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
