The work of Sert is a clear reinterpretation of Mediterranean architecture: the brise-soleil - as a kind of revitalizing of the wall, the building taken into its own self-reflection, turned to the inside as a place of repose and introspection - in short, the patio house. Buildings like Sert's own in Cambridge, the Miro Foundation in Barcelona or the Maeght Foundation in Saint Paul-de-Vence - all of these provide examples of the way Sert profoundly worked these concepts in his architecture.