Mateo Arquitectura

Office building in Cornellà, Barcelona

Location: Cornellà
Surface area: 15.000 m2 offices, 32.255 m2 car park
Author: Josep Lluís Mateo

External colaborators:
Structural Concept: BOMA, Agustí Obiol
Technical Installations: Grupo JG
Fire Protection: Francesc Labastida
Landscaping: Manuel Colominas

MEDITERRANEAN PATIO

Emphasis on the climate, changing the role of the Northern European lobby (air conditioned) for that of the Mediterranean courtyard, protected from the sun and naturally ventilating, was a core argument in this project. Then the reaction to a setting of mainly picturesque buildings in the global corporate architecture strain explains the dryness and extreme hardness of the exterior.

Photos: Pedro Pegenaute