ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT: The fall of the roof of the Huesca sports centre marks out a new course for the work of the architect Enric Miralles, concerned for the future and understanding that projects are never finished. After the collapse, a sequential voyage in time that comprised the final destiny of his work: the coverings of the Avinguda d’Icària (1991) –the project that followed Huesca (1988)- represented a new rising from the remains; Alicante (1993), the precarious assembly of these towards a possible redemption in the use and programme of a building that the constant movement of its users demands; and finally, Santa Caterina (1997), the inevitable collapse, reflection of both the programme and history of the place and the meaning of its name.