Multimedia show lights up Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

The Moment Factory, an internationally renowned new media and entertainment studio based in Montreal, Canada, has created a stunning multimedia experience in Barcelona to be displayed during La  Merce festival.

They were invited by the City of Montreal to create a seven-act multimedia show to be launched on 21st September and running at various times for three days.

The work is called Montreal signe Ode à la vie and is a combination of animation, images, film and sound projected onto the Nativity façade of the Sagrada Familia basilica. It was inspired by Gaudi, for whom “creation continues incessantly through the media of man,” and based on an original idea by Renaud Architecture d’événements.

For three nights the show will illuminate – for the first time – the Nativity façade of the Sagrada Familia with an ode to the creation of the world, humanity and life!

It is simply stunning and a preview can be seen in the video below. Alternatively a live feed will be shown here from Sunday 23rd September.

Sagrada Familia (Ode à la vie) - Démo officiel from Moment Factory on Vimeo.

Inside World of Interiors Festival Winners

Dezeen Magazine have been following the progress of the Inside 'world of interiors' Festival in Barcelona this week, which runs from 2nd to 4th November, and have been announcing the winners on their blog. Designers and Exhibitions from the United Kingdom were shortlisted in five of the nine categories and managed to scoop two awards in the Display category and Retail category.

The Ceramics Study Galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum in London by OPERA Amsterdam won the Display category at the inaugural awards in Barcelona as judges said the project exhibited “one strong idea and executed it really well – from material, function and lighting.”

The ‘Ceramic Galleries’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum were designed as a visible storage showcase as part of the reinstallation of the ceramic galleries phase II. The visible study collection contains 26,000 objects that are displayed with the idea that they are – on demand – available to curators, specialists and the general public.

Hostem by JamesPlumb was announced as the winner of the Retail category yesterday in Barcelona. The boutique in east London features an antique church pew, hessian panels and linen curtains plus reclaimed lighting and rails. The judges “love the handcrafted nature of the project and “great attention to detail throughout.” The judges also admired the way “they felt out their designs while constructing” so that “brand, space and clothes feel unified.”

To see the full list of winners and to read interviews with the designers visit Dezeen Magazine online.

A Canopy of Colour

Arguably the most colourful food market experience in Europe, Santa Caterina Market in Barcelona has a restored roof made of 300,000 wave like multicoloured ceramic hexagons. These hexagons are be seen as representations of fruits and vegetables in an unique and innovative way; a classic in post modern architecture.

The architect of the market explains, “The first mistake is to talk about old and new. Whatever has managed to survive into the present is current, useful, and contemporary. And it permits us to move back in time in order to continue forward.”

To read more on the inspiration for the design click here