The "Occidental Barcelona 1929" hotel, designed by Bxd Arquitectura, comprises a nine-story building with an interior courtyard. The main entrances and common areas of the hotel are located on the ground floor, while the upper levels house 152 guest rooms. Finally, the rooftop terrace and swimming pool are situated on the roof level.
The building's façade, with its vertical, checkerboard pattern, features a combination of white limestone and sulfurized brass-colored metal framing. Two-story blocks are grouped together to achieve a subtle integration into the urban landscape.
"Occidental Barcelona 1929" by Bxd Arquitectura. Photograph by Aleix Bagué.
Project description by Bxd Arquitectura
Located in a strategic point, our project completes one of the most monumental blocks that preside over Barcelona's Plaça Espanya.
The new building is defined by the straight and curve dalign ments of Creu Coberta and Diputación streets. With 9 floors of height, it main tains the level of coronation of the adjacent building to conform a volume tric unit, generat ing because of the planning, an interior patio of greats patial value.
The first floor, open to the public space and the interior patio, brings together the accesses and the common areas of the hotel. The 8 upper floors house the 152 rooms with small office areas and finally, a terrace with a swimming pool is located on the roof.
The exterior façade with a vertical composition and in the form of a checker board, groups the floors two by two with the intention of adjusting the scale of the building to allow better integration into the urban fabric.
As for the materiality, it is worked combining, in a precise way, the white limestone with openings framed by metallic profiles of sulphurous brass colour.
