The architecture firms BAMMP Arquitectos and XVA Arquitectura have joined forces to design the New Annex Building Gym - Fitness Room for the Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club sports complex.

It is a sports complex that already has sports buildings and facilities, so it is an extension of an existing multifunctional building where the changing rooms and indoor pool are already located.
The design of BAMMP Arquitectos and XVA Arquitectura for the fitness room must be embedded between the different sports fields. Due to the natural wealth that it has around it, the building is designed to take advantage of the lighting and environmental quality and integrate into it for its "material transparency".

It is a diaphanous single-storey building, for the provision of different equipment. Wood is considered the only structural and constructive element, thus establishing a concordance with the nature of the environment and creating an atmosphere of comfort.
 

Description of project by BAMMP Arquitectos and XVA Arquitectura

The object of the project is the expansion of the existing multifunctional locker room, pool and gym building of the Atlétic de Terrassa Hockey Club, with a new fitness room visible from the general access areas as a claim for use and good practices in sports activity.

The new building has to fit into a space of reduced dimensions, surrounded by constructions and existing sports facilities. However, the presence of nature in its surroundings creates an atmosphere of great light and environmental quality that the building aims to integrate with its maximum material transparency.

The structural configuration formalizes the object. The space is generated from the arrangement of 2 large structural wooden girders of 18x100 cm and 30 meters long, separated by 13.50 meters and each supported by 11 10x68 cm pillars, which simultaneously support 11 10x64 cm crossbeams. that cover the entire space.

The building materializes using wood as the only structural and constructive element, speeding up the execution time (6 weeks) and reducing the cost of the project (€ 375/sqm).

This space is closed on both sides with a longitudinal glass composed of 11 units of 2.30 meters high and 5.60 wide that offers the necessary light transparency and protection.

The use of wood establishes an effective material synergy with the nature of the environment and creates an atmosphere of comfort for users. Likewise, the use of laminated glass is done with the intention of working with light as the essential building material, considering the positive interactions it generates in the environment and between people.

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Project team
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Jaume Armengol, Xavier Vancells.
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Design team
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Structure.- Miguel Nevado. Installations.- Ignasi Baqués -EIMA. Quantity Surveyor.- José Malgosa.
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Developer
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Atletic Terrassa Hockey Club.
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Area
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476.5 sqm.
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Budget
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€ 178,000.
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Completion.- May 2017.
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BAMMP Arquitectos y Asociados is an organization of experts in architecture, urban planning and construction. They are based on the combination of a taste for architecture with the criteria of technical effectiveness and construction. Their professional career starts from the 90s, with a greater volume of construction and projected urbanization.

BAMMP was founded in 2002 from the professional studio of Francisco Bacardit, started in 1972, to which Jaume Armengol and Josep Malgosa joined in 1987, Joaquim Mompel 1990 and Ferran Pont in 1993. In 2008 the architects Mateu Baylina, Montserrat Garcia and Carles Gelis and the technical architect Xavier Delgado joined the company. In 2010, the technical architect Montserrat Riera Valenciano de Mendiolaza joined the team.

They have received numerous awards for their works from 1988 to the present. These are some of the latest awards they have obtained: Bonaplata Awards 2014 in Studies Award for the Book "Espais Recobrats", Bonaplata Awards 2015 in Bonaplata Rehabilitation Award for the Recovery of the Can Boada deposit. In 2016 the 7th Vallés Architecture Exhibition in the Ciutat de Terrassa Award for Urban Landscape Improvement 5th Parc Vallparadís Phase and the X NAN Architecture and Construction Awards 2016 ”in the Award Category for the best residential construction project, Bonaplata Awards 2016. Bonaplata Rehabilitation Award in Rehabilitation and interpretation of the Fabra & Coats Hall of Calders.

Francesc Bacardit i Segués is an architect since 1973. He is a Professor of Urban Planning, Spatial Planning since 1993 and a member of the final degree project court of the Barcelona Technical School of Architecture and a visiting professor in the International Master's in Urban Planning at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He has worked in building and urban rehabilitation. Specialist in planning, public works and landscaping. His work has been awarded with first prizes within the contests of the Ciutat de Terrassa Architecture Awards, the Biennial of Vallés, the Bonaplata Awards, the Catalonia Awards for Construction and the City of Barcelona Awards for Architecture and Urbanism, and has been a finalist at the FAD Awards.

Jaume Armengol i Clotet is an architect from ETSA del Vallès since 1987. He is a collaborator in the Architectural Constructions department of ETSA del Vallès. He has taken courses from the doctoral and Master's program at the Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. He is an architect collaborating with the sports department of the Diputaciò de Barcelona and director and coordinator of the rehabilitation course at the Sert school.

Ferran Pont i Montaner is an architect from the ETSA del Vallès since 1993. He is a doctor from the Higher Technical School of Architecture in Barcelona. He has completed a Postgraduate degree in urban management from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. He is an expert in the study of museum building projects and has experience in housing, cultural facilities and urban management.

Josep Malgosa i Morera is a quantity surveyor from the School of Technical Architecture - Polytechnic University of Catalonia since 1987. He has extensive experience in executive management of works, responsible for health and safety and quality control in urbanization and building works.

Montserrat García i Carceller is an architect from ETSA del Vallés since 2003. She has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainability and Architecture in 2012 and Facility Management in 2013. She has obtained a diploma at the 3rd European Landscape Biennial "Només amb Natura" in 2003 and awards at the Bienal del Vallés in 2009 and Nan Arquitectura Award, Madrid in 2016.

Carles Gelis i Centeno is an architect from ETSA del Vallés since 2003. He has completed a Postgraduate degree in urban planning 4ed.M4 Performances on undeveloped land at Escola Sert.

Xavier Delgado i Ferrer is a quantity surveyor from Elisava, Pompeu Fabra since 2003. He has completed a postgraduate degree in Construction Management in 2003, and a Postgraduate degree in Safety and Health coordination at COAATB between 2004 and 2005. He completed a Master in Project Management (2009-2010) and is a Certified Professor by the Construction Labor Foundation.
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Published on: July 16, 2020
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