'Paper Architectures. The Mies van der Rohe & Lilly Reich Pavilion' Workshop

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26 September 2026 · 11:00

Antiga Seu Editorial Gustavo Gili, la Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, Eixample

This activity offers a playful approach to architecture through cut-out paper models that reproduce real buildings and help you understand their form, volume and some of their materials. The kit consists of two A3 sheets of card and one A4 sheet of clear plastic (for the glass). These pieces are placed on an additional A3 sheet of card containing the base and a visual guide for assembly. The pre-cut pieces pop out of the sheets and fold easily along the marked lines, ready to be glued together with glue or white PVA. The scale used (1:200, meaning each centimetre of the model equals two metres in reality) shows the building's overall volume and its formal and material organisation. Assembling the model helps you understand the different materials used in the building and its formal and spatial organisation. The order shown in the diagrams is the most suitable, though there is some flexibility. Assembly ends with fitting the building's main roof, which is anchored to the model via the skylight and can be freely removed to look inside again. The model was designed by architect Fernando Jiménez Parras. Since 2013 he has designed more than twenty cut-out models of all kinds, including…

Part of the programme: Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026. See the 43 activities in this programme in Barcelona, from September 5 to November 23.

Source: Ajuntament de Barcelona · checked on 5 October 2026

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