Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud and Paul Devarrieux
09/09/2021.
[Barcelona] Spain
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Located in Carrer de Roc Boronat, a few minutes from the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, and the Platja de la Nova Icària is this warehouse renovated by the architects Thomas Raynaud and Paul Devarrieux.
The project is among the 31 works built in Spain nominated in the first phase for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2022.
The project is among the 31 works built in Spain nominated in the first phase for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2022.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte. Photograph by Àdria Goula.
Site plan. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Ground floor plan. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Second floor plan. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Third floor plan. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Roof plan. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Longitudinal section. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
Cross section. Warehouse Barcelona by Thomas Raynaud architectes, Paul Devarrieux architecte.
The project made by Thomas Raynaud and Paul Devarrieux architecte is characterized by maintaining the warehouse, instead of demolishing or rebuilding it, it chooses to take advantage of the qualities it offers and adapt them to the uses.
The warehouse divides its surface into offices, accommodation and a kitchen laboratory. The complex is divided into two strips, on the one hand, we have a narrow strip where the smaller rooms are located and a wider strip, where the large rooms are located. Natural lighting is achieved thanks to the large windows on the façade and the outdoor terraces.
The warehouse divides its surface into offices, accommodation and a kitchen laboratory. The complex is divided into two strips, on the one hand, we have a narrow strip where the smaller rooms are located and a wider strip, where the large rooms are located. Natural lighting is achieved thanks to the large windows on the façade and the outdoor terraces.
Description of project by Thomas Raynaud and Paul Devarrieux
Instead of demolishing and rebuilding, the choice is made to keep the warehouse in a matter of economy of means and unfold the intrinsic qualities of this ordinary construction. By substraction and addition, few acts of alterations extend its capacity and flexibility of uses.
The warehouse, made for all purpose, is divided in three lots. It is now inhabited by office, accommodation and a kitchen lab.
The plan is divided in two strips: a narrow one, in extension of the existing staircase, accommodating small rooms - a large one accommodating big rooms. Natural lighting is allowed by massive subtractions in the envelop, creating spatial continuities between interior and exterior.
The existing structure consists of peripheral brick walls holding up a wooden roof frame, and sheltering an intermediate floor made up of vaulted brick ceilings supported by metal porticoes. Emphasizing this idea of structural embeddings, the servant strip consists of a fully independent post-slab structural system.
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Architects
Project team
Local architects.- Ona arquitectes, TDI Enginyers, Crespiera Simo Diagonal Arquitectura.
Client
F. Schindler.
Builder
Construccions I Cimentacions Vint Zero Tres SL, Paviments Camps SL, Roar Reformas Integrales SL.
Area
600 sqm.
Dates
2016 - 2019.
Location
Carrer de Roc Boronat, 46 - 08005 Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Thomas Raynaud, Marie Boenders. ASBR
Thomas Raynaud was born in 1976, in France. In 2021, after ten years of collaboration in different architecture offices, he founded his own studio together with Marie Boenders. Their work focuses on the transformative process of defining frameworks open to singularities.
Paul Devarrieux, Romain Mellet. Devarrieuxmellet
Devarrieuxmellet, Bordeaux-based architecture studio, was founded in 2020 and is led by French architects Paul Devarrieux and Romain Mellet. It stands out for renovation works of homes, apartments, or commercial premises, as well as a new plant, works.
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