ITINERARY 2: Plaça de Santiago Pey
The square is on the roof of part of the facilities, to the left of the Museum's main entrance, and negotiates a marked drop with steps leading down to Carrer Badajoz. The space is bounded by a perimeter paving and a grass parterre where the skylights of the building’s facilities highlight the Museum’s headquarters. Space designed by: MBM Arquitectes, 2013.
The name of the square pays homage to one of the pioneers in industrial design in Barcelona. Santiago Pey i Estrany (Barcelona, 1917-2001) stood out in the fields of lexicography and design. Academically trained in the fields of law, philosophy and philology, he was completely self-taught in design and covered the sectors of interior design, furniture design and industrial object design.
His first work consisted of designs for chairs, armchairs, sofas, cupboards, tables and shelves. By the end of the 1940s he had opened a furniture shop called Domus, and he moved on from designing and selling furniture to interior design. However, his interest in true industrial design encouraged him to start designing for mass production. Chairs such as the Posets (1956) and the Cadí (1958), the modular office range (1960) and the Gina iron (1962) are good examples of that.
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