The architecture of pleasure: an inclusive dance floor injects hope into the UIA congress

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Without pleasure there is no revolution. And pleasure must be for everyone: architects Anna Puigjaner and Pol Esteve Castelló and the Care group present a pioneering inclusive dance hall within the macro-exhibition that can be seen at the Tres Xemeneies for the World Architecture Congress being held in Barcelona from June 28 to July 2. In this space, no one should be left on the margins; instead, the installations are conceived as a "ceiling," as Puigjaner says, with straps for support – also for making love, if applicable – armchairs, light lines to avoid disorientation, and hoses for drinking water. There is also a metallic cylinder that vibrates to the rhythm of the music so that deaf people can follow it.