Galeria Joan Prats presents Footprints, the first exhibition by architect Josep Lluís Mateo. Through a selection of completed works and projects, the exhibition explores Mateo’s career in a non-chronological manner, seeking ways to narrate architecture through the themes inherent to his practice. Mateo’s architecture is characterized by a modernist legacy, focusing on the pursuit of light, an intense dialogue with context, and a connection between idea and material. His projects are thoughtful and strategic; they speak to space and carefully balance the relationship between the mineral and the vegetal.
Models, photographs, videos, collages, and sketches allow visitors to grasp the complexity of his creative and constructive process. The exhibition includes, for example, historical materials from iconic projects such as the urban development of the medieval village of Ullastret, models that materialize the evolution of a constructive concept—as seen in the facade of the Barcelona International Convention Centre—and photographs illustrating the interaction between the work and its surroundings.
