Museography | Casa Vicens

04/06/2018

The restoration work on Casa Vicens named as a finalist for the 2018 FAD Awards

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres and David García, members of the architectural team in charge of restoring Casa Vicens, have been named as finalists for 2018 FAD Awards, now in its 60th year, for their work on Gaudí’s first house. According to the jury, “the architects have proposed a comprehensive and very detailed restoration … Read more

19/04/2018

The mysteries of water in Gaudí’s work (I)

In addition to the well-known inspiration and influence of plants[1] in Gaudí’s work, another element that we find at Casa Vicens and in some of his other projects is water. Without going into any further detail, the channeling and reuse of water that we find at Park Güell is a very good example of this. … Read more

25/03/2018

Nature made into architecture

“When I went to take the measurements of the site, it was totally covered with some yellow flowers, which I used as an ornamental theme for the ceramic. I also found an exuberant palmetto palm, whose leaves fill the grid of the gate of the house.» With these words, Joan Bergós, a disciple and great … Read more

29/05/2017

Casa Vicens travels to Moscow!

Although Casa Vicens will not open its doors to the public until October, the building is the subject of increasing international attention and items from its permanent collection are already fascinating people in other parts of the world. On May 22, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) inaugurated Antoni Gaudí Barcelona, an exhibition on … Read more

03/05/2017

Who is Marta Antuñano? An interview

Marta Antuñano Reñé (32). Although I’ve lived in Barcelona since I was little, I remain very attached to Lleida, capital of the Ponent, which is where my family comes from. All my teachers back in school considered me a catacaldos (a term used to describe someone who flits from one thing to another) because of … Read more

06/02/2017

Museography

Adaptating Casa Vicens to cultural use

The current appearance of Casa Vicens and its estate is the outcome of the different changes and transformations that it has undergone throughout its history, which have left three clearly distinct areas: the original construction from 1883-1885, the work of Antoni Gaudí; the enlargement made in 1925 by Joan Baptista Serra de Martínez; and the … Read more

03/01/2017

Museography

Museological plan: Preservation and recovery of Gaudí’s work

The main goal of the museology proposal for Casa Vicens is to recover and showcase the original house as designed by Antoni Gaudí between 1883 and 1885, given that the building and estate have undergone numerous transformations since they were first built. Over the house’s more than 130 years of history, the building has become … Read more