In the simulated photos of the initial Macba project – what the architects call renderings -, apart from the building, there were dolls that represented people so that we could get an idea of ??how the space would look and what it would be for would serve You could see people taking photos, others strolling, rogues playing, one passing by on a bicycle, one with a loaf of bread under his arm and another on a skateboard. They drew one skateboarder, not fifty.

After the years since it was inaugurated in 1995, Barcelona City Council and Macba have presented new renderings of the reform that will be carried out in Plaça dels Àngels. In short, the museum will be expanded in the front building and the Macba podium will be integrated into the square, where trees, abundant vegetation will be planted and benches and deck chairs will be placed there. A bad thinker would immediately say that the whole thing is to drive out the skateboarders.

It is already known that things drawn on a plan can end up being different later in reality. Like that inoffensive cartoon skateboarder, which he seems to have raised. Well, in this case those who have to carry out the reform are in luck. They won’t have to imagine it or make four drawings, they can try it for real. It will not be an experiment made with soda.

Very close to Plaça dels Àngels, in the same neighborhood of Raval, they have the best test bed: the grounds of the old Santa Creu hospital, today quite degraded. Here you can dedicate yourself to making the necessary tests to obtain lush vegetation, reviving trees and plants that have lost their splendour. Reopen old bars and terraces so that there is a good atmosphere for natives and tourists. Place benches and deckchairs to rest or read with the birds chirping in the background, while the rogue plays.

If the premises occupied by honorable institutions such as the Library of Catalonia, the Institute of Catalan Studies and the theater of La Perla 29, among others, manage to turn it into a clean and polished space, without the stench of pixum, a sanctuary of peace, an oasis in the middle of the Raval, with those benches and deckchairs to spend time there, they will have guaranteed success when they enter the neighboring square, the big one.