Green terraces and 360° outdoor spaces. SeaTowers by GCA Architects
22/06/2022.
[Barcelona] Spain
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
metalocus, ANNA CLARA BARROS
The studio GCA Architects designed a new office building for Meridia Capital in the innovation center of Barcelona. Seatowers was design to unite the city's industrial past with its technological future.
Awarded LEED Platinum and Well Gold certification in 2021, the SeaTowers complex optimizes its energy resources and promotes wellness programs for its future users. The project provides significant energy savings, around 52%, and water savings, around 66%.
Awarded LEED Platinum and Well Gold certification in 2021, the SeaTowers complex optimizes its energy resources and promotes wellness programs for its future users. The project provides significant energy savings, around 52%, and water savings, around 66%.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargasv.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
SeaTowers by GCA Architects. Photograph by Rafael Vargas.
Ground floor. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
First floor. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Third floor. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Roof plan. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Section. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Southeast elevation. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Diagram. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Diagram. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Diagram. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Diagram. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
Sketch. SeaTowers by GCA Architects.
The aim of GCA Architects was to design a building connected with the exterior planned as a vertical garden that allows working outdoors. For this reason, all offices have access to terraces that function as a space for both professional and leisure socializing.
Responding to the principles of biophilic design, nature is the protagonist in the project. The two towers provide people with daily wellness and relaxation spaces, with 360-degree views of the Mediterranean sea and the city. All the vegetation in the project is native and has low water consumption.
The roofs have a part destined to the location of photovoltaic panels, but the fact that a high percentage is located on the façade has allowed the rest of the surface area to be enjoyed freely by the users.
Responding to the principles of biophilic design, nature is the protagonist in the project. The two towers provide people with daily wellness and relaxation spaces, with 360-degree views of the Mediterranean sea and the city. All the vegetation in the project is native and has low water consumption.
The roofs have a part destined to the location of photovoltaic panels, but the fact that a high percentage is located on the façade has allowed the rest of the surface area to be enjoyed freely by the users.
Description of project by GCA Architects
Located in the innovation center of the city and created to unite Barcelona's industrial past with its technological future, this project emphasizes the relationship with the exterior. For this reason, all offices have access to terraces that function as a space for both professional and leisure socializing.
SeaTowers is designed by GCA Architects with the aim of optimizing its energy resources and promoting wellness programs for its future users. Responding to the principles of biophilic design, the connection of the offices with the outdoors and nature are protagonists in the project. The design of the new complex is designed so that users can work or even hold a meeting on the terraces. The Mediterranean climate allows these spaces to be enjoyed freely, achieving a hybridization between indoors and outdoors.
The two towers that make up the project have accessible green terraces on the roofs to provide people with daily wellness and relaxation spaces, with 360-degree views of the sea and the city. All the vegetation in the buildings is native and has low water consumption.
The roofs have a part destined to the location of photovoltaic panels, but the fact that a high percentage is located on the façade has allowed the rest of the surface area to be used by the building's tenants. The SeaTowers complex has measures to promote sustainable transport, such as preferential parking for electric vehicles and bicycle parking spaces, contributing to a city that is inclined to be more environmentally friendly. A public area in the center of the block provides the neighborhood with a green lung and the neighbors with a space for socializing and well-being. The project has LEED Platinum and Well Gold certification, thanks to the fact that it provides significant energy savings, around 52%, and water savings, around 66%.
The unique design allows all the workspaces in the complex to enjoy outdoor views and natural lighting, which improves people's quality of life and enhances levels of well-being and productivity. On top of the two white volumes of the buildings, a second skin is applied on the lower floors to pick up the scale of the industrial pre-existence. The slats of this second skin are placed perpendicular to the street facade or parallel to the staggered pattern of the neighboring building, giving privacy to it.
Open-plan and flexible, the different offices of SeaTowers are designed to adapt the spaces according to the needs of the tenants. Each floor is divisible into 3 areas in order to accommodate 3 possible tenants adapting not only to current needs, but also to those of the future.
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Collaborators
Contractor.- Dragados.
Project Management.- TAG Arquitectura & Management.
Arquitectura técnica.- Belart Arquitectes Tècnics.
Building Surveyor.- GCA Architects.
Structural Engineer.- BAC Engineering.
MEP Engineer.- JSS Efficient Engineering.
Façade consultants.- Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores.
Landscape.- Valentina Greselin.
Leed Consultants.- Deerns Spain
Project Management.- TAG Arquitectura & Management.
Arquitectura técnica.- Belart Arquitectes Tècnics.
Building Surveyor.- GCA Architects.
Structural Engineer.- BAC Engineering.
MEP Engineer.- JSS Efficient Engineering.
Façade consultants.- Ferrés Arquitectos y Consultores.
Landscape.- Valentina Greselin.
Leed Consultants.- Deerns Spain
Client
Area
42.800 sqm.
Dates
2019 > 2021.
Location
Av. Icària, 199-211, 08008, Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Josep Juanpere + Antonio Puig. GCA Architects
GCA Architects, based in Barcelona, founded in 1986 by Josep Juanpere and Antonio Puig, is a study of architecture and interior design. Their management team is made up of seven partners and five young associates. With a trajectory of more than 35 years, they continue to design under a consolidated international dimension with works throughout the world.
Josep Juanpere.- He studied at the Technical Upper School of Architecture of Barcelona from 1970 to 1976. In 1986 he founds GCA architects with Antonio Puig. Antonio Puig.- He studied in the Technical Top School of Architecture of the Vallés from 1977 to 1984. In 1986 he founds GCA architects with Josep Juanpere.
GCA Architects has a multidimensional team of more than 100 professionals composed of senior architects, junior architects, building technicians, interior designers, consultants, project managers and communication specialists. In this way we guarantee that all projects are studied from start to finish and have all the experience of the company and its partners, as with all the freshness and innovation that new generations bring.
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