Toni Catany International Photography Centre Mallorca, Llucmajor Building Design, Balearic Islands Property Photos
Toni Catany International Photography Centre Llucmajor
17 December 2021
Architect: Josep Lluís Mateo – mateoarquitectura
Location: Llucmajor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Photos by Aldo Amoretti unless stated otherwise
Toni Catany International Photography Centre Llucmajor Building
In the old town of Llucmajor (Mallorca), occupying part of the house where the photographer Toni Catany was born, Josep Lluís Mateo – mateoarquitectura built the International Photography Centre, based on the work and the collection of this great artist.

The place, the history, the remains, the scale, the classic typology of houses closed to the outside and open onto courtyards? all of this obviously forms the base for the project.
They are phantoms or realities that accompany us, though we have to control them.

However, we did not forget that our mission here was to build a contemporary museographic centre of reference as a suitable setting for exceptional works.

photo : Gabriel Ramon
We conserved remains, rebuilding some, we primitively restored the façades with care? But the space is new, open, flexible, large, available, with very controlled light, sometimes shadowy?

photo : Gabriel Ramon
Some singular elements appear: a staircase that takes flight, another that recreates the chromatic world of the artist in question…

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