This exhibition is a retrospective look at 20 years|20 projects, selected to explain the approach and the working methods of the b720 team. These projects cover multiple scales. The material remains of the studio’s output over the last 20 years are now assembled in the centre of this installation, an evocation of a stall in Barcelona’s Encants market, the centrepiece of the exhibition’s discourse.
Fragments of each project have been placed on folding panels arranged around this "market". This format inherits the materiality of the Encants Barcelona project, with the striking reflective effect of its gold background, a feature of the Mercat’s iconic canopy. The installation blends with the gallery’s day-to-day activity, inviting visitors to take a look at the work of b720. Visitors to this exhibition are able to reread the story of the b720 studio and relive a part of history, spanning the years from post-Olympic Barcelona to pre-crisis Spain, passing through the Brazilian boom and the recent evolution of world architecture.
Fragments of each project have been placed on folding panels arranged around this "market". This format inherits the materiality of the Encants Barcelona project, with the striking reflective effect of its gold background, a feature of the Mercat’s iconic canopy. The installation blends with the gallery’s day-to-day activity, inviting visitors to take a look at the work of b720. Visitors to this exhibition are able to reread the story of the b720 studio and relive a part of history, spanning the years from post-Olympic Barcelona to pre-crisis Spain, passing through the Brazilian boom and the recent evolution of world architecture.