ipcm® n. 71 - September/October 2021

ART WITHIN SURFACES

SPECIAL ISSUE ON ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN

Casa Batlló Reopens its Doors with the Anodized Aluminium Chains of Kriskadecor Curtains made of anodized aluminium chain links: this is one of the innovative elements that the architectural firm Kengo Kuma & associates has chosen to give new light to Casa Batlló, Gaudí’s modernist building that has reopened after a long restoration.

A

fter a long remodelling period, Casa Batlló, the famous

additional 2,000 m2 of never-seen-before itinerary provides a long list

modernist UNESCO’s world heritage building which Antoni

of novelties. The new vertical communication nucleus designed by

Gaudí built in Barcelona from 1904 to 1906, reopens its doors

Kengo Kuma stands out among them.

to present Casa Batlló 10D Experience, the new one hundred percent

Just like Casa Batlló is a tribute to the light of the Mediterranean,

immersive visit, which is ground-breaking and unique worldwide. An

the Kengo Kuma & associates project is an homage to Gaudí’s use

© Casa Batlló

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