The concept of the exhibition, with the name "8 + 80", revolves around the vindication of the figure of Carme Pinós as an architect, where it is intended to highlight her architectural career alone.
The exhibition is broken down into 3 phases, the first one dedicated to the beginning of her career in the 1980s together with the architect Enric Miralles, a period to which the first part of the exhibition is dedicated, and where eight projects projected jointly are collected. This first stage stands out for being a journey in shade, with low light and dark tones, where the documentation boxes of the eight projects remain closed, a state they have maintained since the separation of the architects.
It is possible that this first stage is the best known in the media and, nevertheless, it is not the most important in Pinós' career. That is why the second part of the exhibition contains 80 projects developed by Estudio Carme Pinós from its opening in 1991 to the present, detailed through photographs, plans, sketches, and models.
The second phase is understood as the body of the exhibition. The projects are distributed throughout different pavilions, also designed by Carme Pinós, where the assembly rules are very clear, and allow the realization of a fluid space, where the visitor decides which route to take.
The architecture of Carme Pinós, although diverse, maintains a common thread: the importance that the context and the environment exert on the architectural space.
The exhibition is broken down into 3 phases, the first one dedicated to the beginning of her career in the 1980s together with the architect Enric Miralles, a period to which the first part of the exhibition is dedicated, and where eight projects projected jointly are collected. This first stage stands out for being a journey in shade, with low light and dark tones, where the documentation boxes of the eight projects remain closed, a state they have maintained since the separation of the architects.
It is possible that this first stage is the best known in the media and, nevertheless, it is not the most important in Pinós' career. That is why the second part of the exhibition contains 80 projects developed by Estudio Carme Pinós from its opening in 1991 to the present, detailed through photographs, plans, sketches, and models.
The second phase is understood as the body of the exhibition. The projects are distributed throughout different pavilions, also designed by Carme Pinós, where the assembly rules are very clear, and allow the realization of a fluid space, where the visitor decides which route to take.
The architecture of Carme Pinós, although diverse, maintains a common thread: the importance that the context and the environment exert on the architectural space.
"Architecture builds a landscape or builds a city: it is not a sculpture. With each urban action, we have to have the purpose of making a city, the purpose of dignifying our environment. When I work, I consider that my intervention aims, ultimately, to improve, beautify the context.”
Carme Pinós.
This strong belief in the need to welcome the environment, be it natural or urban, is appreciated in all of her works, among which the Extension of the Hotel Son Brull stands out (2015-2019), the Barcelona-based Escuela Massana de Artes y Diseño (2017), the La Gardunya residential building (2006-2017), or the Mexican Torre Cube (2005).
Finally, the last part of the exhibition is understood as the head, the brain, where a recreation of Pinós's studio and library shows the importance and influence that reading has had on his professional and personal career.
With this exhibition, part of the Madrid Design Festival 2021 program, the ICO Museum aims to bring citizens closer to the philosophy and work of this prestigious jewelry-making architect both within and outside our borders.
“Carme Pinós builds scenarios for life, and she does so by bringing together reason and emotion: the work of the Barcelona architect shows that the extreme sensitivity manifested in the materialization of her projects is supported by the solid support of an inquisitive intelligence, determined to understand the world, and stimulated by an extensive reading experience.”
Fernández-Galiano.
