ID
5130
Barcelona courtyard
Location:
Comte d’Urgell
08015
Barcelona
Spain
Date:
July 25, 2024 08:30 CET
Author:
Helen
Project:
EASA 2024
Coordinates:
  • 41.3822242
  • 2.1578187

This part of the city is made up of large square blocks with capacious courtyards. These are private spaces but residents and visitors lives are visible.
It is surprisingly quiet – but some domestic noises – people downstairs are drinking coffee and talking, someone somewhere is cleaning, tidying, mopping. The sound of the city is pervasive – traffic, cars, buses, bicycles – there are road repairs outside and building work going on at the far right corner of the square.
The public life outside does not remain outside – I can’t see it, but I can hear it.