In this series of movies, Pritzker Prize 2017 laureates Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta describe how nature, landscape and "atmospheres" influence their approach to architecture.
The RCR Arquitectes founders, who are based in Spain's Catalonia Region, have received critical acclaim for projects including the Tossols-Basil Athletics Track in Olot and the Bell-Lloc Winery in Girona.
The trio talk through the different aspects of their design process in these four films, released today to coincide with the announcement that they have won architecture's most prestigious award.

 
On place
In the first film, the architects explain the importance of place in their designs ? whether at home or abroad.
"When we begin a project, we are very interested in visiting the place," says Pigem. "We are used to 'reading' the place as if it spoke to us with its own alphabet ? an alphabet established between the site and us." "Building in places far from home, encourages us to understand those places," adds Aranda. "We are passionate about this. We do not want to do the same thing that we do at home and just transplant it."

 
On nature
In the second of the four movies, the architects describe their quest for architectural beauty, which they try to create through relationships between their buildings and nature.
"We like to speak of creating atmospheres. We have always tried to create architecture that makes people...