Once, a group of professors who resigned from Elisava decided to found a new design school and quickly got down to achieve a place suited to their needs. Lelis Marqués and Pilar Mangran were in charge of the search for the premises. They would later become part of the educational team at EINA.
An advertisement was published in La Vanguardia the 29th of October of 1966, and the next day, they received the offer of a "house with a garden on top of Sarria." The house, designed by modernist architect Joan Rubio i Bellver, widely satisfied the expectations of Albert Rafols and Marquis Lelis, both because it was rather isolated from the city, and because its modernist architecture and the garden that surrounded it.
EINA advertisement in “La Vanguardia” (1966).
Response to the EINA advertisement in “La Vanguardia” (1966).
“Casa Manuel Dolcet” would be EINA’s headquarters since its inception (1966) until 1994, when the restoration and refurbishment of the current headquarters, the Palau dels Marquesos Sentmenat, were completed, premiering during the course of 1994-1995.
Casa Manuel Dolcet. Picture by Colita.
Entrance to Casa Manuel Dolcet.
References
- "Alquileres torres (Bolsa de la propiedad inmobiliaria)." In: Spanish Vanguard. Year LXXXII, No. 31228 (29/10/1966) p. 63
- Ràfols Casamada, Albert. “Notes per a una història d’EINA”. En: Villena, Josep Maria (coor.). EINA, Escola de Disseny i Art: 1967-1987, vint anys d'avantguarda. Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, 1987, p. 11-41.
Casa Manuel Dolcet