Parlour Gardens. Somnis des del terrat

The exhibition reinterprets the concept of the domestic garden through fifteen ceramic models conceived both as design pieces and as living planters. The show brings together one historical piece conceived in 1926 by architect Nicolau M. Rubió i Tudurí, ceramicist Josep Llorens Artigas and French Fauvist painter Raoul Dufy, together with fourteen new creations by architects and landscape designers of international standing. The authors, from the world's five Mediterranean-climate regions (California, Chile, South Africa, Australia and the Mediterranean Basin), were invited to create an original garden model in 3D-printed ceramic. Each participant proposed a roof garden in a 45×45×25 cm format, including the design of the ceramic container and the planting scheme. The visit becomes a narrative about how contemporary urban gardening draws inspiration from diverse global climates while addressing today's challenges of sustainability, resilience and climate adaptation. The result is a walk that connects forms, materials and plants with the places where they can thrive, and that brings tradition and the future of domestic greenery into dialogue. Each model has been made in glazed ceramic combining 3D-printed clay ceramics with traditional craft techniques. Production was carried out under the direction of Martí Baltà and the team at Barcelona 3D Ceramics. The pieces were subsequently planted with Mediterranean species selected by horticulture specialist Enric Sancho, of Cultidelta, following each author's specifications. In this way, the models become living artworks that evolve over the course of the exhibition. The pieces recover the spirit of the historical work first presented at the Bernheim-Jeune galleries in Paris in 1927, when the ceramic container designed by Rubió i Tudurí and made by Llorens Artigas, with Dufy's painted intervention, was also presented with living vegetation. The exhibition is curated by Marina Cervera, director of the Barcelona International Landscape Biennial and CEO of NablaBCN; James Hayter, former president of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) and founding partner of Oxigen; and José Luis Cortés, former president of the International Union of Architects (UIA).