Ramon and Mar’s pavilion by vora

Ramon and Mar’s pavilion is an outhouse to a small apartment in Barcelona. Destined to a second living room and a studio bedroom, it is placed on the terrace, creating an inner courtyard between an apartment and the construction.

Ramon and Mar’s pavilion designed by vora is an ephemeral movable structure made of wood and easy to assembly. It combines an appearance of a pavilion as an autonomous superimposed volume and its domestic cozy ambience.

Description of the project by vora

The issue here is the construction of a pavilion on a roof terrace to complement the uses of a small apartment. A second living room and a studio bedroom.

The pavilion is placed transversely on the terrace, of elongated proportions, and segments it, thus generating a sequence of interior and exterior spaces that redefine the way the dwelling is lived. The alignment of the openings generates a direct visual relation between spaces.

The enclosed terrace between the apartment and the pavilion functions as an inner courtyard: A controlled, private, intimate space.

Form and materiality are determined by the ephemeral movable condition of the new construction and by the practical considerations of transportation and assembly. The timber construction is configured as a system of portal frames and panels forming an autonomous superimposed volume.

The compositional relationship maintains the coherence between structure and enclosure. In the interior, the lower part of the wall has a continuous, functional and domestic finish, while above this the focus is on the wood, the apparent structure as the essence of the pavilion.

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Section. Ramon and Mar’s pavilion by vora

Axonometric view. Ramon and Mar’s pavilion by vora

Construction. Ramon and Mar’s pavilion by vora

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Architects

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vora (Pere Buil, Toni Riba)

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Project team

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Bruna Linhares, Josep Esteve, Charles Dujardin, Anna Pontais

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Contractor

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Fusteria Puigdellívol SL, Fórneas-Guida SL

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Location

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Barcelona

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Surface

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30 sqm

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project: 2015-2016; construction: 2016

Pere Buil. VORA

vora based in Barcelona, was founded in 2000. It is led by Pere Buil (1973), who graduated from the ETSAB in 2000. He combines his professional activity with teaching, occasionally with curating and cultural action. Pere Buil is a professor of Projects at the ETSAV (UPC, Sant Cugat del Vallès). Toni Riba (1973) was a partner from 2004 to 2023.

The studio works on projects of different scales and typologies. It has also designed some urban furniture. Its approach to the design and construction process is abstract and material. The studio is interested in using, reduction, and materiality in response to current challenges. It also focuses on traces and remains as remnants of memory and their impact on collective identities.

Her work has received several awards, including the El Temps de les Arts 2021 Award, Frame 2020, Surface Design 2020, 2AA 2018, Archmarathon 2014, Ciutat de Barcelona 2013, AJAC 2012, Arquitectura+ 2011, Bonaplata, finalist or shortlisted in several editions of the Mies van der Rohe Awards, FAD, ENOR, Bigmat, Spanish Architecture Biennial (BEAU), Architecture Award, European Landscape Biennial, and Arquía/Próxima, among others. She has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in the Catalan and Spanish pavilions in the 2014 and 2016 editions. In May 2018, she presented her first monographic exhibition, "Shared Identities," at the Kolektiv gallery in Belgrade. His most recognized works include: Vallirana 47 (a comprehensive renovation of a small residential building), the Can Rosés Temporary School, the Ramon y Mar Pavilion (a small residential extension pavilion), the surroundings of the Born Market, the Juan Apartment, and the Can Ricart Sports Center, all in Barcelona; a medical office in Paüls, the Rambla San Francisco in Vilafranca, and the Bank of Spain Operations Courtyard in Madrid.

Published on: March 15, 2017

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