Barcelona, Best Architecture Guide: 42 buildings to get to know the city of Barcelona, BCN [II]
03/04/2022.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, MARÍA ONSINA
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In this "second compilation" (first here) we highlight contemporary buildings and renovations in Barcelona, exploring a side of the city, often ignored or unknown, through its libraries, markets, homes, and even parks.
Twenty-two buildings meet in this article to learn about the contemporaneity of Barcelona. Torre Telefónica, Casa Burés, Ninot Market, Born Market, Sant Antoni, Lycée Français, La Borda, Landskates, Montbau Library, Rei Martí Depot, Camp del Ferro, Plug-In Building, Power Generation Central, Rambla 124 , PobleSec Fire Station, Headquarters of the College of Economists, EI05 Tower, Canine Recreation, Oliva Artés Factory, Housing Building for 4 friends, Luxury Housing Building, Housing and modular prefabrication.
Twenty-two buildings meet in this article to learn about the contemporaneity of Barcelona. Torre Telefónica, Casa Burés, Ninot Market, Born Market, Sant Antoni, Lycée Français, La Borda, Landskates, Montbau Library, Rei Martí Depot, Camp del Ferro, Plug-In Building, Power Generation Central, Rambla 124 , PobleSec Fire Station, Headquarters of the College of Economists, EI05 Tower, Canine Recreation, Oliva Artés Factory, Housing Building for 4 friends, Luxury Housing Building, Housing and modular prefabrication.
Telefónica Tower. Diagonal Zero Zero. Photography by EMBA.
Torre Telefónica Diagonal Zero Zero. Interior view. EMBA. Photograph ©Pedro Antonio Pérez.
Torre Telefónica Diagonal Zero Zero. Interior view. EMBA. Photograph ©Pedro Antonio Pérez.
Torre Telefónica Diagonal Zero Zero. Interior view. EMBA. Photograph ©Pedro Antonio Pérez.
Casa Burés by TdB Arquitectura. Photograph by Alejo Bagué.
Casa Burés by TdB Arquitectura. Photograph by Alejo Bagué.
Casa Burés by TdB Arquitectura. Photograph by Alejo Bagué.
Outside view of the Ninot Market in Barcelona, reformed by Josep Lluís Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
Inside view of the Ninot Market in Barcelona, reformed by Josep Lluís Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
Detail. Outside view of the Ninot Market in Barcelona, reformed by Josep Lluís Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
View of urbanization of the Mercat del Born's surroundings performed by Vora. Photography © Adrià Goula.
View of urbanization of the Mercat del Born's surroundings performed by Vora. Photography © Adrià Goula.
View of urbanization of the Mercat del Born's surroundings performed by Vora. Photography © Adrià Goula.
Superilla de Sant Antoni by Leku Studio. Photograph by Del Río Bani
Superilla de Sant Antoni by Leku Studio. Photograph by Del Río Bani
Superilla de Sant Antoni by Leku Studio. Photograph by Del Río Bani
Exterior view. Lycée Français of Barcelona by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos. Photograph © Simón García
Aerial view. Lycée Français of Barcelona by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos. Photograph © Simón García
Couryard. Lycée Français of Barcelona by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos. Photograph © Simón García
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Antonio Navarro Wijkmark
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles
Aureà Cuadrado Urban Sports Park by SCOB Arquitectura y Paisaje. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Mar Bella Urban Sports Park by SCOB Arquitectura y Paisaje. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Mar Bella Urban Sports Park by SCOB Arquitectura y Paisaje. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Albert Pérez Baró library by Oliveras Boix Arquitectes. Photograph © José Hevia.
Albert Pérez Baró library by Oliveras Boix Arquitectes. Photograph © José Hevia.
Albert Pérez Baró library by Oliveras Boix Arquitectes. Photograph © José Hevia.
Rei Martí's Tank by ARCHIKUBIK. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Rei Martí's Tank by ARCHIKUBIK. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Rei Martí's Tank by ARCHIKUBIK. Photograph © Adrià Goula.
Camp del Ferro Sports Centre by AIA , BB Arquitectes, Gustau Gili Galfetti. Photograph by Simón García
Camp del Ferro Sports Centre by AIA , BB Arquitectes, Gustau Gili Galfetti. Photograph by José Hevia
Camp del Ferro Sports Centre by AIA , BB Arquitectes, Gustau Gili Galfetti. Photograph by José Hevia
PLUG-IN BUILDING 22@ by Josep Miàs
PLUG-IN BUILDING 22@ by Josep Miàs
PLUG-IN BUILDING 22@ by Josep Miàs
Centralized Heat and Cold Generation Plant of Barcelona South/Zona Franca. Photography © Forgas Arquitectes
Centralized Heat and Cold Generation Plant of Barcelona South/Zona Franca. Photography © Forgas Arquitectes
Centralized Heat and Cold Generation Plant of Barcelona South/Zona Franca. Photography © Forgas Arquitectes
Rambla 124 by Roldán + Berengué. Photograph by Jordi Surroca
Rambla 124 by Roldán + Berengué. Photograph by Jordi Surroca
Rambla 124 by Roldán + Berengué. Photograph by Jordi Surroca
Renovation of an Old Fire Station of the Poble Sec in Barcelona by Roldán + Berengué Architects. Photography © Jordi Surroca
Renovation of an Old Fire Station of the Poble Sec in Barcelona by Roldán + Berengué Architects. Photography © Jordi Surroca
Renovation of an Old Fire Station of the Poble Sec in Barcelona by Roldán + Berengué Architects. Photography © Jordi Surroca
Catalonian Institute of Economists. Photography © Jordi Surroca. Courtesy of Roldán + Berengué arqts.
Catalonian Institute of Economists. Photography © Jordi Surroca. Courtesy of Roldán + Berengué arqts.
Catalonian Institute of Economists. Photography © Jordi Surroca. Courtesy of Roldán + Berengué arqts.
Social housing Tower of 75 units b y Roldán + Berengué, arqts. Photography © Jordi Surroca.
Social housing Tower of 75 units b y Roldán + Berengué, arqts. Photography © Jordi Surroca.
Social housing Tower of 75 units b y Roldán + Berengué, arqts. Photography © Jordi Surroca.
Coexistence and canine recreation in Barcelona Eixample by Anna Codina i Associats. Photograph by Anna Codina
Coexistence and canine recreation in Barcelona Eixample by Anna Codina i Associats. Photograph by Anna Codina
Coexistence and canine recreation in Barcelona Eixample by Anna Codina i Associats. Photograph by Anna Codina
Outside view. Intervention in Oliva Artés factory by BAAS Arquitectura. Photograph © Marcela Grassi. Courtesy of BAAS arquitectura.
Museum Oliva Artés by BAAS arquitectura. Photograph by Gregori Civera
Museum Oliva Artés by BAAS arquitectura. Photograph by Gregori Civera
Apartment building for 4 friends by Lussi + Partner AG, Lola Domènech. Photograph by Adrià Goula
Apartment building for 4 friends by Lussi + Partner AG, Lola Domènech. Photograph by Adrià Goula
Apartment building for 4 friends by Lussi + Partner AG, Lola Domènech. Photograph by Adrià Goula
Luxury apartment building by Josep Lluis Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
Detail façade. Luxury apartment building by Josep Lluis Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
Interior. Luxury apartment building by Josep Lluis Mateo. Photography © Adrià Goula.
