Senior center, RCR Arquitectes

The three architects completed their studies together in 1988 at the Vallès School of Architecture. A year later, they founded their firm, RCR Arquitectes, using the initials of their first names. Since the beginning, their work has been intensely collaborative. “The process they have developed is a true collaboration in which neither a part nor whole of a project can be attributed to one partner,” wrote the nine-member jury in its announcement of the award Wednesday morning. “Their creative approach is a constant intermingling of ideas and continuous dialogue.”Here, the courtyard of a senior citizens center appears sunken into the surrounding city of Barcelona.

「作品のどこを誰が手がけたかを見分けることができないくらい、3人は真の意味でのコラボレーションを達成してきました。彼らの創造の手法とは、ひたすらアイデアをかけあわせ、対話を続けることなのです。」と述べている。 写真は、彼らが手がけた高齢者センターの中庭。周囲を取り囲むバルセロナの街に沈むかのようだ。