The exhibition, for eleven outstanding projects from the RCR arquitects studio, takes an intense journey through them with 160 drawings with graphite, gouache and watercolours, some of them in large format, which are not the previous step for their construction (as could be understood with the presentation of plans) and if a journey through the world of ideas that have gestated them.
«If we analyze them carefully we will perceive that they are characterized by their naturalness, their experimental nature and their immediacy. Through each of them, we see how the group analyzes the landscape where architecture should be located, the relationship between the different elements that compose it or the characteristics of each of the spaces.»
Soulages Museum, Rodez, France. V-182 | E103-1. Ink wash and pencil on Canson paper. Imagine 200 gr/m2. 29,70 x 42,00 cm. Series 4 (15/25) April 2014. Image courtesy of RCR.
VETA by Fer Francés, Madrid. VII-272 | E18. Ink wash and pencil on Aquari paper. Handmade 350 gr/m2. 55,0 x 75,5 cm. Series 3 (10/11), March 2022. Image courtesy of RCR.
The exhibition dedicates a special section to the transformation project of the VETA Gallery, whose works are scheduled for next year with a new building that will have more than 4,000 square meters, designed by the architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta, winners of the Pritzker Prize 2017. The start of the intervention is scheduled for 2023.
RCR Arquitectes was founded in 1988 by Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta. Since its inception, it has been an interdisciplinary studio that, with architecture as its starting point, integrates disciplines such as art, design, landscape or thought. The originality of their architecture, deeply respectful of the surrounding landscape, earned them the distinction of the Prizker Prize in 2017, the most prestigious in this discipline.
