ESDI-URL wins the 2026 Llum BCN Talent Jove Award with Hexalux

Talent Jove Awards: Recognizing Emerging Talent

In the 2026 edition, each participating school developed a project under the guidance of the festival’s artistic direction and production team. During the festival, an expert committee visited all installations and awarded three prizes in the categories of Atmosphere, Risk, and Reflections, as well as two special mentions.

The 2026 Talent Jove jury was composed of Alba Corral, artist; Birgit Lill-Schnabl, Austrian curator; Xevi Bayona, artistic director of the Lluèrnia Festival (Olot); and Michela Mezzavilla, designer and architect.

Within this context, Hexalux received the Talent Jove Award for Transformative Capacity, recognized for its conceptual strength and its ability to change the perception of urban space through light.

A project that transforms rigid architecture into a living, ever-changing experience

Hexalux: Light, Geometry, and Movement

Hexalux was installed in the outdoor area of the Auditori (Padilla Street, 153). The installation is based on a hexagram-shaped structure, symbolizing stability, order, and repetition within architectural language.

On this solid base, light and a translucent plastic curtain introduce dynamism and fragility, creating a visual play in constant transformation. The contrast between the structural and the ephemeral generates a piece that interacts with its surroundings and evolves over time.

Light becomes the tool that blurs boundaries and redefines space

The Audience as an Essential Part of the Work

Hexalux invites visitors to interact with the installation and observe how spatial perception shifts depending on their position and the incidence of light. The audience’s movement and gaze activate the piece, making it a participatory experience.

This direct relationship transforms architecture into a visual narrative in motion, where every visit is unique.

Without the audience, there is no experience: perception is the true driving force behind the project

A Collective Project with International Projection

Hexalux was developed by students Marta Gil, Maria Salvà, Berta Morales and Alba López, under the supervision of professors David Pablo García and Raúl Fidalgo, with the collaboration of Josep Poblet, lighting consultant.

ESDI-URL’s participation and recognition at Llum BCN 2026 reinforce the school’s commitment to experimentation, interdisciplinarity, and a direct connection with Barcelona’s urban and cultural environment.

An award that celebrates not only a project, but a way of understanding design as a transformative tool