APROP (Alojamientos de proximidad provisionales) by Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré. Photograph by Adrià Goula
APROP (Alojamientos de proximidad provisionales) by Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré. Photograph by Adrià Goula
APROP (Alojamientos de proximidad provisionales) by Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré. Photograph by Adrià Goula
Plaça d'Ernest Lluch i Martin, 5, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
EMBA's tower, Enric Massip-Bosch, located at the end of Avenida Diagonal that leads to the sea, in the sphere of influence of the 22 @ digital district, has become the new headquarters of Telefónica in front of the Barcelona coastline at the beginning from Avenida Diagonal.
The Massip-Bosch proposal has a double reading, far and near, responding to the two scales. The tower appears to the city as a sharp and stylized trapezoidal prism, which by transparency reveals dynamic and varied volumes inside.
EMBA's tower, Enric Massip-Bosch, located at the end of Avenida Diagonal that leads to the sea, in the sphere of influence of the 22 @ digital district, has become the new headquarters of Telefónica in front of the Barcelona coastline at the beginning from Avenida Diagonal.
The Massip-Bosch proposal has a double reading, far and near, responding to the two scales. The tower appears to the city as a sharp and stylized trapezoidal prism, which by transparency reveals dynamic and varied volumes inside.
Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, 30, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
The reform of the Burés House designed by TdB Arquitectura has been an important milestone for the city because it is an intervention that preserves the residential fabric, through a renewed look at the value of modern and traditional architecture.
The Burés House, built between 1900 and 1905 by Francesc Berenguer y Mestres, a close associate of Gaudí, is classified as Level B (BCIL) for Heritage Protection. The building, originally, housed large houses, architectural, patrimonial and ornamental value.
Carrer de Mallorca, 133, 08036 Barcelona, Spain.
The Ninot Market in Barcelona, originally built by Joaquim Vilaseca and Antoni de Falguera and opened for the first time in 1894, has been immersed since 2009 in a complete renovation process, developed by Josep Lluís Mateo.
To adapt the market to current needs, and following Josep Lluís Mateo's decision to maintain the market's characteristic metallic structure consisting of three bodies, the subsoil was emptied to generate more space with two underground floors.
The Ninot Market in Barcelona, originally built by Joaquim Vilaseca and Antoni de Falguera and opened for the first time in 1894, has been immersed since 2009 in a complete renovation process, developed by Josep Lluís Mateo.
To adapt the market to current needs, and following Josep Lluís Mateo's decision to maintain the market's characteristic metallic structure consisting of three bodies, the subsoil was emptied to generate more space with two underground floors.
Plaça Comercial, 12, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
The Market building, by José Fontseré Mestre, which contains an immense piece of a medieval city derived in 1714, has reopened its doors as a historical-cultural facility. A reopening that offers a large covered public space, the so-called Fontserè porches.
The vora studio has been in charge of projecting the urban intervention next to the Born Market, whose objective is to adapt the outdoor space to the new use of the building. The proposal is a pedestrian space with a continuous cobbled pavement from which reminiscences of what in its day could have been the constructions in the Medieval period.
The Market building, by José Fontseré Mestre, which contains an immense piece of a medieval city derived in 1714, has reopened its doors as a historical-cultural facility. A reopening that offers a large covered public space, the so-called Fontserè porches.
The vora studio has been in charge of projecting the urban intervention next to the Born Market, whose objective is to adapt the outdoor space to the new use of the building. The proposal is a pedestrian space with a continuous cobbled pavement from which reminiscences of what in its day could have been the constructions in the Medieval period.
Sant Antoni neighborhood, Barcelona, Spain.
The project designed by Leku Studio is one of the most ambitious urban transformations in the city with a plan that restores the urban order by grouping blocks, promoting a new order that draws a more human, comfortable and healthy city.
Where there used to be cars now, thanks to Leku Studio, there is a new square full of life and green. The predominant vehicle noise has been replaced by children's games and lively conversations between neighbors. The model change is already effective, but the transformation continues.
The project designed by Leku Studio is one of the most ambitious urban transformations in the city with a plan that restores the urban order by grouping blocks, promoting a new order that draws a more human, comfortable and healthy city.
Where there used to be cars now, thanks to Leku Studio, there is a new square full of life and green. The predominant vehicle noise has been replaced by children's games and lively conversations between neighbors. The model change is already effective, but the transformation continues.
Carrer de Munner, 5, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.
The Lycée Français of Barcelona center needed an intervention project to organize, expand and improve its facilities. The new intervention proposed by Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos responds to this need to adapt the old school grounds.
The new set, made by b720, proposes a dialogue between the historic school and the school of the future. A visual and programmatic relationship is established between both buildings, through a porch that allows indoor communication between them and a space under which to shelter in case of rain.
The Lycée Français of Barcelona center needed an intervention project to organize, expand and improve its facilities. The new intervention proposed by Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos responds to this need to adapt the old school grounds.
The new set, made by b720, proposes a dialogue between the historic school and the school of the future. A visual and programmatic relationship is established between both buildings, through a porch that allows indoor communication between them and a space under which to shelter in case of rain.
Carrer de la Constitució, 85, 89, 08014 Barcelona, Spain.
La Borda's commitment to a community model antagonistic to state or private developments, proposed by Lacol, has made it possible to overcome some of the great limitations imposed on architecture projects.
Based on Lacol's idea, the active participation of the user has been integrated in all phases of the building. The future inhabitant participates in the collaborative design of the complex through thematic workshops that make it possible to take advantage of collective intelligence and make the user responsible for the decisions of the project.
La Borda's commitment to a community model antagonistic to state or private developments, proposed by Lacol, has made it possible to overcome some of the great limitations imposed on architecture projects.
Based on Lacol's idea, the active participation of the user has been integrated in all phases of the building. The future inhabitant participates in the collaborative design of the complex through thematic workshops that make it possible to take advantage of collective intelligence and make the user responsible for the decisions of the project.
Mar Bella Sports Park, Áurea Cuadrado and Via Favéncia, Barcelona, Spain.
SCOB Architecture and Landscape has been commissioned to conceive three new spaces for Skateboarding in Barcelona, located in such different places in the city as the Mar Bella Sports Park (Poble Nou), the Áurea Cuadrado (Les Corts) and that of Via Favéncia (Nou Barris).
The Landskate Parks conceived by Sergi Carulla and Oscar Blasco change the dynamics of building these spaces on the periphery to become a new contemporary alternative to public space. They are not a sports area, a street, a square, or a park, but they try to be all of these at the same time.
Carrer de l'Arquitectura, 8, 08035 Barcelona.
The Montbau Library is located in the Montbau housing estate. It was founded in the 80s as a popular library by the residents of the neighborhood. Initially it occupied two of the three warehouses of an old school complex built in the late 1950s with the first phase of the polygon.
The Oliveras Boix Arquitectes project starts from the need to expand and update the library to expand the space with the addition of a third warehouse to the existing ones and include the new defined program and the new needs of the neighborhood.
The Montbau Library is located in the Montbau housing estate. It was founded in the 80s as a popular library by the residents of the neighborhood. Initially it occupied two of the three warehouses of an old school complex built in the late 1950s with the first phase of the polygon.
The Oliveras Boix Arquitectes project starts from the need to expand and update the library to expand the space with the addition of a third warehouse to the existing ones and include the new defined program and the new needs of the neighborhood.
