The Latin term domus refers to the domestic space: a house, a home, a place where architecture is more than just architecture because it offers protection greater than any other building. In its immaterial sense, it also denotes the concept of family and lineage. This is the guiding concept of Lux Domus: an architecture of light designed to be a refuge, a place of welcome and tranquillity, for a calm, measured stroll that allows us to reflect as the slow geometric transformation of light completely alters our perception of our surroundings. A parallel idea of this project is to deal with light from the perspective of materiality—an almost solid materiality—which brings us closer to a dimension to which we are undoubtedly unfamiliar. It incidentally reminds us of a concept we often forget: the essence of any space lies in the interaction of the elements that define it.

After studying economics and music, Josep Poblet began his career as a designer when he decided to leave his office job and return to working with his hands, as he had done in his youth. Influenced by family trades—the land, machines, the workshop—he often draws the perception and meaning of his designs from these origins. From the outset he has also shown a particular interest in light: its materiality and capacity for movement, contrast, and the definition of space and void, among other things. He currently combines teaching in design schools and collaborating with other studios with the activities of his own studio, which he started in Barcelona and moved to Vila-seca, his hometown, in 2022.