Under the title Sent l'Arquitectura – Feel the Architecture – the sixteenth edition of 48h Open House Barcelona invites everyone to reflect on their sensory experience of space. For one weekend only, the most important architecture festival in the Barcelona metropolitan area once again opens doors that are usually closed, and more importantly, opens conversations about how we inhabit, perceive and transform the spaces around us.
After focusing in recent years on the trades, elements and fundamentals of architecture, the 2025 edition shifts its attention to the senses and sensations. Architecture is not only what we see, but also what we feel, smell and touch. Each sound, echo, texture or scent forms part of the atmosphere that influences how we experience places and the emotions they evoke. Sent l'Arquitectura encourages visitors to rediscover their surroundings through their senses and to consider how architecture can embrace us, give us space to breathe, or allow us simply to be ourselves.
