Comments on: Office building in Barcelona / Map Architect, Josep Lluis Mateo

By: Daniel Con

Daniel Con — Tue, 26 May 2009 20:10:06 +0000

I don’t think the facades are that bad. They are simple and it is obvious from the exterior that this is an office building. I think that the ground floor facade is very active and engaging. What a surprise it must be for a visitor to discover the courtyard!!!

By: Lucas Gray

Lucas Gray — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:21:05 +0000

The atrium seems like a fantastic place to be and probably makes it a great place to work. I love the sustainability features and clear diagrams. The facades are rather dull – especially the ones without the sunscreens. It makes it look like a typical american office building behind some strip mall.

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By: Bo Lucky

Bo Lucky — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:20:08 +0000

This is a “hive” type of a building with “from the roll” elevations (fifty feet of those elevation please)… not that there is something wrong with it, but… there is not much to subject to a critique… it’s quite neutral and by it’s simplicity it may be pleasing… again it’s very suspicious that the project presentation does not include wide angle shots showing the building context – does it harmonize with its surroundings or not?
By the way… some users of this forum tend to deviate from architectural critique of a subject to a psychological profiling of a post author… these guys are in the wrong place…