Mateo Arquitectura

On 27 and 28 October, Open House offers a chance to discover, appreciate and gain a fuller knowledge of Barcelona’s architecture, by opening the doors of over 150 buildings. more »

This book describes that initial moment of a series of buildings, beyond their origins and their physical constitution (both issues, idea and matter, however, based on my work). Here, the objects are presented, captured by Adrià Goula, as visual forms, as compositions of planes and surfaces that form volumes and also as a dialectic of the light and shade that define spaces.

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After a series of actions to remodel the main entrance and the ground and first floors, Josep Lluís Mateo is to undertake a further intervention into the Banc Sabadell tower block on Barcelona’s Diagonal.

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Josep Lluís Mateo’s interventions in the entrance and on the ground floor of the Banc de Sabadell building in Barcelona  are open to visitors this coming 22 October as part of year two of 48H Open House in Barcelona.
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Remodelling of the entrance and the ground and first floors of Banco Sabadell in Barcelona (2007-2010)

On various occasions, we were asked to intervene in the most public areas of a lovely building dating from the 1950s (the work of the architect Francesc Mitjans).

The entrance hall had been disfigured by a series of interventions that had rendered it complex and disjointed; we set out to clarify its function and its urban role.

The interiors are communicated by a circular staircase, which we freely restored. The floor slopes gradually to change level in order to avoid the existing steps, and the ceiling constantly reacts to these movements.

The ceiling, particularly in the innermost areas, serves to concentrate the light and is highly expressive.

Josep Lluís Mateo

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Interior with phantom

A phantom, a place and a space.
Josep Lluís Mateo, September 2009. Banco Sabadell, Diagonal Tower.

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