The Santa Mònica inaugurates Teló

• Teló ("Curtain") by Marta Monlleó Rius, Eduard Rodríguez i Martínez and Jaume Xicola Pachón transforms the terrace of the arts centre into a habitable setting for coexistence and climatic shelter during the hottest months of the year
• Santa Mònica joins the network of climatic shelters in the Raval for yet another year
• The centre is awarded the DGQA environmental quality assurance label

The Santa Mònica arts centre inaugurates Teló, a temporary installation designed to soften the climatic conditions of the terrace during the hottest months of the year, and joins once again the project of climatic shelters for the neighbourhood and the users of the centre.

Teló, by the team of architects formed by Marta Monlleó Rius, Eduard Rodríguez i Martínez and Jaume Xicola Pachón, is characterised by a light red structure covered by a succession of ropes of the same colour that generate a shaded space that mitigates the terrace's climatic conditions. The proposal, selected through a public call for proposals, seeks to pay homage to the seafaring past and the Raval's own theatre scene while creating a space of urban integration that connects the centre and the Rambla and invites people to come up and enjoy this common, open and free space.  

Thus, for yet another year, Santa Mònica joins the network of spaces of the #RavalEstiuEducatiu community project that are offered free of charge as a climatic refuge, with indoor and outdoor rest areas, wifi, air conditioning and water, spaces for reading, playing or doing sport. This will be the fifth edition of this project of the Raval Community Education Group, promoted by the Fundació Tot Raval, in which an average of 600 children and young people from the neighbourhood participate. Consult the map of #RavalEstiuEducatiu 2024 spaces.

With the aim of adapting the use of the centre to the climate emergency, the Santa Mònica, together with the ICEC's Pla C* Cultura pel Clima, has also promoted a process of self-assessment and improvement aimed at designing specific achievements and objectives to develop its activity as an arts centre with the utmost respect for the environment and energy efficiency.

In recognition of this, the centre has received this month the Environmental Quality Guarantee Distinction (DGQA) in the category of visual arts spaces and cultural centres, awarded by the Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda. The DGQA is a Catalan eco-labelling system that officially identifies and certifies that certain products or services exceed certain environmental quality requirements beyond those established as mandatory by current regulations. Among others, this year measures have been implemented to reduce water consumption, energy saving and efficiency, selective waste collection, responsible purchasing criteria, efficient use of spaces and environmental awareness, always trying not to compromise the comfort of visitors or the quality of the services offered by the centre.