We live with architecture every day. We enter and exit buildings, we work in them, we live in them, or we simply leave them behind as we go from one place to another, but we rarely stop to look at what their facades tell us, how they are built, or what is hidden inside. Architecture is part of the everyday landscape to the point that it often becomes invisible. One more year, the 48h Open House Barcelona proposes to do just the opposite exercise: stop, look, and enter spaces that usually go unnoticed.
On October 24 and 25, the 17th edition of the festival will open the doors of 250 spaces in Barcelona and the metropolitan area, with buildings from different eras, uses, and typologies. In Barcelona, but also in Badalona, Sant Joan Despí, l'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Vilassar de Dalt, and Sitges, the public will be able to visit places that are usually not accessible for free. In a year in which Barcelona celebrates the World Capital of Architecture, the festival thus invites us to rediscover a city we know, but which perhaps we have not yet learned to look at. And for those who want to experience the festival from within, the event is also looking for volunteers to accompany guided tours