Library and space for old people in the fraternal center of Òdena by SUMO Arquitectes
21/04/2020.
[Òdena - Barcelona] Spain
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
metalocus, ANA DIOSDADO
Project description by SUMO Arquitectes
Pass, Look, Read
The New Library and space for older people is built on top of the existing Fraternal Instructive Center in Òdena built at the end of the 19th century.
The building is located between two streets with a height difference of 8 meters.
The new facility organizes the program stratified by levels. On the ground floor is the space for the elderly, a space that functions as a service platform for the elderly, and on the top 2 floors, the library.
Access through the upper street occurs through a new lookout plaza. A widening of the existing street that opens new views of the town, Turó del Castell and its entire valley.
The new square on the roof of the building becomes a new point of reference that allows you to enjoy the landscape and local heritage. The double access in different floors optimizes the multiplicity of uses.
The new complex recovers the entire old building, taking advantage of the historical façade and the existing structure of the partial renovation carried out in 1999. The new construction is proposed as a new roof that gives new access and expands the use area. Structurally, the extension rests on the Fraternal center with a metal structure that in turn shapes the geometry of the roof. This cover protects from the south orientation and opens to the north to fully capture a more homogeneous and optimal light for a library.
Reduce, recycle, reuse
The sustainability and eco-efficiency criteria of the building are summarized in 4 points:
1. Facade and ventilated roof. Constructive solutions that allow great energy savings. Very low thermal transmittances and at the same time prevents overheating in summer.
2. South protection and low emissivity crystals. Avoid and control excess solar radiation during the hottest months. Avoid unwanted losses and gains in the weakest points of the enclosures.
3. Prioritization of industrialized materials and dry construction. Minimize demolitions and adapt the required program to different pre-existing situations. Reduce construction waste and reuse materials at the end of the building's useful life, promoting a circular economy.
4. Geothermal energy. The building is air-conditioned with a combined system of underfloor heating and air renewal. Through geothermal wells, fresh water is obtained in summer and hot water in winter.
The building has a Class A energy certification.
The execution and construction of the new facility has been carried out through semi-annual social reintegration contracts within the framework of an autonomous plan to promote the occupation of unemployed people from the town.
SUMO Arquitectes is an architecture office, established in Barcelona since 2007. SUMO is a practice led by three architects with different skills that complement each other:
Jordi Pagès Serra. Senior architect for the ETSAB. Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. UPC 1994. He has completed his studies at the TU Delft, Delft University of Technology (Holland). Since 2007 he is an associate professor at the ETSAB-UPC-, in the department of architectural constructions. Associate at MAP Arquitectos / Jose Luis Mateo from 2004 to 2007. He is currently studying for a doctorate in Construction Technology at ETSAB, UPC. In 2007 he started SUMO Arquitectes SLP, in Barcelona.
Marc Camallonga Rodríguez. Senior architect for the ETSAB. Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. UPC 1999. From 2007 to 2011 he has been Professor of Projects 9 and 10 and Diploma in the School of Architecture-ESARQ- of the International University of Catalonia. He has collaborated as a project manager in ADD + Bailo Rull and MAP Arquitectos / Jose Luis Mateo. In 2007 he started SUMO Arquitectes SLP, in Barcelona.
Pasqual Bendicho Cabutí. Senior architect for the ETSAB. Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona. UPC 2001. He has completed his studies at the FAUP, Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto (Portugal). He has collaborated as project manager at Enric Soria Architect and at Architekten Cie (Holland). In 2007 he started SUMO Arquitectes SLP, in Barcelona.
Yolanda Olmo Architect trained at UPC Barcelona and North London University, graduated from ETSAB in 1999. She has collaborated from 1999 to 2008 in the office of MAP-Josep Lluis Mateo Arquitectes as Project Manager. Since 2008 he has his own professional office in Barcelona, alternating his own works and specific associations with other offices such as Bailo-RullADD + or SUMO Arquitectes, with which he has carried out projects such as the Sant Martí Building or the Villa Urania Equipment (under construction).