Ocassions

Josep Lluís Mateo uskoro objavljuje i  predstavlja svoju knjigu Occasions, koja je svojevrsni osvrt na projekte i promišljanja njegovog studija u proteklih pet godina . Kako bi koindicirao sa izlaskom knjige ured je kreirao i privremenu instalaciju, nazvanu Occasional city, koja uključuje modele i audiovizualnu materijale njihovih recentnih projekata.

Knjiga u izdanju Actara biti će objavljena 15.9. u barcelonskoj galeriji RAS, samoj lokaciji spomenute instalacije.

Knjiga, izdana na engleskom i španjolskom jeziku, će biti distribuirana u više od 20 zemalja. Priloge za knjigu napisali su i Stan Allen, Dominique Boudet, Vincente Guallart, Jose Luis Guerin, Marta Poch, Carlos M. Reis de Figueirdo i Jordi Teixidor.

Josep Lluís Mateo:

Occasions refers to the specificity of our actions and puts distance between itself and the

generic approach. Operating as an architect, I have to go up to phenomena; I cannot merely

explain them from the distance that renders them uniform and dilute. I am interested in the

viewpoint that causes experiences and ideas to materialize in a unique, special way.

In consequence, rather than proposing a practice of general, abstract, generic architecture,

Occasions seeks to understand it and to describe it as the product of an intelligence and a

specific sensibility.

Occasions points out that our work is always an opportunity to understand and establish

active relations with the world.

*occasional city

images: Ferran Mateo, Jordi Belver