Carrer de Bellesguard, 14, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.
The ARCHIKUBIK studio has been in charge of the rehabilitation of the old 19th century water retention tank, which was discovered at the end of the 90s. This hypostyle room was built on the ruins of the last fortress of King Martí I, the Humà , from which it receives its name.
The project space, renovated by ARCHIKUBIK, has respected the character, the code, the nature, the materiality, the water mark and the strength of the original tank. The seven naves that compose it make up an authentic cathedral of water, whose beauty lies in the fact that it was not built to be seen.
Plaça d'Albert Badia i Mur, 1, 08027 Barcelona, Spain.
The project of AIA Activitats Arquitectòniques, Barceló-Balanzó Arquitectes, and Gustau Gili Galfetti consists of burying part of the building to adapt to the city's environment. Above ground it is finished off with a roof formed by soft inverted vaults that link it with the roofs of the neighboring warehouses.
The fact of partially burying the volume, an approach by AIA, BB Arquitectes and Gili Galfetti, not only reduces the visual impact, but also creates a free urban space. This space acts as a public foyer given the possible influx of a large number of visitors and users.
The project of AIA Activitats Arquitectòniques, Barceló-Balanzó Arquitectes, and Gustau Gili Galfetti consists of burying part of the building to adapt to the city's environment. Above ground it is finished off with a roof formed by soft inverted vaults that link it with the roofs of the neighboring warehouses.
The fact of partially burying the volume, an approach by AIA, BB Arquitectes and Gili Galfetti, not only reduces the visual impact, but also creates a free urban space. This space acts as a public foyer given the possible influx of a large number of visitors and users.
Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain.
Josep Miàs' project proposes to rebuild an orthogonal plot, recovering its geometry for the new building and constructing volumes that revere these traces. The irregularity of the block also makes it meaningful to cross it from one street to the other.
The final volume is that of a fragmented building with vertical spaces between the resulting volumes, which do not maintain the constant alignment of the old traces, but rather express doubts about the profile with respect to the street-patio.
Josep Miàs' project proposes to rebuild an orthogonal plot, recovering its geometry for the new building and constructing volumes that revere these traces. The irregularity of the block also makes it meaningful to cross it from one street to the other.
The final volume is that of a fragmented building with vertical spaces between the resulting volumes, which do not maintain the constant alignment of the old traces, but rather express doubts about the profile with respect to the street-patio.
Carrer Número 27, 6, 08040 Barcelona
The architectural proposal of Forgas Architects adds to the industrial and office program, spaces for the presentation to the public of the production processes through a tour of the facilities. Showing the Power Generation Plant as a pioneer in terms of sustainable production and use of energy
The Power Plant built by Forgas Architects acquires great potential as an educational, training and dissemination element of new energy technologies as well as environmental and sustainability values that should guide human activity and the new generations.
The architectural proposal of Forgas Architects adds to the industrial and office program, spaces for the presentation to the public of the production processes through a tour of the facilities. Showing the Power Generation Plant as a pioneer in terms of sustainable production and use of energy
The Power Plant built by Forgas Architects acquires great potential as an educational, training and dissemination element of new energy technologies as well as environmental and sustainability values that should guide human activity and the new generations.
Rambla 124, Barcelona, Spain.
The Roldán + Berengué project to rehabilitate Rambla 124 aims to convert the old Hotel Montecarlo into a commercial, office and residential building, highlighting the original elements of the historic building and adapting them to its new use.
The intervention developed by Roldán + Berengué posed two challenges to solve in order to adapt the building to its new contemporaneity. The two main ones were: the heritage conservation of the façade through which it is accessed from La Rambla and the façade that should dialogue with the Ateneu garden.
The Roldán + Berengué project to rehabilitate Rambla 124 aims to convert the old Hotel Montecarlo into a commercial, office and residential building, highlighting the original elements of the historic building and adapting them to its new use.
The intervention developed by Roldán + Berengué posed two challenges to solve in order to adapt the building to its new contemporaneity. The two main ones were: the heritage conservation of the façade through which it is accessed from La Rambla and the façade that should dialogue with the Ateneu garden.
Carrer de Lleida, 30, 08004 Barcelona, Spain.
The original building, designed by the architect Emilio Gutiérrez, was the first of its kind built specifically for this purpose in Spain and is the only historic fire station still preserved in Barcelona.
The farmhouse is cataloged with level D in the Special Protection Plan and the Catalog of Architectural Heritage.
The new building, renovated by Roldán + Berengué, houses a program of exhibition, training and dissemination areas in the prevention of fires, disasters and emergencies. In turn, it is a meeting place for retired firefighter associations.
Plaça de Gal·la Placídia, 32, 08006 Barcelona, Spain.
The project designed by Roldán + Berengué consists of a grouping of functions in a double order that defines its shape, the building appears as an overlapping sequence of boxes of two stories high each.
The entire program proposed by Roldán + Berengué is divided into rooms, including waiting and circulation spaces, including stairs as well. Boxes within boxes. Rooms within rooms. The outer glass box accommodates other smaller boxes.
The project designed by Roldán + Berengué consists of a grouping of functions in a double order that defines its shape, the building appears as an overlapping sequence of boxes of two stories high each.
The entire program proposed by Roldán + Berengué is divided into rooms, including waiting and circulation spaces, including stairs as well. Boxes within boxes. Rooms within rooms. The outer glass box accommodates other smaller boxes.
Pl. D'Europa, 08902 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona.
The E.I.O.5 tower by Roldán + Berengué is a social housing project located in a newly centralized area known as Plaça Europa. The urban model of the square is that of a public space that concentrates, towers for tertiary and residential, public and private uses.
The piece that Roldán + Berengué has built has been the subject of a package of public tenders in February 2005. A proposal in which the tower stood out as a transit building between the limit with the consolidated fabrics of Hospitalet and the towers of the Plaza Europe.
Carrer Napoles 140, Barcelona. Spain.
Located at the intersection of Calle Napoles and Gran Vía, Anna Codina's project usefully solves a corner of Barcelona's Ensanche, turning an empty space into an area designed for provisional use: a space intended for the stay and recreation of the dogs.
Its provisional condition inspired the choice of materials, which are typical of a construction process, and fit perfectly in this project due to their low cost and low maintenance. The area becomes a space for coexistence between animals and plants.
Located at the intersection of Calle Napoles and Gran Vía, Anna Codina's project usefully solves a corner of Barcelona's Ensanche, turning an empty space into an area designed for provisional use: a space intended for the stay and recreation of the dogs.
Its provisional condition inspired the choice of materials, which are typical of a construction process, and fit perfectly in this project due to their low cost and low maintenance. The area becomes a space for coexistence between animals and plants.
C. d'Espronceda, 142-146, 08018 Barcelona, Spain.
The Oliva Artés industrial warehouse was going to be demolished in 2008 in the context of the new construction of the Central Park of Poble Nou. A neighborhood association dedicated to industrial heritage convinced the City Council of the need to preserve the building, which at that time was in a state of structural ruin.
The renovation of the building, finally developed by BAAS arquitectura, focuses on its interior spaces in order to give it new uses of varied character, endowing the project with life through minimal elements that try to blend in with the originals.
