September 2013, Meeting at the Building Exhibition, Copenhagen
This exhibition on 111 Building was based on the one presented at the Barcelona College of Architects, expanding it to include post-occupation studies, such as interviews with the building’s residents and films produced more recently. Moreover, since the space for the exhibition was three times larger than the one in Barcelona, we decided to take to Copenhagen a vast quantity of original drawings and models produced over the six years of the project.
Community space. The exhibition begins by representing the building’s communal plaza with large photographs arranged in a semi-circle. In the centre were placed some red tables where visitors could drink coffee while viewing videos of interviews with the residents after they had lived there for several months.
The process on the tables. Next, 100 linear meters of large-format, hand-drawn original documents were laid out over long wooden tables. The intention was to make clear the amount of time employed in developing this project, and the ups and downs in the design process.
The concrete façade. The construction of the reinforced concrete façade was explained using a full-scale polystyrene formwork, an exact reproduction of those used on the site.
Domestic space. Finally, visitors could experience a housing unit, built around one of the home appliance modules built to full scale. In the lounge of this model apartment, visitors could sit and watch the short film Meeting at the Building, which portrays a summer day at 111 Building and gave the exhibition its title.
Workshop Barcelona / Copenhagen. A project workshop with students from Department 2 of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, held in Barcelona and Copenhagen in January 2013, which dealt with the issue of community spaces in collective housing in these two cities. It was presented through drawings, models and films.
4 Films. Complementing the information on 111 Building, four films were shown on the bounding walls of the exhibition. As visitors walked among the tables they could pause, sit down and watch them.
Curated: Flores & Prats with Peder Duelund from the Royal Danish Academy.
Sponsors: Institut Ramon Llull, Spanish Embassy in Copenhagen and the Royal Academy School of Architecture.
Collaborators: Micol Bergamo, Oriol Valls, Tomás Kenny, Deborah Fleho, Laura Lim, Claire Lemariè, Mariola Borrell and Marina Baró.
Wood work and mounting: Fabián Asunción and Soledad Revuelto (A&R Maquetas).