Focusing on the four main fabrication processes in use at Ceràmica Cumerlla - extruding, casting, pressing, and revolving - Shaping Ideas / Modelando Ideas presents the work of Toni Cumella and the application of his ceramics in some of contemporary architecture´s most significant project. Born in 1951, the son of ceramicist Antoni Cumella, Toni Cumella studied industrial engineering at the University of Barcelona before devoting himself entirely to ceramics in 1970. After the death of his father in 1985 Cumella redirected the focus of the workshop towards the development of architectural projects and large-scale artworks, working closely with Studio PER. Between 1989 and 1992 the Cumella workshop undertook two major architectural commissions: the restoration of Antoni Gaudí´s Casa Batlló (with architect Josep Botey) and Parc Güell (with architects José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres). Numerous collaborations followed, including Parc Diagonal Mar and Mercat de Santa Caterina by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabuem the Spanish Pavilions at Expo 2005 by Foreign Office Architects and Expo 2008 by Patxi Mangado, Villa Nurbs by Enric Ruíz-Geli and major installations by the artist Frederic Amat. Currently underway are new project with Renzo Piano, Kengo Kuma and Amanda Levete.
All content of the exhibition is a clear reference to possible dialogue between craft and technology that serves learning for a new generation of architects and ceramicists who aspire to overcome the traditional limits of their discipline.
Date.- April 4, 6:30 p.m.
Venue.- Fundación Metropoli. Edificio EcoBox. Avda. Bruselas, 28. 28108 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain.
Presented by Patxi Mangado.
Curated and produced by Mis-Architecture (Christopher Pierce + Chris Matthews) with AA Exhibitions.
- Prize “Tile of Spain”. Santa Caterina Market Remodelation. Barcelona | Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliablue.
published in: M-016 | A016 | p. 134
- Villa Nurbs - House | Enric Ruíz Geli + Cloud9.
published in: M-024 | A.012 | p. 102