The Oliva Artés industrial warehouse was going to be demolished in 2008 in the context of the new construction of the Central Park of Poble Nou. A neighborhood association dedicated to industrial heritage convinced the City Council of the need to preserve the building, which at that time was in a state of structural ruin.
The renovation of the building, finally developed by BAAS arquitectura, focuses on its interior spaces in order to give it new uses of varied character, endowing the project with life through minimal elements that try to blend in with the originals.
Pujades Street, Poblenou, Sant Martí. Barcelona, Spain.
To carry out the project, and thanks to the team of Lola Domènech and Lussi + Partner AG, four pairs of friends have come together to build a building of five houses with communal spaces for relationships and coexistence. The promoters of the building are its own users, who are committed to architectural quality, passive design and sustainability.
The project by Lola Domènech and Lussi + Partner AG proposes a re-reading of materials and construction systems of a lifetime, incorporating them into a new architectural language. The combination of materials such as wood, ceramic and concrete give the whole the desired texture, tonality and warmth.
To carry out the project, and thanks to the team of Lola Domènech and Lussi + Partner AG, four pairs of friends have come together to build a building of five houses with communal spaces for relationships and coexistence. The promoters of the building are its own users, who are committed to architectural quality, passive design and sustainability.
The project by Lola Domènech and Lussi + Partner AG proposes a re-reading of materials and construction systems of a lifetime, incorporating them into a new architectural language. The combination of materials such as wood, ceramic and concrete give the whole the desired texture, tonality and warmth.
Passatge Marimon 5, Barcelona, Spain.
Designed by Josep Lluís Mateo, the luxury housing project consists of a three-storey semi-detached house built in Passatge Marimon in the Sant Gervasi neighborhood, with a direct view from the main street of Avenida Diagonal.
The building is related to its surroundings by means of two facades, each with its own character, the main façade facing the Passatge and the rear façade facing the block courtyard. The terraces and decks are conceived as an extension of the apartments in which life grows from the first ray of sun to the last.
Designed by Josep Lluís Mateo, the luxury housing project consists of a three-storey semi-detached house built in Passatge Marimon in the Sant Gervasi neighborhood, with a direct view from the main street of Avenida Diagonal.
The building is related to its surroundings by means of two facades, each with its own character, the main façade facing the Passatge and the rear façade facing the block courtyard. The terraces and decks are conceived as an extension of the apartments in which life grows from the first ray of sun to the last.
Carrer Nou de Sant Francesc, 10X, 08002 Barcelona, Spain.
The temporary accommodation building of Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré estudio d'arquitectura, is located in the historical fabric of the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona. A place where urban problems such as gentrification and the overflow of tourism coexist, where the current state of alarm aggravated the situation of the inhabitants.
The project focuses on a process of democratization of domestic living, taking vacant lots, with excess buildable or public spaces with excessive proportions, to propose what the architects Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré estudio d'arquitectura call "Tactical Vivivenda".
The temporary accommodation building of Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré estudio d'arquitectura, is located in the historical fabric of the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona. A place where urban problems such as gentrification and the overflow of tourism coexist, where the current state of alarm aggravated the situation of the inhabitants.
The project focuses on a process of democratization of domestic living, taking vacant lots, with excess buildable or public spaces with excessive proportions, to propose what the architects Straddle3 + Eulia Arkitektura + Yaiza Terré estudio d'arquitectura call "Tactical Vivivenda".
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ENRIC MASSIP
Enric Massip-Bosch (Barcelona, 1960), architect. Lecturer of Projects in UPC since 1994. In 1990 he founded EMBA_ESTUDI MASSIP-BOSCH ARQUITECTES. He regularly has texts on architecture published in various media.
Juan Trias de Bes TdB Arquitectura
Juan Trias de Bes (Barcelona, 1964) is an architect from the Barcelona School of Architecture, 1991. He opens his professional studio TDB ARQUITECTURA in 1992, in Barcelona, where he maintains the activity of the exercise of the profession in the field of building and urban planning.
He is a member as a number scholar at the Royal European Academy of Doctors and has been the 2018 Annual President of the Bucharest Order of Architects. He has recently been distinguished as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Construction Board of the Temple of the SAGRADA FAMILIA.
He is the author of Institutional works, such as the Headquarters of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, the Headquarters of the Grífols laboratories, or the ESADE University on the Sant Cugat del Vallés Campus (Barcelona).
In the field of rehabilitation, he accredits interventions such as the Hotel Mandarin Oriental, on the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, the ESADE Convention Center in Barcelona, the modernist building "Casa Burés" (Nominated for EUMiesaward22) and the baroque palace "Palau Moxo".
In the field of research, he is a member of the UIC Barcelona Technological Innovation Laboratory (LITEIS), where he directs the Research Department "Cátedra hARQware".
In the field of Teaching, he is the titular professor and head of the Projects area of the School of Architecture (UIC bcn). He has been a visiting professor at various international courses and conferences.
In the field of dissemination and knowledge, in 2013 he obtained the qualification "Cum laude" for his Doctoral Thesis, under the Title "MATERIAL ARCHITECTURES" by the ETSAB. He has also been a speaker at various architecture seminars and is the author of various articles in specialized publications on architectural thought, project theory and his own work. In 2016 he has been twice awarded with the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU XIII) in the research and dissemination modalities.
He is a member as a number scholar at the Royal European Academy of Doctors and has been the 2018 Annual President of the Bucharest Order of Architects. He has recently been distinguished as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Construction Board of the Temple of the SAGRADA FAMILIA.
He is the author of Institutional works, such as the Headquarters of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, the Headquarters of the Grífols laboratories, or the ESADE University on the Sant Cugat del Vallés Campus (Barcelona).
In the field of rehabilitation, he accredits interventions such as the Hotel Mandarin Oriental, on the Paseo de Gracia in Barcelona, the ESADE Convention Center in Barcelona, the modernist building "Casa Burés" (Nominated for EUMiesaward22) and the baroque palace "Palau Moxo".
In the field of research, he is a member of the UIC Barcelona Technological Innovation Laboratory (LITEIS), where he directs the Research Department "Cátedra hARQware".
In the field of Teaching, he is the titular professor and head of the Projects area of the School of Architecture (UIC bcn). He has been a visiting professor at various international courses and conferences.
In the field of dissemination and knowledge, in 2013 he obtained the qualification "Cum laude" for his Doctoral Thesis, under the Title "MATERIAL ARCHITECTURES" by the ETSAB. He has also been a speaker at various architecture seminars and is the author of various articles in specialized publications on architectural thought, project theory and his own work. In 2016 he has been twice awarded with the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BEAU XIII) in the research and dissemination modalities.
Pere Buil, Toni Riba. VORA
vora is an architecture studio in operation in Barcelona since 2000. It is headed by Pere Buil and Toni Riba, both graduates from ETSAB in 2000. They work in building and urban design, at different scales and typologies, with some forays into industrial design. They combine professional activity with teaching, curating, and cultural activities.
His approach to the design and construction process is based on the abstract and the material. They are interested in reduction and materiality in response to the challenges of architecture. Also because of the traces, traces, and absences as a remnant of memory and its impact on collective identities.
His work has received multiple awards, including the Frame 2020, Surface Design 2020, 2AA 2018, Archmarathon 2014, Ciutat de Barcelona 2013, AJAC 2012, Arquitectura + 2011, and Bonaplata 2007 awards, and has been a finalist or selected in several editions of the FAD, ENOR, Bigmat awards, Spanish Architecture Biennial (BEAU), European Landscape Biennial, Mies Van der Rohe and Arquia / Próxima Awards, among others. It was also exhibited at the Venice Biennale in the Catalan and Spanish pavilions in the 2014 and 2016 editions. In May 2018 they inaugurated their first monographic exhibition “Shared Identities” at the Kolektiv Gallery in Belgrade.
His works with the greatest recognition are: Vallirana 47 (comprehensive reform of a small residential building), the Can Rosés Temporary School, the Ramon y Mar Pavilion (a small domestic extension pavilion), the surroundings of the Born Market, the Juan apartment ( reform of a house) and the Can Ricart Sports Center in El Raval, all in Barcelona; the design of the Nantes chair, a Medical Clinic in Paüls, Rambla Sant Francesc in Vilafranca and the operations yard of the Bank of Spain in Madrid.
His approach to the design and construction process is based on the abstract and the material. They are interested in reduction and materiality in response to the challenges of architecture. Also because of the traces, traces, and absences as a remnant of memory and its impact on collective identities.
His work has received multiple awards, including the Frame 2020, Surface Design 2020, 2AA 2018, Archmarathon 2014, Ciutat de Barcelona 2013, AJAC 2012, Arquitectura + 2011, and Bonaplata 2007 awards, and has been a finalist or selected in several editions of the FAD, ENOR, Bigmat awards, Spanish Architecture Biennial (BEAU), European Landscape Biennial, Mies Van der Rohe and Arquia / Próxima Awards, among others. It was also exhibited at the Venice Biennale in the Catalan and Spanish pavilions in the 2014 and 2016 editions. In May 2018 they inaugurated their first monographic exhibition “Shared Identities” at the Kolektiv Gallery in Belgrade.
His works with the greatest recognition are: Vallirana 47 (comprehensive reform of a small residential building), the Can Rosés Temporary School, the Ramon y Mar Pavilion (a small domestic extension pavilion), the surroundings of the Born Market, the Juan apartment ( reform of a house) and the Can Ricart Sports Center in El Raval, all in Barcelona; the design of the Nantes chair, a Medical Clinic in Paüls, Rambla Sant Francesc in Vilafranca and the operations yard of the Bank of Spain in Madrid.
JOSEP LLUÍS MATEO
Josep Lluís Mateo was born in Barcelona (1949) and graduated in Architecture in 1974 from the ETSAB and gained his doctorate (cum laude) at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 1994.
Mateo’s practice is based in Barcelona, and he is currently involved in a number of local and international projects such as the new Film Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona, the new headquarters for PGGM Pension Fund Company in Zeist, Holland and the office building on the former site of Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, among others.
With each of his projects, Mateo seeks to connect the practice of construction with research and development in both intellectual and programmatic terms. He works in the area between the sphere of ideas and the physical world of reality.
Academic collaborations and teaching:
Josep Lluís Mateo has been Professor of the Architecture Department at the Swiss Federal Polytechnic in Zurich (ETH-Z) since 2002. He has also taught and lectured at numerous institutions around the world, including Princeton, Columbia University in New York, the Harvard Graduate School of Design, ABK Stuttgart, UP8 Paris, OAF Oslo and ITESM Mexico. He was Visiting Scholar at the Jean P. Getty Center in Los Angeles from 1991 to 1992. Josep Lluís Mateo is President since 2009 of the Board of Directors of the Barcelona Institute of Architecture. He has been a member of a number of juries and expert committees, including the Quality Committee of Barcelona City Council (2000-2008), and for prizes such as the European Landscape Award and the Thyssen Award.
Recent exhibitions and prizes:
The practice’s work has been exhibited on numerous occasions thanks to its international influence. New York’s MoMA devoted a space in the exhibition “Spain: On Site” (2006) to its apartment building in Valencia for the Sociopolis Project. Individual exhibitions include those at Ras Gallery (Barcelona, 2009), Architekturgalerie Aedes (Berlin, 2004), Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna, 1998), Col•legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (Barcelona, 1998),Galerie Fragner (Prague, 1998), Galerie Aedes (Berlin, 1994), Architekturgalerie Luzern (Luzern, 1992) and Architekturgalerie Munich (Munich, 1991).
The work of Josep Lluís Mateo has been awarded many prizes, including:
- Top International Purpose-Built Venue 2008, First Prize. Best International Convention Centre category.
Organized by C&IT magazine, London. Project: CCIB-Barcelona International Convention Centre
- 2008 Archizinc Award, First Prize. Collective Housing category. Project: Sant Jordi Students’ Hall of Residence, Barcelona
- European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2005, Runner-up. Project: CCIB- Barcelona International Convention Centre
- 15th Award of Grupo Dragados de Arquitectura.
FERMÍN VÁZQUEZ. b720
Fermín Vázquez Huarte-Mendicoa (Madrid, 1961) architect since 1988. He studied at ETSAM (Madrid) and ETSAB (Barcelona). He leads b720 Fermín Vázquez Architects, which he set up with Ana Bassat in 1997, with offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre.
b720 is an international studio. It works globally within its offices in Brasil and Spain, in projects located in a dozen of differents countries.
The work of the studio, which has been showed in several events and museums as the Biennal of Venice, the Cité of París and MoMA of NY, has been awarded nationally and internationally with several prizes, among there are two RIBA Awards, a World Architecture Festival award, four awards ASPRIMA-SIMA, the Emporis Skyscraper Award and the European Public Urban Space award.
Among his best-known projects there are the Agbar Tower -with Jean Nouvel Architectures-, Lérida's airport, the Plaza del Torico in Teruel, La Mola Conference Centre in Barcelona, the City of Justice of Barcelona and the building for de America Cup in Valencia -both with David Chipperfield Architects- and the Gran Casino Costa Brava in Lloret de Mar. Currently working, among other projects, on the new Mercat dels Encants in Barcelona, the new international airport of Cuzco in Perú, the regeneration of the Waterfront of Cais Mauá of Porto Alegre, a new neighbourhood for 70.000 residents in Brasilia and in several high buildings in Sao Paulo.
He usually combines the proffesional practise with teaching. He has been teacher at ETSAB, at l'École d'Architecture et Paysage de Burdeos, at Universidad Europea de Madrid and he has given courses and conferences large universities and institutions all over the world.
Arquitectura Cooperativa. Lacol
Lacol is an architecture cooperative set up in 2014 in the Sants district (Barcelona). They work with architecture for social transformation, as a tool to intervene in the immediate environment critically.
Currently, it is a team of 14 people who work in various fields of architecture. Their lines of work focus on these five axes: Construction; Cooperative Housing; Pa icipation; Exhibitions and Stage Design; and Urbanism.
The main axis of work on which they apply the knowledge of other fields is the cooperative housing. They have specialized in the promotion of this model as well as in the process of participation of the promotion of the future inhabitants. The most relevant case has been the housing cooperative La Borda, where, in addition to carrying out the architectural project, they have participated in its promotion and all the learning process has been systematized through the book “Habitar en comunidad“ (Libros de la Catarata, 2018).
They are currently building La Balma, a similar housing cooperative in Poblenou, and accompanying several projects in the promotion phase in other places.
In order to promote and make viable the replicability of the model, we work in the design of public policies, advise municipalities, and give conferences and write articles in different publications. Lacol is part of La Dinamo, a foundation for the consolidation of cooperative housing in Catalonia.
Awards
• Prize “Ciutat de Barcelona” 2018.
• Prize on Built Construction in Architecture at the BBConstrumat 2019.
• Nominated at the Début Award Lisbon Triennale (announced October 5th 2019).
• Mention at the Bonaplata 2018 awards for a study on the industrial heritage of Vilassar de Mar.
• Prize AJAC for the housing coop project “Coop de falç”, together with Arqbag.
Books published by Lacol
• “Construir en col·lectiu” (CAT/ESP/ENG), Pol·len Edicions 2018.
• “Habitar en comunidad”, with La Ciutat Invisible, Libros de la Catarata/Arquia, 2018.
• “El Vilassar de Mar Fabril”. Pagès edicions, 2018.
• “Inventari de Can Batlló. Teixint una història col·lectiva.” Curated by Lacol. Riera de Magòria, 2013.
Currently, it is a team of 14 people who work in various fields of architecture. Their lines of work focus on these five axes: Construction; Cooperative Housing; Pa icipation; Exhibitions and Stage Design; and Urbanism.
The main axis of work on which they apply the knowledge of other fields is the cooperative housing. They have specialized in the promotion of this model as well as in the process of participation of the promotion of the future inhabitants. The most relevant case has been the housing cooperative La Borda, where, in addition to carrying out the architectural project, they have participated in its promotion and all the learning process has been systematized through the book “Habitar en comunidad“ (Libros de la Catarata, 2018).
They are currently building La Balma, a similar housing cooperative in Poblenou, and accompanying several projects in the promotion phase in other places.
In order to promote and make viable the replicability of the model, we work in the design of public policies, advise municipalities, and give conferences and write articles in different publications. Lacol is part of La Dinamo, a foundation for the consolidation of cooperative housing in Catalonia.
Awards
• Prize “Ciutat de Barcelona” 2018.
• Prize on Built Construction in Architecture at the BBConstrumat 2019.
• Nominated at the Début Award Lisbon Triennale (announced October 5th 2019).
• Mention at the Bonaplata 2018 awards for a study on the industrial heritage of Vilassar de Mar.
• Prize AJAC for the housing coop project “Coop de falç”, together with Arqbag.
Books published by Lacol
• “Construir en col·lectiu” (CAT/ESP/ENG), Pol·len Edicions 2018.
• “Habitar en comunidad”, with La Ciutat Invisible, Libros de la Catarata/Arquia, 2018.
• “El Vilassar de Mar Fabril”. Pagès edicions, 2018.
• “Inventari de Can Batlló. Teixint una història col·lectiva.” Curated by Lacol. Riera de Magòria, 2013.
Arquitectura y Paisaje SCOB
SCOB Arquitectura y Paisaje were founded by Sergi Carulla and Oscar Blasco in 2005. They are landscape architects. They teach at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura of Barcelona and at the Italian Centre of Architecture in Milan. Their work has been recognised internationally through awards, contests and specialised publications. At present, they investigate landscape through other disciplines that go beyond architecture, such as cinema and literature.
Sergi Carulla Architect. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, 1996 Landscape architect. Master de arquitectura del paisaje UPC, 2002 Founder partner of scob arquitectura y paisaje, 2005 Currently teaches in Master in Landscape Architecture of Barcelona and the Italian Centre of Architecture in Milan.
Oscar Blasco Architect. Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, 1999 Landscape architect. Master de arquitectura del paisaje UPC, 2002 Founder partner of scob arquitectura y paisaje, 2005 Currently teaches in Master in Landscape Architecture of Barcelona and the Italian Centre of Architecture in Milan.
Núria Oliveras Boix, Jordi Oliveras Boix. OLIVERAS BOIX ARQUITECTES
Oliveras Boix Arquitectes is an architecture studio founded by the siblings Núria Oliveras Boix (1976, Barcelona) and Jordi Oliveras Boix (1979, Barcelona) in 2003. Their first office began its activity through participation in various competitions. Since then they have developed projects and works, mainly for the public administration, for which they have obtained various awards and mentions. They have also carried out work in the field of urban planning and have participated in the editing of various publications and research papers in the fields of the city, housing, sustainability and accessibility.
Núria Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2001) and Jordi Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2004). His way of designing always places the end user at the center of a creative and research process where interest in detail, construction processes and optimization of resources play a key role.
Núria Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2001) and Jordi Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2004). His way of designing always places the end user at the center of a creative and research process where interest in detail, construction processes and optimization of resources play a key role.
Marc Chalamanch, Miquel Lacasta, Carmen Santana. Archikubik
ARCHIKUBIK, ecosystem of architecture, urbanism and urban landscape, established in 2001 by Marc Chalamanch, Miquel Lacasta y Carmen Santana, is composed by an international and multi-disciplinary team that works in an atmosphere of R&D in @kubik space, in Barcelona.
Its process of urban and architectural work is framed within the constant development of synergies and exchanges between public space and private participative space, with the purpose of rethinking our cities from the concept of the e-polis, the polis of the information society, as a place for learning, debate, diversity, respect and exchange. Conceiving, giving the chance to inhabitants to become eco-citizens within communities, through architecture, to make public space an opportunity to rephrase our territories and our cities in the era of social networks. In order to conciliate this, our projects are based on the scale 1/ ♥, a system that is capable of going further to be included within a transversal ecosystem, with the aim of articulating a global vision in a territorial scale, the one from the city, the neighborhood and the human scale, all of it incorporated to the time vector.
Their research is centered in the wide interpretation of ‘’green’’ as a tool for creation, as an infrastructure for the territory, with the objective of creating an organoleptic environment, open and sensitive. The productive landscape as a horizon for reflection. Moving forward in a process of urban network acupuncture, all the projects and scales represent a chance to start strategies and tactics that allow to go further than the conventional codes that belong to last centuries’ industrial world. The investigation of new typologies to approach the constant transformations of society is part of our DNA.
The last recognitions are: prix Futures Possibles for the ZAC Rouget de Lisle and International FAD Award for the housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine (under construction). Also, we are finalists for the last phase of the international competition Reinventer.paris with a third use building in Clichy-Batignolles and finalists for the Ascer Award for ceramic buildings with the Parking Saint-Roch in Montpellier. Archikubik has been twice selected for the Venice Biennale with the Parking Saint-Roch in Montpellier for the Catalan Pavilion and the Diposit del Rei Martí in Barcelona for the Spanish Pavilion.
Its process of urban and architectural work is framed within the constant development of synergies and exchanges between public space and private participative space, with the purpose of rethinking our cities from the concept of the e-polis, the polis of the information society, as a place for learning, debate, diversity, respect and exchange. Conceiving, giving the chance to inhabitants to become eco-citizens within communities, through architecture, to make public space an opportunity to rephrase our territories and our cities in the era of social networks. In order to conciliate this, our projects are based on the scale 1/ ♥, a system that is capable of going further to be included within a transversal ecosystem, with the aim of articulating a global vision in a territorial scale, the one from the city, the neighborhood and the human scale, all of it incorporated to the time vector.
