Mateo Arquitectura

Exhibiting, presenting things in public, always means addressing time.
The present that leads us to the future, projects that are already being transported to reality. more »

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Project: LASCAUX IV: International Cave Painting Centre at Montignac-Lascaux (France)

The Conseil Général de la Dordogne (France) recently organized a competition for the construction of Lascaux IV, a complete scale replica of the Lascaux cave, at Montignac, at the foot of the hill where the actual cave is situated.

The project is explained below in this introductory text by the team led by Josep Lluís Mateo.
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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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Project: Pôle Multimodal Nice-Aéroport quartier d’affaires Grand Arénas (Nice, France)

Restricted competition
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Work will shortly begin on the construction of the housing blocks in the Andromède district (Toulouse),
near the airport of Toulouse-Blagnac. The site is ready for construction work, which will last 18 months.
The project consists of four volumes built around a central garden that will house 104 dwellings, each
with a terrace or balcony. The four buildings share a car-parking floor, which has a waterproofing system
to prevent future leakage, as this is a wetland area.

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On 31 January, the team from Mateo Arquitectura met planners from Bayonne City Council to present phase one of the Tête de Pont project.
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“[…] The main constraints of the site were the street, the inner courtyard and the adjacent elements. The site’s relation with the street suggested that the building should fold to protect the sidewalk in a very striking urban gesture: you move alongside the building and, at the same time, beneath it. It is a contemporary version of the old porches. The building provides refuge, protects you and then gently lets you go as you pass. more »

Finalist. Invited Competition 2011

Last September, Mateo Arquitectura, together with the French practice Dominique Perrault Architecture, presented a proposal for the project to urbanize Îlot P in Lyon Confluence, to the south of the city of Lyon. more »

Architectural coordination of the built complex of a city block and housing design in Bassins à flot (France)
First prize. Invited competition, 2010

Last December, Josep Lluís Mateo was awarded first prize in the invited competition for the design and construction of block B6/B9 in Bassins à flot, Bordeaux (France). The programme comprises a series of dwellings and a commercial strip. These dwellings will have private gardens, a car park and a communal garden area for the residents.

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