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Occupation Architect at Mateo ArquitecturaProfessor at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Z) Education Polytechnic University of Catalonia Books Object Laboratory, Francesc Mitjans, Berlin: Exhibition Presented at H20 Gallery, Barcelona 1994, Big Scale | ||
Josep lluis mateo ie master in architectural design
Josep Lluís Mateo (born 1949 in Barcelona) is architect since 1974 and PhD (cum laude) since 1994 at the UPC-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He was Professor of Architecture and Projects at the ETH-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Polytechnic).
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- Josep lluis mateo ie master in architectural design
- Josep Lluis Mateo Identity and Modernity
- Work
- Exhibitions and Prizes
- Academic collaborations and teaching
- Publications
- Monographs
- Books
- References
Mateo’s practice is based in Barcelona, and he is currently involved in a number of local and international projects such as a Complex of 100 housing units in Toulouse-Blagnac (France), the remodelling of El Ninot marketplace in Barcelona,the remodelling of the urban front of the river Adour in Bayonne (France), the master plan for the Pôle Multimodal Nice-Aéroport quartier d'affaires Grand Arénas in Nice (France), among others.
Mateo presents himself "as someone who seeks to connect the practice of construction with research and development in both intellectual and programmatic terms. He works in the area between the sphere of ideas and the physical world of reality". His projects respond to the strategy of applying the palette of corporative architecture to mainly European sites.
Josep Lluis Mateo - Identity and Modernity
Work
He has been awarded the A+ Prize 2011 of Ullastret (Santander Biennale Prize 1991). His most important building designs are Housing on Borneo Island in Amsterdam (CEOE Prize 2001), the head office of the Bundesbank in Chemnitz (2004), the Forum 2004 complex in Barcelona, the Barcelona International Convention Centre (CCIB), Hotel AC and the CZF office block, the Sant Jordi student residence (Archizinc Prize 2008) and the WTC Almeda Park office building in Cornellà (A+ Prize for Work Architecture 2010). He has also developed the new branch image and layout for Banc Sabadell (2004), remodelled the bank’s historical head office (2006) and designed the entrance and main branch of its emblematic office block in Barcelona (2007-2010), “The Factory” in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris (NAN Prize 2010, TPI Group), the extension of the office building of PGGM insurance company in Zeist, Holland (NAN Prize 2011, TPI Group) and the new Film Theatre of Catalonia (2011, Barcelona).
Currently under construction are:
At the planning stage, after winning the corresponding national competitions, are, among others:
Exhibitions and Prizes
Josep Lluís Mateo’s projects have formed part of group exhibitions on several occasions, as a result of the practice’s international influence. Recently, the New York’s MoMA devoted a space in the exhibition “Spain: On Site” to the apartment building in Valencia for the Sociopolis Project (2006). In 2009, the Pavillon de l’Arsénal in Paris included the current Boulogne-Billancourt project in its permanent exhibition “Paris, visite guidée” and Barcelona’s AC hotel in the show “The Invention of the European Tower”.
During 2010, the National Glyptotheque in Athens presented his project for the Film Theatre of Catalonia, as part of the exhibition “A City called Spain”. At the COAC in Barcelona (Architects’ Institute of Catalonia) showed the projects for Doctor Trueta General Hospital (“Architecture for Health. 18 Years of Health-care Architecture in Catalonia. CatSalut 1991-2009”) and the women’s prison in Sant Llorenç d’Hortons (“Legal and Penitentiary Architecture”).
Active exhibitions in 2011:
Individual exhibitions about the work of Josep Lluís Mateo include those 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 (Lucerne, 1992) and Architekturgalerie Munich (Munich, 1991).
His body of work has been awarded many prizes, including:
Academic collaborations and teaching
Josep Lluís Mateo has been Professor of Architecture and Projects at the ETH-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) since 2002. Since 2011, he has been Vice President of Arquiberia (International Association of Spanish Architects) and, since 2010, a founder member of the Cercle de Cultura (Culture Circle) in Barcelona. He has been a lecturer at numerous universities, and taught at the world’s foremost institutions, including Princeton, Columbia University in New York, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ABK Stuttgart, UP8 Paris, Arkitektforening, Oslo and ITESM Mexico. He has also been Visiting Scholar at the Jean P. Getty Center (Los Angeles, United States).
He has been a member of a number of juries and expert committees, including the Quality Committee of Barcelona City Council (2000–2008), and for prizes such as the European Landscape Award and the Thyssen Award.
Publications
Josep Lluís Mateo was editor-in-chief of the magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme from 1981 to 1990. During this period, the magazine received the following awards: ACCA (1981), Laus ADG (1981), Barcelona City Awards (1984), Laus (1985) and the International Union of Architects (UIA) (1990).
Monographs
Books
Books published by the Chair of Professor Mateo in ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich: