Josep Llinas is thernepitome of understatement, working with a handful of assistants in his modest studio on Avenue de la Republica Argentina in the Gracia district of Barcelona. Donning his blue smock signals work mode, equipped with a breast pocket laden with pens, pencils and scale rule. However, when visiting his office to discuss this project, both smock and drafting tools had been hung up, replaced by a jacket and crash helmet. Heading straight out in pillion - somewhat surprisingly, our mode of transport is the architect's Suzuki GSX-R75O - our route is Barcelona's busy four-lane motorway that encircles the city, Ronda de Dalt. Our destination is IMO: a spectacular, low-lying facility for the world-renowned Barcelona Institute of Ocular Microsurgery - a private institute that performs medical research and treatment, with expertise in subspecialties such as retina, cornea, glaucoma, cataracts and paediatric ophthalmology.
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