Architecture studio Enric Rojo Arquitectura designed and built this multi-family residential building on a plot between party walls in the old town of Badalona, ​​in the province of Barcelona.

The building is integrated into the environment that surrounds it intending to be one more house on the street and at the same time breaking with the typical appearance of housing blocks, often monotonous and repetitive, for this compositional decisions are made on the façade reminiscent of the randomness and particularity of the houses.
The exterior facade of the building designed by Enric Rojo Arquitectura uses plaster, in a similar way to the neighboring houses, and also incorporates a non-linear plinth that sits the building while breaking the flatness of the facade.

Regarding the bioclimatic strategy of the building, it is observed how all the homes are provided with natural lighting and cross ventilation through the interior patio and the exterior spaces that all the homes have
 

Description of project by Enric Rojo Arquitectura

Located in the old town of Badalona, the building is integrated into an environment of houses between party walls, moving away from the appearance of a housing block -repetitive and monotonous - and approaching the randomness and particularity of the houses. The building pretends to be “just another house on the street”.

The materiality of the façade resembles the render of the adjacent houses, and also incorporates the idea of a plinth - with a rougher texture and finish - that settles the building while breaking the flatness of the façade.

The bioclimatic strategy of the project consists in guaranteeing good lighting and crossed ventilation of all the flats through the emptying of an interior patio. House-space – square meters- has been renounced in exchange for having an outdoor space in each flat. In addition, intermediate spaces are incorporated and they act as a thermal cushion between interior and exterior.

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Structure calculation.- Bernúz-Fernández SLP. Engineering.- AIA Instal·lacions.
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Builder
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Vic 2013, SL.
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Wall tiles.- Cipa Gres. Windows.- Cortizo. Blinds.- Griesser. Railings (x-tend mesh) .- Carl Stahl. Facade.- Beissier. Wood details.- Accoya Wood. Polycarbonate.- Aislux. Facilities.- Panasonic.
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305sqm.
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2019 - 2020.
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Barcelona, Spain.
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Enric Rojo Arquitectura is a studio founded by Enric Rojo Xicart, an architect graduated in 2014 with honors in Superior Architecture from the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB), from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).

During his university stage in Barcelona, ​​he combined his degree studies with collaboration in the office of Josep Llinàs, where he developed important projects such as the Hotel Novedades in Plaça Catalunya in Barcelona, ​​the expansion of the IMO (Institute of Ocular Microsurgery), and the Center de Arte Bòlit in Girona.

Upon finishing university studies in 2014, he headed to South America, in Santiago de Chile where he initially worked in the office of Francisco Izquierdo Arquitectos where he developed and designs real estate projects for residential buildings. Later, he joined Sabbagh Arquitectos, a large office that develops large-scale multifunctional projects, an office in which he develops knowledge of BIM technology.

In 2017, he returned to Barcelona to start a collaboration with Implanta Arquitectura, an office that develops housing projects with healthy materials and under the Lean methodology. At the same time, he is studying a postgraduate degree in BIM, in Optimization of BIM Design Systems, with the Fundació CIM - UPC.

Enric Rojo Arquitectura begins in 2018, where he begins the development of different projects of reform, construction, interior design, gardens, and exteriors, applying all the knowledge learned during his career.
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Published on: March 8, 2021
Cite: "Randomness between party walls in Badalona. PIC multi-family building by Enric Rojo Arquitectura" METALOCUS. Accessed
<https://www.metalocus.es/en/news/randomness-between-party-walls-badalona-pic-multi-family-building-enric-rojo-arquitectura> ISSN 1139-6415
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