Their research is centered in the wide interpretation of ‘’green’’ as a tool for creation, as an infrastructure for the territory, with the objective of creating an organoleptic environment, open and sensitive. The productive landscape as a horizon for reflection. Moving forward in a process of urban network acupuncture, all the projects and scales represent a chance to start strategies and tactics that allow to go further than the conventional codes that belong to last centuries’ industrial world. The investigation of new typologies to approach the constant transformations of society is part of our DNA.
The last recognitions are: prix Futures Possibles for the ZAC Rouget de Lisle and International FAD Award for the housing project in Ivry-sur-Seine (under construction). Also, we are finalists for the last phase of the international competition Reinventer.paris with a third use building in Clichy-Batignolles and finalists for the Ascer Award for ceramic buildings with the Parking Saint-Roch in Montpellier. Archikubik has been twice selected for the Venice Biennale with the Parking Saint-Roch in Montpellier for the Catalan Pavilion and the Diposit del Rei Martí in Barcelona for the Spanish Pavilion.
Albert Salazar, Juan Carlos Navarro. AIA Activitats Arquitectòniques
AIA Activitats Arquitectòniques is an architecture and engineering studio founded and directed, for 30 years, by the architects Albert Salazar and Juan Carlos Navarro. With a team of 30 technicians made up of architects, engineers, and specialized consultants who work from the first sketch, to the completion of the work, and the subsequent monitoring of the useful life of the building, emphasizing sustainability criteria, as well as effective operation and integration into the environment. This fact has led them to obtain several awards for the environmental commitment and energy efficiency of the buildings they have designed.
Bàrbara Balanzó Moral, Antoni Barceló Baeza. bb arquitectes
bb arquitectes. Architecture firm founded by Bàrbara Balanzó Moral and Antoni Barceló Baeza.
Antoni Barceló Baeza. Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 1971. Bachelor of Architecture. Superior Technical School of Architecture, Barcelona, 1996. Currently writing doctoral thesis. Established studio and offices with the architect Bàrbara Balanzó Moral – Barceló-Balanzó Architects, 1997.
Teaching.
1996-97 Teaching assistant, ‘Projects V’, Jaume Sanmartí Projects Atelier.
1997-98 Guest lecturer, ETSAB/UPC, Architectural Projects Department, ‘Projects IX-X.’
Continuing commitment teaching the elective subject ‘The five facades of collective housing’
2000-01 Lecturer, ETSAB/UPC, Architectural Projects Department, ‘Projects VII-VIII’.
2002 Lecturer, ILAUD Venice Summer School.
2003 Lecturer, IDSA+U International Summer Workshop, ETSAB, Barcelona.
2004 Director, Summer Workshop, ETSAB, Barcelona.
Bàrbara Balanzó Moral. Barcelona, 1971. Bachelor of Architecture. Superior Technical School of Architecture, Barcelona, 1997. She shares professional studio with the architect Antoni Barceló Baeza, 1997.
Bàrbara Balanzó Moral. Barcelona, 1971. Bachelor of Architecture. Superior Technical School of Architecture, Barcelona, 1997. She shares professional studio with the architect Antoni Barceló Baeza, 1997.
Gustau Gili Galfetti
Gustau Gili Galfetti (Barcelona 1963), is architect by ETSAB (1990). He combines both professional practice and teaching activity and architectural edition. As an architect, he has worked mainly designing housing, facilities, and exhibitions. He has been a professor at Elisava school, UIC, ETH Zurich and currently he is a professor in the Design Department at ETSAB.
JOSEP MIÀS
Josep Miàs, Architect COAC/ARB. 1992_ETSAB_UPC, Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona_Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
From 1990 till 2000 he worked as Associated Architect with Enric Miralles, developing the following projects Círculo de Lectores in Madrid, Sports Hall in Huesca, Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Alicante, Library in Palafolls, Parc dels Colors in Mollet del Vallès, Cemetery in Igualada, Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, DiagonalMarPark, Santa Caterina Market and GasNaturalBuilding in Barcelona. In 2000, Josep Miàs founded his own studio.
Among won architectural competitions, these are the most important first prizes: Girona Central Park Station, Banyoles Old City Refurbishment, Barceloneta Market, Rubí Market, Golf Fontanals de Cerdanya Clubhouse, Tibidabo Funicular Station and Herta Frankel Puppet Theatre in Barcelona, Girona Annexa-Puigbert Primary School, Plug-in Building 22@ in Barcelona, Torrebaró Apartment Building in Barcelona, San Bernardo Apartment Building in Madrid, Dakar Music Recording Centre and Village in Senegal, Palafolls Pedestrian Bridge, Miño Sil Water Confederation Headquarters in Ourense, Arenys Mental Health Centre and iGuzzini Barcelona Corporate Building.
Josep Miàs’ works have won several awards, some of them are: AJAC Best Young Architect Award 2004 for Golf Fontanals de Cerdanya, Special Mention Girona Architecture Award 2005 for Mollet single house, First Prize Girona Architecture Award 2007 for Banyoles Old City Refurbishment, City of Barcelona Architecture and Urbanism Award 2007 for Barceloneta Market, Catalonia Construction Award 2009 for Banyoles Old City Refurbishment, Architecture Aplus Award 2011 Best Educational Building in Spain for Annexa-Puigbert Primary School, Building of the Year 2011 Archdaily Award_Winner World Best Building of the Year, and WAF World Architecture Festival 2012 Shorlisted World Best Building of the Year both for iGuzzini Barcelona Corporate Building.
From 1992, he has developed teaching activities in Architecture Schools in Europe, America and USA: Design Department Professor at Barcelona School of Architecture ETSAB_UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Design Department Professor at School of Architecture La Salle BCN, Director of the Design Department and Deputy Director at School of Architecture ESARQ_UIC_Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and Professor in UCL University College London_The Bartlett School of Architecture,UNISS Università di Sassari_Facoltà d’Architettura Alghero, Frankfurt Stadelschule and USA Harvard Graduate School of Design GSD.
He has been invited to read lectures and head up workshops in a large number of universities in Spain, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, United States, Mexico, Uruguay, Brazil, Singapore and Panama among others.
His work, as well as his writings, have been published in international magazines and books, and his buildings have been exhibited in many exhibition halls as COAC_Barcelona, Arquería Nuevos Ministerios_Madrid, Cité de l’Architecture_Paris, Stadelschule_Frankfurt, Architektur Forum_Zurich, TU University_Berlin,House of the Architect_Kiev, Bartlett School of Architecture_London, 2012 Biennale di Venezia, and WAF 2012 Singapore.
Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture ETSAB_UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya_Barcelona, Visiting Professor in UNISS Università di Sassari_Facoltà d’Architettura Alghero andTeaching Fellow in UCL University College London_The Bartlett School of Architecture.
Joan Forgas-Dolors Ylla-Català FORGAS ARQUITECTES
Forgas Arquitectes is an architecture office founded in 1989 by Joan Forgas and Dolors Ylla-Català devoted to develope projects in the area of public space, infrastructure, equipments, housing, rebuilding and patrimony. In these years of experience the team has received several awards and has also won numerous national and international ideas competicions.
The office has an inner core of professional workers with a large group of collaborators, gathering interdisciplinary teams depending on the nature of projects to develop.
FORGAS ARQUITECTES works to achieve the equilibrium and balance between the intrinsic ability of emotional architecture and the inexcusable utility and proportion, making proposals attentive to physical context, environmentally responsible, technologically solvents and trying to respond to the requests and questions posed by society.
