International Workshop,
Space and facilities

" . . . Although the school is small by US standards, the facilities at Metàfora exceeded my expectations and gave me access to work in virtually any medium I wanted. There is a lot of skill sharing at Metafora, if I wanted to build something and didn’t know how, I could always find someone who was willing to help and vice versa . . . "
                                                                                                                                                         Linda Fernandez, 2008-2009
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Metàfora is housed in two old factory buildings, and the space is an important marker for the experience of any student; As part of Barcelona’s disappearing history of old factories, the space charms any artist, with its leftovers of many decades of industrial reality, where 20 years of theatre and art making have made their marks in all thinkable ways.
The heart of the school is the Big Hall that houses part of the personal studio spaces. From Metàfora’s main-building and through the courtyard one enters the “New Studio”, with the remaining studio spaces, the tool-room and access to the second courtyard.
All the studios have division walls and are equipped with basic furniture and studio easels. There is Wi-Fi in the entire premises for students who wish to bring their own computers.
Because of their plants and lovely warm atmosphere, the courtyards are among the spaces preferred by many students of Metàfora. Here it is possible to work in open air and with materials that require a high degree of ventilation.

Click here for a listing of Metàfora's facilities