A renewing and sustainable point of view. Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl
03/05/2023.
[BCN] Spain
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metalocus, ANDRÉS BLANCO
New times, new uses, and new life for the buildings in one of the most intensely transformed neighbourhoods in Barcelona, the current 22@Barcelona district, where buildings have housed emblematic businesses, such as the old Balius hardware store (founded in 1914), open for more than a century in what was previously known as the industrial zone of the Barcelona neighbourhood of Poblenou, are now recovered and updated.
The five-story building that housed the Balius hardware store, was renovated in the 1970s with a metal structure, has been renovated by the architect Daniel Modòl urbanism+architecture.
The new program of the building is a coworking space, that preserves the details of the old building, adapting the intervention to the scale and materiality of the residential environment, and using traditional materials such as ceramics, iron and wood.
The project has been conceived under the criteria of sustainability, energy saving and comfort, which have earned it the LEED Gold certification.
The five-story building that housed the Balius hardware store, was renovated in the 1970s with a metal structure, has been renovated by the architect Daniel Modòl urbanism+architecture.
The new program of the building is a coworking space, that preserves the details of the old building, adapting the intervention to the scale and materiality of the residential environment, and using traditional materials such as ceramics, iron and wood.
The project has been conceived under the criteria of sustainability, energy saving and comfort, which have earned it the LEED Gold certification.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
Section and axonometry. Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl.
Standar floor plan. Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
The renovation proposed for the 1,756 useful m² of the building renamed LOOM ferretería coworking, carried out by Daniel Modòl began with the removal of the added façade, to value the existing metal structure of the old building that has been left in a similar green colour to the original, projecting a vegetal façade with industrial metal planters, and placing in the second layer the closure of a practicable façade with natural wood and glass carpentry, for the ground floor and the next three floors.
Starting from the fourth floor, the volume of the building is set back to create a hybrid outdoor space that is accessed from different meeting rooms on the fourth level and a large terrace on the fifth level. The building has cross ventilation thanks to the creation of a small patio in the old stairwell. The rear façade has a large lighting hole made of pavés.
The building has been designed under sustainability criteria, with energy savings and the use of local materials being paramount, prioritizing those that could be found in the building's surroundings with the aim of reducing the CO2 footprint. The green colour of the interior structure of the building is emphasized, using it throughout the building's locks.
The building has a reuse rate of 62%, saves 48% of water and almost 10% of the energy comes from photovoltaic panels installed in it. In addition, it is connected to the urban hot and cold network (DHC) and to the pneumatic waste collection network.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph courtesy LOOM.Starting from the fourth floor, the volume of the building is set back to create a hybrid outdoor space that is accessed from different meeting rooms on the fourth level and a large terrace on the fifth level. The building has cross ventilation thanks to the creation of a small patio in the old stairwell. The rear façade has a large lighting hole made of pavés.
The building has been designed under sustainability criteria, with energy savings and the use of local materials being paramount, prioritizing those that could be found in the building's surroundings with the aim of reducing the CO2 footprint. The green colour of the interior structure of the building is emphasized, using it throughout the building's locks.
The building has a reuse rate of 62%, saves 48% of water and almost 10% of the energy comes from photovoltaic panels installed in it. In addition, it is connected to the urban hot and cold network (DHC) and to the pneumatic waste collection network.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Project description by Daniel Modòl
LOOM Ferretería is based on the global rehabilitation and change of use of the old industrial building occupied by the historic Balius hardware store, founded in 1914, where practically everything necessary for construction could be found for sale.
It is a five-story building, renovated in the 1970s, with a metallic structure and a Catalan vault that gives it a unique character, which is why, in the project, it was decided to preserve these two details of the old building. The rest of the intervention has been adapted to the scale and materiality of the residential environment, using traditional materials such as ceramics, iron and wood.
The main façade was removed to enhance the existing structure and make it visible from the outside with a unique result since, in Barcelona, due to isolation issues above all, the structure is usually hidden. The interior façade adopts a classic gallery typology with natural wood and glass carpentry on which a plant façade with industrial metal planters is raised, which add vitality to the composition of the building and gives the building an almost domestic character. Added to the fact that it is a practicable façade, which users can open on each of the floors, they distinguish this coworking from the office buildings in Barcelona, which are more uniform and disconnected from the outside.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Daniel Modol.
Coworking LOOM Hardware store by Daniel Modòl. Photograph by Jordi Bernadó.
On the fourth floor, a setback of the façade is created, generating an exterior space and different meeting rooms are placed as a hybrid space with the option of interacting with the exterior. On the rest of the floors, both natural light and ventilation are provided by the openings in the main façade, the creation of a patio in the old stairwell, and the rear pavé façade.
All the materials used are noble and local, prioritizing those that are easy to find around the building with the aim of respecting the immediate residential environment and taming these new types of buildings implanted in the neighbourhood. The green colour existing in a large part of the interior structure of the building is recovered and emphasized, using it throughout the structure and locks of the building.
The new coworking has been designed under sustainability criteria, with energy savings and user comfort being essential to generate a sustainable workspace, which has the LEED Gold certification. The building has a reuse rate of 62%, saves 48% of water and almost 10% of the energy comes from photovoltaic panels installed in it. In addition, it is connected to the urban hot and cold network (DHC) and to the pneumatic waste collection network.
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Area
m² plot.- 409.00m².
total m² built.- 2126.88m².
total useful m².-1756.99m².
total m² built.- 2126.88m².
total useful m².-1756.99m².
Dates
Completion.- 2022.
Location
Calle Pere IV no 128-130, 08005, Barcelona. Spain.
Budget
€ 3,3379,913
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DANIEL MÒDOL
Daniel Mòdol, Architect for the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of Barcelona in 1997, has been a professor at the School of Design Elisava and associate professor of the Department of Urban and Spatial Planning at ETSAB since 1999.
He has colaborated in various offices such as Manuel de Sola-Morales, Rosa Barba and Ricart Pie, Carme Ribas and Pere Joan Viaplana Ravetllat and-Pinion and in 2004 founded his office of architecture and urbanism performing projects such as:the spatial ordination of new Plaça de les Glòries of Barcelona and Meridiana Sud, the new Mercat de la Guineueta (currently under construction) and the House of Culture of Lloret de Mar among others. He has published several books on urbanism as El projecte de l’espai viari with Estanislau Rock and Manolo Franco (2004), el projecte urbà. Una experiència docent (2008); Del soporte urbano (2010) y Glòries, reforma urbana i espai públic with Estanislau Roca, Ricard Fayos and Daniel Navas (2011).
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