonal module, the architectural structure and the intersection of spaces.
This project has been possible thanks to SONOBLUE, KRILON, and sound designer Àlex Flores.
Return to the origin
→ Passage RBA (Av. Diagonal, 189)
→ From 2 to 4 February
→ Friday 2 and Saturday 3 February, from 6.30 pm to 11.30 pm. Sunday 4 February, from 6.30 pm to 11.30 pm
→ Free access
