BCN Re.Set – Identity Pavilion | Urbanus

Every year Catalonia citizens memorize the BCN re.set events of 11^th 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 300^th anniversary of the event and Fundació Enric Miralles curated 7 public installations all around the city as part of Tricentenari BCN program.

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.