C.A.R.A. asbl
Centre d'Assistance
à la Recherche et à la
Formation en Architecture

Informations pratiques :

• Du 25-07 au 28-10-2012.
• Au CaixaForum, Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8, 08038 Barcelona.
• Tel. +34 93 476 86 00. – Fax +34 93 476 86 35.
• Ouvert du dimanche au vendredi de 10 h à 20 h.  
• Ouvert le samedi de 10 h à 21 h.
• Le mercredi (durant les mois de juillet et août) : de 10 h à 23 h.
• Entrée libre.
• Plus d’informations

Extrait :

Humans have always needed to design and build structures in order to understand the chaos that is life. Maps break down reality into fragments, enabling it to be presented in the shape of tables. In this way, we translate and codify, not only physical space, but also knowledge, feelings, desires and life experiences.

Representing the Earth on a plane, projecting a three-dimensional object in two dimensions, was an astounding transformation. This process enables us to grasp the idea of space, which has shaped European thinking. As the geographer Franco Farinelli notes, since the beginning of European knowledge there has been no other way of knowing things except through their image. It is diffcult for us to go beyond their appearance, their representation.