“We Enter into Collaboration with Time”
Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores
Emmanuelle Borne
Co-founders of the Flores & Prats studio in Barcelona in 1998, Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores have since devoted themselves to the rehabilitation of existing buildings, long before the transformation of the “already there” became widespread in the commissions of European architects. The exhibition devoted to them by arc en rêve from June 4, 2026 to January 17, 2027 presents several of these projects through a profusion of documents and artifacts of remarkable precision. Study models, “observation” drawings, “verification” axonometrics, and films all invite visitors behind the scenes of architectural design. By making the scenography –designed for arc en rêve itself one of the objects of the exhibition, Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores renew the conventional exhibition format through this mise en abyme. Emotional Heritage marks a new milestone in the history of architectural exhibitions, both as a discursive space enriching the paradigm of rehabilitation, and as a scenographic device whose singular poetry will undoubtedly resonate with both lay audiences and specialists alike.
