Silent Witnesses of Social Life

mesura, resources: Silent Witnesses of Social Life (Fig. 3) — (Fig. 3)
Chapel in Guastalla, Italy, Go Hasegawa

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

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

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Font of Canaletas, Index Fototeca

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

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Photography, Un Regard Oblique, Robert Doisneau, 1948

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Kiosko de Canaletas, Barcelona, 1908. Unknown author

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

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Aesop Paris, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA (1)

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Aesop Paris, Site visit, 2023 by MESURA (2)

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Chapel in Guastalla, Italy, Go Hasegawa

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

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

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Font of Canaletas, Index Fototeca

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

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Photography, Un Regard Oblique, Robert Doisneau, 1948

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Kiosko de Canaletas, Barcelona, 1908. Unknown author

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

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Nadia Belerique, Lili Huston–Herterich, Laurie Kang. Babble On (2016). Exhibition view. Photo by Adam Kremer. Courtesy of the artist and Topless, New York

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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.

Silent Witnesses of Social Life

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