Mataalta Estudio

MataAlta is a regenerative design studio founded in Barcelona in 2018 and led by Sergio Carratalá Lamarca. The practice frames its work as rewilding the built environment: returning wildness to spaces that construction had stripped of it, and naturalising the city by reintroducing living matter onto built surfaces. Its team blends biophilia, landscaping, architecture and urban planning.

That approach is visible in Els Terrats d’en Xifré, the rooftop garden laid over the 19th-century Porxos d’en Xifré, where a first stage was completed in 2019 with native perennials chosen for drought resistance and pollinator value, alongside bat boxes and insect hotels. Outdoor living is its territory: its terrace work was among the projects chosen for TERRASZA, the travelling platform for exterior design launched in Barcelona.