Silent Witnesses of Social Life

Aesop Paris I, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA.

Aesop Paris II, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA.

Go Hasegawa, Chapel in Guastalla, 2016, Italy.

Anish Kapoor, Descension, 2014–2015, Kochi–Muziris Biennale.

Francesc Socies, El libro de las fuentes, 1650. AHCB.

Font of Canaletas, Barcelona, Index Fototeca.

Antoni Gaudí, Font for plaza de Catalunya, elevation, 1877.

Robert Doisneau, Un Regard Oblique, 1948.

Unknown author, Kiosko de Canaletas, 1908, Barcelona.

A group of people waits their turn to collect water in vessels in front of a public fountain, Brangulí, Font de Canaletes, 1910. Barcelona.

Nadia Belerique, Lili Huston–Herterich, Laurie Kang, Babble On, 2016, photo by Adam Kremer.

In 1908 Josep Goday built a new kiosk, in modernist style, decorated with ceramics and colored stained glass, Frederic Ballell.
Aesop Paris I, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA.
Aesop Paris II, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA.
Go Hasegawa, Chapel in Guastalla, 2016, Italy.
Anish Kapoor, Descension, 2014–2015, Kochi–Muziris Biennale.
Francesc Socies, El libro de las fuentes, 1650. AHCB.
Font of Canaletas, Barcelona, Index Fototeca.
Antoni Gaudí, Font for plaza de Catalunya, elevation, 1877.
Robert Doisneau, Un Regard Oblique, 1948.
Unknown author, Kiosko de Canaletas, 1908, Barcelona.
A group of people waits their turn to collect water in vessels in front of a public fountain, Brangulí, Font de Canaletes, 1910. Barcelona.
Nadia Belerique, Lili Huston–Herterich, Laurie Kang, Babble On, 2016, photo by Adam Kremer.
In 1908 Josep Goday built a new kiosk, in modernist style, decorated with ceramics and colored stained glass, Frederic Ballell.
Public fountains act beyond decorative elements: they are spaces where citizens meet, talk, and share their stories. Liquid places in constant movement that nourish urban life and create connections between individuals, becoming emblematic spots for social life and the community. This research is part of the Aesop Diagonal project.