Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Associats
15/06/2016.
[Sabadell, Barcelona] Spain
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The ground floor apartment rehabilitated in Sabadell (Barcelona, Spain) by Sauquet Arquitectes i Associats to be enabled as their workspace consists of a long and narrow apartment which follows the common residential type of the early twentieth century in the area of Catalonia. Throughout its century of existence, the space has functioned as leather processing workshop, garage and printing house.
Main facade. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Access. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Access. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Interior. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Site plan. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
Floor plan. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
General section. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
Axonometric representation. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
Axonometric representation. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
Details. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass.
Night view of the backyard. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
Backyard. Office in Lacy Street by Sauquet Arquitectes i Ass. Image © José Hevia.
The rehabilitation proposed by Sauquet Arquitectes i Associats has been chosen to be part of the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2016 and is related to its motto, UNFINISHED, through its sensitive treatment of a space that had been abandoned because of the crisis. The intervention has focused on the access and backyard, which has been expanded the with the juxtaposition of a greenhouse, which is connected to the rear courtyard by a steel staircase.
Description of the project Sauquet Arquitectes i Associats
The studio is located in a small former workshop, occupying the ground floor of a house. At the beginning of the last century it was a tannery, from the nineteen-fifties on it was used as a garage and for the past decade as a print shop. This project is the “re-appropriation” of a space that was abandoned due to the financial crisis. It is a space in which the different uses have left architectural scars that the design doesn’t try to hide. The largest scar that the intervention reveals is an open cistern located in the back courtyard. It is empty now. A meeting room had to be added onto the existing workshop space to accommodate the new architecture studio. This addition, in the form of a greenhouse, “floats” over the cistern and hides mechanical equipment and modelling materials underneath it. The greenhouse encloses a space that was previously outdoors without concealing the sediments of passing time revealed on the party walls.
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Architects
Sauquet Arquitectes i Associats: Roger Sauquet, Guillem Bosch, Xavier Sauquet, Berta Fusté, Anna Bonet
Location
38 Lacy Street, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Date
2014
Xavier Sauquet - Roger Sauquet - Guillem Bosch - Anna Bonet - Berta Fusté SAUQUET ARQUITECTES
Xavier Sauquet (1940), is an architect since 1964 and doctorate since 1977. He was professor of construction at ETSAV (UPC), from 1979 to 2010. He is a founding partner of the architectural practice Sauquet Arquitectes.
Roger Sauquet (1976) is an architect from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC-2001). Sauquet obtained a doctorate degree at the same university in 2012 with the thesis The City of rest and holidays GATCPAC (1931-1938), a landscape for relaxation. He is professor of Architectural Design at ETSAV since 2005. He is currently an active member of the research group of the UPC, HABITAR. He is a member of Sauquet Architects since 2003.
Guillem Bosch (1976) is an architect since 2001. He is professor of graphic expression in the ETSAV of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, since 2009 and in the School of Architecture "La Salle" since 2001. He works as permanent partner in the professional office Sauquet Architects since 2003.
Anna Bonet (1977) is an interior designer since 2000 from Elisava school, affiliated with the Pompeu Fabra University. She has worked in several architectural and design firms.Bonet works in Sauquet Architects since 2011.
Berta Fusté (1988), is an architect licensed in 2015 by the UPC. She has collaborated in various architecture practices. Fusté works in Sauquet Architects since 2014.
Roger Sauquet (1976) is an architect from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC-2001). Sauquet obtained a doctorate degree at the same university in 2012 with the thesis The City of rest and holidays GATCPAC (1931-1938), a landscape for relaxation. He is professor of Architectural Design at ETSAV since 2005. He is currently an active member of the research group of the UPC, HABITAR. He is a member of Sauquet Architects since 2003.
Guillem Bosch (1976) is an architect since 2001. He is professor of graphic expression in the ETSAV of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, since 2009 and in the School of Architecture "La Salle" since 2001. He works as permanent partner in the professional office Sauquet Architects since 2003.
Anna Bonet (1977) is an interior designer since 2000 from Elisava school, affiliated with the Pompeu Fabra University. She has worked in several architectural and design firms.Bonet works in Sauquet Architects since 2011.
Berta Fusté (1988), is an architect licensed in 2015 by the UPC. She has collaborated in various architecture practices. Fusté works in Sauquet Architects since 2014.
