From the Architect:ย
Another tricky project on lagranjaโs way: low budget, an uncharming building from the 60โฒs few steps away from the emblematic Barcelonaโs Ramblas, and almost four years of execution.
For those reasons โ instead of going for the so called good design โ we decided to project an experience around the fantastic Spanish 60โฒs.
To give the hotelโs guests the taste of it, we transformed each corridor into a little exhibition on a particular issue of that decade: Culture and Society, Design Icons, Tourism, Mass Consumption, Folklore, Intellectual Jet setโฆ using roomโs doors as exhibiting panels.
In the lobby we played with iconic objects from those years: a Seat 600 โ the first mass produced Spanish car โ a huge Peseta โ Spanish old currency โ used as a table and a panel with very big magnetic key-rings, as used back then in the local hostels.
Photos by lagranjadesign.com