Masó House

The repetition of vertical, elongated geometrical shapes (decorative frieze below the ceiling, wainscoting, and stairway woodwork), and the brightness coming from the skylight at the back enabled Masó to create a sense of large, orderly, sober space.

In this room, Masó was best able to express the noucentista concept of the home as an austere but comfortable place, a harmonious whole with great attention to detail, of humble traditional appearance but filled with cultured references.

Outstanding features include objects designed by the architect, in particular the hanging lamp, the stained glass, the sideboard, and the cabinet, as well as the Woman with bundle (ca 1906) figure by noucentista sculptor Enric Casanovas.

In the gallery, we can see several planters designed by Masó with a geometrical decoration very similar to that used by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and to the Gitterwerk conceived by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser for the Wiener Werkstätte.

Day-to-day living and the numerous parties and traditions of the time depended on the constant presence of servants, who took care of the children, as well as looking after the meals, the daily chores, and all the other aspects of running a household.

In this case, the texture and color of the ceramic tiles and mosaic floor, together with the stained glass door and window, lend notes of warmth, hygiene, and refinement to this most private of all places, hitherto the objects of scant attention in the decoration of middle-class dwellings.

He painted the facade white to set it apart from the rest of the row of houses, and distinguished it with yellow-glazed ceramic tiles, thus adding notes of color to go with the wooden blinds, the blue window frames, and the greenery in the planters.

It also organizes exhibitions, publications, and educational activities for all ages in order to build awareness of the importance of architecture and urban planning for people and the society in which they live.