Name	Carmeliet cloister
Street	Calle Augusto 7
District
Place	Tarragona
Country	Spain
Built	1949
Designed	1939
Type	convent
Condition
Photos by	No Pictures
Co-operating
Reference	Josep M.Jujol 155 J. M. Jujol by ir R. Saariste and ir V. Ligtelijn
Description	With this conversion of the Carmelite Convent and boarding school Jujol had been asked to create large openings in the ceilings of the girls' dormitories, to enable the nuns to observe the pupils. The openings are so remarkable that we do not know whether they are evidence of Jujol's simplicity or genius. In his inimitable way he used asymmetrical tiling where existing doors were located to suggest that the doors were new, and not just old ones which had been repainted. In the sixties the building acquired a different use, and was partially demolished, and in 1974 is was pulled down completely. One of its real gems are the fold-away steps in the chapel. They work as follows: first the banisters are tipped up (I), then the stairs are pushed upright (II) and turned against the wall (III).