MIGUEL ROLDÁN AND MERCÈ BERENGUÉ ROLDÁN + BERENGUÉ
ROLDÁN + BERENGUÉ is an Architecture firm with 25 years of experience, founded in 1988 by partners Miguel Roldán and Mercè Berengué, conformed by a multidisciplinary team with experts in sustainability and design and construction management.
They are experts in residential architecture, corporate headquarters, public and private facilities and the restoration of historic and industrial buildings. In urbanism, the firm has realized integrated projects of new implementation and reform of existing layers, as well as numerous planning documents. Since 1999, they maintain an extensive international activity, especially in academic scope.
Miguel Roldán Architect (Ceuta, 1961. Architect, ETSAB-UPC, 1988).
“Thomas A. Bullock Endowed Chair in Leadership and Innovation” 2012-2013 of the Texas A&M University.
Director of Exchange Program for Architecture Schools between Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya and univesities of:
- ITESM, Monterrey, Mexico, since 2002.
- Texas A&M University, USA, since 2000.
- Clemson University, USA, since 1999
- Université de Montréal (Canada), 2003.
Mercè Berengué Architect (Barcelona, 1962. Architect, ETSAB-UPC, 1989).
Representative of the district of Barcelona in the Agrupació d’Arquitectes Urbanistes de Catalunya since 2007.
Deputy member of Technical Communication Commission Regional Planning in the metropolitan area of Barcelona in representation of COAC since 2012.
Member of the Association of Architecture and Sustainability COAC.
Director of the “Àrea de Coneixement d’Urbanisme-Territori, ESARQ-UIC” (Area of knowledge of Urbanism-Territory, ESARQ-UIC) 1997-2000.
Collaborator with the Planning Services of Barcelona’s City Council 1992-1997.
Trained at SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) and Frank Gehry’s offices in Chicago 1989-1990.
Anna Codina Ramells
Anna Codina Ramells. Born in Llobera, Lleida, 1969. She founded the office "annacodinaarchitecture". An architectural firm that works with projects of architecture, urbanism and interiors since 1996. The study has been winning competitions for public schools, nursery schools, housing and offices. In the proposals combine creativity and innovation with knowledge of building technologies and efficient and personalized customer service in each of the professional work. She began hes experience working in various architectural offices in Barcelona. She worked several years as architect consultant in the Department of Universities, Research and Information Society of Catalan Government as well.
JORDI BADIA
Jordi Badia (Barcelona, 1961) graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) in 1989. Between 1989 and 1993 he practiced a professional partnership with Tonet Sunyer. In 1994 founded the BAAS architecture study, Jordi Badia combines his professional task of an architect with that of a professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAB since 2001 and at ESARQ-UIC since 2009. He also collaborates to the newspaper ARA since 2010 and is editor of the Hic Architecture since 2009. Along with Felix Arranz, he curated the Catalan and Balearic Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.
The practice is currently working on various projects, including the town hall in Montroig del Camp, the headquarters of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and the new premises of the MUHBA (Museum of History of Barcelona) in Poblenou district, Barcelona. The office is also working on the citizens building in Palamós, the extensive rehabilitation of Alta Diagonal office building in Barcelona and the Radio and TV University in Katowice, Poland.
LOLA DOMÈNECH
Lola Domènech, architect ETSAB-1994 (architecture school of Barcelona) founds her own studio in Barcelona on 1995. From 2006 she is professor for the Master’s program “Private Perimeters” held at the Elisava School in Barcelona. Visiting professor (2012) at the University of architecture and design in Monterrey-Mexico. She has collaborated on various urban layout projects with different public administrations in Catalonia.
The office. Since 2008, the studio -lola domènech arquitecta- has been considered as an approved team by the Barcelona City Hall, thanks to the design of urban spaces en the Ciutat Vella district (the historical center of the city). The professional career of the studio has been recognized by various awards and publications. The studio has also worked for public and private promoters in the development of architectural, public spaces and interior design projects, starting at their initial phases up through construction. In order to execute such projects, the study relies on its multidisciplinary team consisting of professional architects who work in close collaboration with external teams specializing in structures, installations, topography, geotechnology, engineering, agronomy, archeology, and programs with citizens’ participation.
Specialization. Development of urban and architectural projects requires a specialization in which the studio focuses specifically on: respect for the surrounding area, keeping in mind criteria for sustainability , architectural design giving priority to criteria of passive architecture – eco design, design for improving accessibility, the use of new technologies and renewable energy sources applied to architecture (domotics and geothermal projects), special attention is paid to the needs of each individual program – citizens’ participation from a social point of view by way of an innovative methodology of citizens’ participation.
Thomas Lussi, Beatrice Maeder, Daniele Savi. Lussi + Partner AG
Lussi + Partner AG. is an office led by Thomas Lussi, Beatrice Maeder and Daniele Savi, based in Lucerne, Switzerland and Barcelona Spain. The architecture office deals with all kinds of new construction, renovations and extensions. Many of our commissions stem from success in architectural or research study competitions, and focus primarily on schools, residential and commercial buildings, restaurants, and hotels. Its objective is to develop buildings that offer an optimal solution in terms of aesthetics, function and design. Searching for contextual connections while meeting the economic requirements.
Executive Board:
Thomas Lussi, graduate architect, ETH SIA BSA, born 1961, partner.
Beatrice Maeder, graduate communication planner, born 1964, partner.
Daniele Savi, graduate architect FH, born 1980, member of executive board.
Jon Begiristain
Jon Begiristain. Doctor of Architecture, since the mid-nineties combines professional work in the Eulia Arkitektura office with teaching at the ETSA in Donostia at EHU / UPV. He has developed projects in fields as diverse as housing, self-construction, light structures or landscape projects. Member of the M-etxea collective since its foundation and of the Collective Architectures network and ATRI.city since its inception.
David Juarez Latimer-Knowles. Straddle3
Straddle3 is an active collective in Barcelona since 1998 that develops processes of urban citizen participation for the recovery of the industrial and cultural fabric, temporary and permanent interventions in public spaces and buildings, or cases of self-construction from recycled materials.
They are founding members of the international network of Collective Architectures, founded in 2007. AACC is a network of people and groups interested in cooperative processes aimed at caring for and transforming environments.
They are founding members of the international network of Collective Architectures, founded in 2007. AACC is a network of people and groups interested in cooperative processes aimed at caring for and transforming environments.
David Juarez Latimer-Knowles. Architect, founding member of Straddle3 and Collective Architectures. It has developed citizen participation projects on the recovery of cultural, industrial buildings and public spaces, as well as innovative projects in the field of housing. He has given talks, courses and workshops in different countries, participated in various publications and is one of the promoters of ATRI.city.
YAIZA TERRÉ
Yaiza Terré (Barcelona, 1980) is an architect accredited by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Vallès in 2006, with Pere Riera as tutor. She complemented her studies in Switzerland at the "Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio" and was taught by Aires Mateus and Peter Zumthor. Art director for film by “Estudio de Cine” school of Barcelona in 2013.
She collaborated with various architecture firms: Aires Mateus (Lisbon), and Boch-Tarrús architects (Barcelona), among others. In 2008 she founded her own studio in Barcelona, where she is currently developing her architectural activity. Principally, this arises from public competitions and occasionally from private commisions. Her projects largely revolve around the renovation and reinterpretation of spaces, and are based on reuse and recycling.
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