top: ramps under the roof of the Alicante Eurythmics Centre bottom: detail of Michelangelo's Pieta

The movement of the ramps precisely locates the access on the long facade, which is lined by the vertical supports of the roof. This movement along the facade opens up the side of the building. It reminds me of the famous Pieta sculptures, in which the body of Christ is stretched out. The building lets us see the articulation of its surfaces and its sprawled limbs. In the act of allowing its side to be vulnerable, it becomes public.

–Enric Miralles