Spatial alignment. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS
29/05/2022.
[Premià de Dalt] Spain
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS, is a Primary Care Center (CAP), a health centre that is located in the small municipality of Premià de Dalt in the Maresme region north of Barcelona, Spain. The project is one of the five finalists for the Fad 2022 Awards that celebrate their 64th edition.
The project was born by rethinking the definition of the quality of the interior space. The building is a statement of intent to show that you don't need prefabricated or modular construction to build on a tight budget.
The project moves away from the foreseeable pre-established typologies for this type of centre and starts from a basilica plan. A classic model of three naves that in Roman architecture was a public building with multiple functions, which centuries later would give its name to the architectural forms of the basilicas, religious buildings with a careful treatment of light towards the interior.
The project was born by rethinking the definition of the quality of the interior space. The building is a statement of intent to show that you don't need prefabricated or modular construction to build on a tight budget.
The project moves away from the foreseeable pre-established typologies for this type of centre and starts from a basilica plan. A classic model of three naves that in Roman architecture was a public building with multiple functions, which centuries later would give its name to the architectural forms of the basilicas, religious buildings with a careful treatment of light towards the interior.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Jordi Badia
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Jordi Badia
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Jordi Badia
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Jordi Badia
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
Location plan. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Site plan. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Diagram. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Ground floor plan. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Section. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Section. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Side elevation. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Main elevation. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Constructive section. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Elevation detail. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Model. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Model. Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS.
Cap Cotet design by BAAS architecture, AIS is generated by a simple section composed of two lines of consultation rooms that frame a higher waiting room. This space receives lighting from above. The entire program is placed on the ground floor except for the facilities that occupy a higher level in the central part.
Emulating the treatment of light in the basilicas, both natural and artificial, the modest building dignifies its program and enhances it, making the users-patients feel access to a great space of hope. Its basilican structure allowed the nave to be covered with a Catalan vault.
The construction is based on the use of traditional materials, and systems that feel close to the nearby built environment in such a way that the immediate environment is not violated.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.Emulating the treatment of light in the basilicas, both natural and artificial, the modest building dignifies its program and enhances it, making the users-patients feel access to a great space of hope. Its basilican structure allowed the nave to be covered with a Catalan vault.
The construction is based on the use of traditional materials, and systems that feel close to the nearby built environment in such a way that the immediate environment is not violated.
Description of project by BAAS arquitectura, AIS
The project stems from the desire to qualify the interior space and to integrate naturally with the scale of the surroundings.
The entire programme is located at street level, in a scheme of two lines of consultation rooms framing a higher room that receives light from the north from a high window. A classical three-nave section, resembling that of a chapel, where the gaze is directed towards the sky.
From the outside, the building gives very few clues to its interior space and shields itself with its opacity from the road, responding to the needs of privacy of the equipment.
The access route is gradual, inviting calm. A porch reception the visitor in a welcoming gesture, extending the street, where a long bench allows the visitor to rest and take a breath of fresh air in the shade. At the end of the route, a sloping wall introduces you to the nave, accompanying you with tenderness, to discover with some surprise the richness and light of the interior.
Cap Cotet by BAAS arquitectura, AIS. Photograph by Gregori Civera.
The materials used are the traditional ones of the place: ceramic brick for the walls and the back, concrete in its most austere condition and varnished pine wood. All built by local craftsmen with the clear intention of lasting over time.
Inside, the material and thickness of the walls favour a thermal inertia which, as has always been the case with traditional architecture, favours a more temperate climate.
The building is protected from the sun and ventilated naturally by opening the high windows to the north, cooling and renewing all the air inside.
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Architects
BAAS arquitectura + AIS arquitectes. Lead architects.- Jordi Badia, Jero Gutiérrez, Francesc Sandalinas.
Design team
Team leader.- Jero Gutierrez.
Project team.- Antoni Garcés, Carla Llaudó, Carles Figuerola, Eva Olavarria, Alex Clara, Alba Azuara.
Client
CatSalut.
Area
Built surface.- 1,407 m².
Dates
Commission date.- 2018.
Project date.- 2019.
Building date.- 2021.
Location
Vilassar de Dalt Street, 18. Premià de Dalt, Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
JORDI BADIA
Jordi Badia (Barcelona, 1961) graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) in 1989. Between 1989 and 1993 he practiced a professional partnership with Tonet Sunyer. In 1994 founded the BAAS architecture study, Jordi Badia combines his professional task of an architect with that of a professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAB since 2001 and at ESARQ-UIC since 2009. He also collaborates to the newspaper ARA since 2010 and is editor of the Hic Architecture since 2009. Along with Felix Arranz, he curated the Catalan and Balearic Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.
The practice is currently working on various projects, including the town hall in Montroig del Camp, the headquarters of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and the new premises of the MUHBA (Museum of History of Barcelona) in Poblenou district, Barcelona. The office is also working on the citizens building in Palamós, the extensive rehabilitation of Alta Diagonal office building in Barcelona and the Radio and TV University in Katowice, Poland.
