“Desierto de las Palmas” is a natural park, 30 minutes north of Valencia where you can find the ruins of an old convent from the VXIII century that belongs to the religious organization “Carmelitas descalzas”.Devoted people living in silence, prayers,
and working on their gardens. Those are the carmelita’s main values.
This project consists of using the site next to the ruins (their old orchard) to build a temporary exposition for the spanish abstract painter, Manuel Rey Fueyo.
To create an experience worthy of the place, and the art, the two most important factors were Silence and Light.
The place needed to keep its religious aura, so the intervention respects the history of the place.
An experience of solitude, to connect to God and oneself.
The main idea was to design different rooms depending on the paintings inside. The feelings of the painting would dictate the box containing them.
This idea transformed into 3 different little rooms. Unconnected, but part of a whole