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Absolutament Moderns

Architects: Flexo Arquitectura + Bàrbara Vich + Carlos Valverde
Client: COAC (Catalunya architectural assossiation)
Program: Ephemeral cultural and architectural intervention
Surface: 60 m²
Situation: COAC, Barcelona
Year: 2016
Collaborators: OAK (building company), José Hevia (photography)

PAÍS DE CUCANYA

The País de Cucanya or La Cucanya (also País de Jauja or Jauja) is a mythical land where work is unnecessary and food is abundant. Those who inhabit it live among rivers of wine and milk, with mountains of cheese, and roasted suckling pigs hanging from the trees, already with a knife in their back, ready to be quickly devoured. Fish jump from the river directly into the hands of the inhabitants for them to eat. Indigestion and stomach pain do not exist.

Temple (from Latin templum). Refers to a sacred building. In its origin, it referred to the area of the sky that the augur used to observe which birds passed through it and in which direction, thus establishing the omens. Many religions, if not all, have buildings considered sacred.

Adyton (literally "place in which one cannot enter") is an architectural term that refers to a space in an ancient Greek temple reserved for certain functions, mostly religious. It is a room located either behind the naos or within the naos, where only priests were allowed to enter.

The País de Cucanya is a playful setting with a final reward. Participants must decode a set of clues located on the city walls and in the hypostyle hall of the temple, recreated in the College of Architects, and thus release the hidden jamón located at the center of the Adyton.