Category: Space Architecture

The project’s two main objectives are to make the most of the natural light and develop a programme where there is a relationship between the interior and the exterior. When transferring these objectives to the initial sketches, we had the idea of creating wrought-iron work at different levels on the top floor, which become higher as they move further away from the façade, creating tiers that look at the windows. This is in such a way that when you position yourself at the rear of the building, this is the highest part, so you can enjoy the natural light and views to the exterior. Another important decision in the project was to refurbish the window that is at the height of the change of section of the exterior stairs, turning it into an access to the second floor, where the home part of the programme is developed.

As a solution for separating the different heights and rooms, we proposed different vertical planes that offer different concepts: lighting, transparency, reflection…

“Vilassar 57. Sensations” presents the restoration of an old fishermen’s home. The rooms are articulated through a relationship of degrees of intimacy. From the public to the private, various relationship options are embraced between the various rooms in the house, with the courtyard as the axis to interweave them. The project works with textures related to the earth, roots and the sea. Corten steel is the material that relates the interior space with the exterior.

“Ply_Up” is a project created in response to the need to place four thousand sportspeople in the old tobacco factory in Tarragona during the 2017 Mediterranean Games. The concept of the module is created out of the dissociation of the public/private functions of the habitat: live-vertical, sleep-horizontal. The aim this way is to generate more free space in the plant, creating meeting spaces for the athletes where they can get to know each other, eat and meet by chance or design.

“Circus: The House of Bernarda Alba” is a representation based on the play “La Casa de Bernarda Alba” by Federico García Lorca. The proposal embraces the contemporary, acrobatic, visual, poetic, dramatic and emotional circus. Comprised of a mix of techniques such as scripted theatre, dance and music, the project takes place in Barcelona’s Teatre Grec and both its set design and the atrezzo and wardrobe are halfway between the characters in the book and the animal world.

“Interior and Garden Project for a Traditional Urban House in Vilassar de Mar” presents the restoration of an old fishermen’s home. The proposal guts the interior of the building, leaving a membrane that covers the whole of the open space. This interior is supported on a habitable service wall that contains all of the installations. The structure is based on cross beams, as in the original structure, on which wrought ironwork is supported. The whole idea aims to play with privacy through space and height

“Fishermen’s Home” presents the process of refurbishing a home located in Vilassar de Mar. The design concept revolves around the idea of making the house breathe. For this, the air flow is marked by means of natural ventilation generated in the longitudinal spaces of the rooms, creating a sensation of depth and breadth, visually merging the interior and the exterior. In the centre of the house is the staircase, the project’s leitmotiv, which is suspended in the air and gathered by a fishing net.

“The Circus” is a theatrical proposal based on fantasy and comprised of seven acrobats and musicians, which shows us a forest and a maze through surrealist, subtle and poetic scenes. The adventures of the characters, based on the contemporary world, take place in these spaces. The proposal gives each character a different circus technique and the set design is based on a room covered in sand. The spectator finds themselves in a confusing space, filled with smoke and cold lights, where a narrator steadily gives shape to this unnerving story.

“Interior of a Home in the French Institute of Barcelona” presents a proposed complete restoration of the attic floor at the French Institute in Barcelona, by architect José Antonio Coderch. The project is based on an open-plan and multifunctional idea to ensure greater visual and spatial breadth, with the only closed element being a wooden volume that acts as container for the entrances, toilet and storage area. This way, a gradation of areas is proposed that goes from the more private to the more public.

“Interior of a Home in the French Institute of Barcelona” presents a proposed complete restoration of the attic floor at the French Institute in Barcelona, by architect José Antonio Coderch. The project presents an orderly floor plan that fosters clear movement, which is determined by the function and activity to be carried out in each space. The materials, textures, colours and lighting ensure that the spaces are multi-purpose and have external views and natural light all year round.

“La Pau Neighbourhood Integration Project” seeks to re-establish a connection between the residents of this Barcelona neighbourhood and the rest of the city, leading them towards a more sustainable vision that will prevail and evolve over time. The strategies are put forward on the level of neighbourhood, block and home and aim to ensure realistic results with immediate benefits, at a low investment and that is easy to roll out. The aim is to meet the residents’ existing needs and create trends that turn La Pau into a “time-proof” neighbourhood.

“Natural Construction” plans the design of the offices and the open centre of the Arrels Foundation, an institution devoted to caring for homeless people in Barcelona. It was decided that the place lacked the affinity of its users, so the use of simple and welcoming materials was proposed, as was the integration of the users in the manufacturing process, so that they made the place their own and adopted it as theirs. The importance of the project lies in creating a realistic, executable and viable design with the scant resources available, but one that is of great use to the user.

“Lu.Pa” proposes a project that is summarised in the saying of design engineer Colin Chapman, “simplify and then add lightness”. The creators propose an intervention on the courtyard and skylight of the Arrels Foundation: an institution devoted to caring for homeless people in Barcelona. The aim of the intervention is to bring in and channel light in the space, allow air to get in to favour a cool environment and achieve greater warmth throughout the area. The proposed finishes are vinyls and ceramics, observing the tight budget for the work.