Every undertaking, a novel exploration. «Obra Oberta. Josep Lluís Mateo» on the COAC

Josep Lluís Mateo was born in Barcelona (1949) and graduated in Architecture in 1974 from the ETSAB, later acquiring his PhD (cum laude) from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1994. He can be Professor Emeritus, Doctor of Architecture and Design at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). He has taught and lectured at main educational establishments worldwide, together with the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles (Scholar), the Berlin Sommer Akademie, and Harvard Graduate School of Design (Guest Professor), amongst others.

In 1991, he based mateoarquitectura, a observe primarily based in Barcelona that has developed a broad vary of tasks—workplace buildings, city planning, public areas, housing—all the time with a robust worldwide focus. Mateo’s observe is presently concerned in quite a lot of native and worldwide tasks similar to the brand new Film Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona, the brand new headquarters for PGGM Pension Fund Company in Zeist, Holland, and the workplace constructing on the previous website of Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, amongst others.

With every of his tasks, Mateo seeks to attach the observe of development with analysis and growth in each mental and programmatic phrases. His work lies on the intersection between conceptual considering and constructed actuality, combining technical rigor with ongoing inquiry. His structure has been extensively revealed and exhibited globally, receiving quite a few awards and honors. In 2011, he obtained the Aplus Award for Best Career Achievement; in 2019, DOMUS named him among the many 100 finest structure studios worldwide; and in 2021, he was named Author of the Year by the Juanzong Archive Awards (China).

Among his most vital tasks in Spain are the Toni Catany International Photography Center in Mallorca, the Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), the Filmoteca de Catalunya, the renovation and extension of the Mercat del Ninot in Barcelona, and the paving of the historic middle of Ullastret. Internationally, his work contains the headquarters for PGGM in Zeist (Netherlands), La Factory workplace constructing in Boulogne-Billancourt, the ESMA School in Montpellier, and the Castelo Branco Cultural Center.

Academic collaborations and educating:
Josep Lluís Mateo has been Professor of the Architecture Department on the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich (ETH-Z) since 2002. He has additionally taught and lectured at quite a few establishments all over the world, together with Princeton, Columbia University in New York, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ABK Stuttgart, UP8 Paris, OAF Oslo and ITESM Mexico. He was Visiting Scholar on the Jean P. Getty Center in Los Angeles from 1991 to 1992. Josep Lluís Mateo is President since 2009 of the Board of Directors of the Barcelona Institute of Architecture. He has been a member of quite a lot of juries and professional committees, together with the Quality Committee of Barcelona City Council (2000-2008), and for prizes such because the European Landscape Award and the Thyssen Award.

Recent exhibitions and prizes:
The observe’s work has been exhibited on quite a few events due to its worldwide affect. New York’s MoMA devoted an area within the exhibition “Spain: On Site” (2006) to its house constructing in Valencia for the Sociopolis Project. Individual exhibitions embrace these at Ras Gallery (Barcelona, 2009), Architekturgalerie Aedes (Berlin, 2004), Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna, 1998), Col•legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (Barcelona, 1998),Galerie Fragner (Prague, 1998), Galerie Aedes (Berlin, 1994), Architekturgalerie Luzern (Luzern, 1992) and Architekturgalerie Munich (Munich, 1991).

The work of Josep Lluís Mateo has been awarded many prizes, together with:
– Top International Purpose-Built Venue 2008, First Prize. Best International Convention Centre class.
Organized by C&IT journal, London. Project: CCIB-Barcelona International Convention Centre
– 2008 Archizinc Award, First Prize. Collective Housing class. Project: Sant Jordi Students’ Hall of Residence, Barcelona
– European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2005, Runner-up. Project: CCIB- Barcelona International Convention Centre
– fifteenth Award of Grupo Dragados de Arquitectura.