A school center, landmark and meeting place in the new Lamminrahka district. The main volume of the building houses the lobby, restaurant and public areas and is located in the main square of the city creating a landmark within the new urban landscape. The school activities are organized in a staggered manner, adapting to the avenue, breaking the volumetry to a scale in accordance with the surroundings and creating a variety of interstitial outdoor spaces that house the different activities of the school. The organization allows for a large green space to the south that links to the municipal sports facilities.
RED concept integrates the tradition of the Feltrinelli bookshops with Italian culinary tradition, generating a new cultural space. Two old housing buildings in Corso Garibaldi were linked for the new RED: a sequence of small spaces in two levels, originally designed for domestic use. A new axis is opened connecting the street with three patios, generating light and spaces that combine the new public scale with the domestic atmosphere of the actual building. The old materials and the new steel reinforcements are left “as found” revealing the history of the place.
Photo: © Studio Shafei
The designer Robert Stadler, who curated and staged the exhibition, has created an expansive panorama of some 200 objects, drawing on the extensive Vitra archives to juxtapose current products with classics, prototypes, special editions and future visions. The show places a central focus on the social function of furniture in society.
The exhibition ‘Typecasting’ offers a new view of Vitra. In the spacious Pelota arena, a panoramic display of around 200 objects portrays the past, present and future of ‘Project Vitra’. Robert Stadler, who curated and designed the show, emphasizes the social role of furniture – and of chairs in particular – as a key theme. Along with their obvious practical use as seating, chairs have historically always had an additional representative function: the selection of a specific chair is also a personal act of image cultivation.
Photo: © Julien Lanoo
Photo 2: © Marco Menghi
In 2016 the central church of Ylivieska, Finland, was destroyed in act of arson that levelled the 18th-century wooden structure into a pile of ash. The proposal uses the old church section drawing as a source of design, creating a new building from the remembrance and exploring the importance of memory in architecture. The new building serves the function of the former church while creating a contemporary structure that responds to its context in a new way that integrates the renewed ruins of the old temple.
Mori Meana Architecture is an international studio led by Mateo Mori Meana since 2017. The practice is established between Gijón and Milan developing projects in the fields of architecture, design and urbanism. During the recent experiences in Italy, Spain and Switzerland, the office established a strong network of collaborators with diverse backgrounds and expertise in order to develop projects in different locations and on a wide range of scales.
2018 | Passivehouse Designer |
2017 | Founder of Mori Meana Architecture |
2007 – 2017 | Architect at Herzog & de Meuron, Basel, Switzerland |
2006 – 2008 | Master’s degree ETSA Barcelona, Spain |
2006 | Architect at Barakat Tarabay, Milan, Italy |
2005 | Architect at Hidalgo Hartmann, Barcelona, Spain |
1999 – 2005 | Master of Architecture ETSA Sevilla, Spain |
2002 – 2003 | Politecnico di Milano, Italy |
2000 | Intership at MGM, Sevilla, Spain |
1995 – 1999 | ETSA Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
1977 | Born in Gijón, Spain |
017 Rioseco, single family house
Sobrescobio, Asturias, Spain
Team: Teresa Meana, Beatriz González Yagüe
Construction documents, Planned completion 2023
016 La Portuguesa, single family house
Somió, Asturias, Spain
Team: Teresa Meana, Beatriz González Yagüe
Construction documents, Planned completion 2022
015 Torreflorida
Somió, Asturias, Spain
Team: Teresa Meana, Beatriz González Yagüe
Concept design, Planned completion 2024
014 Amandi, single family house
Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain
In collaboration with Teresa Meana
Team: Beatriz González Yagüe
Concept design. Planned completion 2022
012 Caveda 12, 4 storey building renovation
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Team: Teresa Meana, Estefanía Llerae
Completed 2021
011 Lamminrahka School Center
Finland
In collaboration with Lindroos Architects
Competition 2019
010 Mössna Haus
Styria, Austria
Team: Teresa Meana, Miguel Nevado (structure)
Planned completion 2023
009 Casa Gozona, single family house
Luanco, Asturias, Spain
In collaboration with Isla Architects
Completed 2021
008 Vitra Pelota, temporary exhibition
Salone del Mobile 2018, Milan, Italy
Executive Architect
Completed 2018
007 El Bosque de la Maga Colibrí, Bookshop
Gijón, Spain
Team: Teresa Meana, Marilys Meana
Completed 2014
006 RED, Bookshop & Restaurant
Porta Romana, Milan, Italy
Team: Obelo (comunication) & Teresa Meana
Completed 2017
005 RED, Bookshop & Restaurant
Via Tomacelli, Roma, Italy
Team: Obelo (comunication),Teresa Meana, Marianna Merisi (Landscape)
Completed 2017
003 Feeniks Church
Ylivvieska, Finland
In collaboration with, Lindroos Architects Studio Shafei & Pedrocchi Architects
Competition 2017
002 RED, Bookshop & Restaurant
City Life, Milan, Italy
Team: Obelo (comunication),Teresa Meana,
Completed 2017
001 RED, Bookshop & Restaurant
Corso Garibaldi, Milan, Italy
Team: Obelo (comunication),Teresa Meana, Marianna Merisi (Landscape)
Completed 2018
Studio SPAIN
Caveda 12, 2º Izq.
33205 Gijón
Spain
Studio ITALY
Via San Marco 24
210121 Milano
Italy
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Mateo Mori Meana
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Camino de Salientes 135
33391 Gijón
Spain
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