The study Garcés - de Seta - Bonet together with Serra-Vives Cartagena Architects have won the competition for the rehabilitation and expansion of the "Palace of Justice in Strasbourg", France.

The architectural part and interior of an approach and a philosophy of sustainable development is a commitment that has subscribed to all of our team. The design of this project will consist of a series of related disciplines in a systems approach, considering environmental issues as a privilege and motor, and a source of inspiration.Also, the specific context of this program, vocation, repositions, as a priority in the environmental quality approach, human, psychological and sensory comfort, which is part of the priority objectives, and will be widely discussed and a priority in its spatial dimensions, and emotional activity, which we consider as prerequisites for the development of other components (hygrothermal, acoustic, visual).

The proposed project is based on the following basic operations:

- Retrieve the literal expression of the neo-classical facades of the palace set and create a new roof, which houses part of the program and at the same time, covers the entire building.

- Resolve the current functional order by introducing a new body in the occupied part of the former zone. The new volume contains all the inner rooms of audience. The central arrangement allows public circulation areas directed to the heart of the building, while controlling other independent flows and necessary for users. The organization of these independent flows separate streams is also guaranteed in the basement.

- Create a new patio that evidences from the interior access, dialogue between the neoclassical architecture of the building and the existing contemporary language of the new intervention.

CREDITS.-

Main architects: Garcés-De Seta-Bonet, Arquitectes.
Architects: Serra-Vives Cartagena Arquitectos.
Team collaborators: Setec bâtiment (installations), VP Cité (environment), G.V. Enginerie (construction economics), Frédéric Teschner Estudio (signage).
Date project: January 2012.
Surface: 14.917,70 m².
Promoter: A.P.I.J. (Agence Publique pour l’Immobilier de la Justice).
Site: Estrasburgo, Francia.

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Jordi Garcés, Daria de Seta and Anna Bonet Architects.

Jordi Garcés. Born in Barcelona on June 25, 1945, and studied at the Superior Technical School of Architecture in Barcelona (Degree 1970). Worked, during his studies, in the offices of Martorell-Bohigas-Mackay and in the Workshop of Ricardo Bofill. Begins his professional activity in 1970 with Enric Soria, with whom he remains a partner until 1994. Professor of Projects in the Eina School of Barcelona from 1971 to 1973 and in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona since 1974. He was a member of the Board of the College of Architects of Barcelona from 1978 to 1980.

Chair Professor of Projects since 1985. PhD in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya in 1987. Full Profesor of Projects at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona since 1988. Member of the Board of the FAD (Promotion of Decorative Arts) from 1990 to 1992. Consultant of the Mies van der Rohe from 1995. Consultant in the Organization of Presentations and Conferences for the Congress of the UIA 1996. Member of the Board of the “Ateneu Barcelonès” since November 2007.  Guest Professor, on various occasions, at the “Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland”.

Daria de Seta y Anna Bonet Giné (respectively) co-direct and they are nowadays members of the study.


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