Background The complex has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest by the Generalitat de Catalunya. It corresponds to an industrial construction from 1840, and only the main part formed by a central body of 5 floors and two lateral bodies of 4 floors has survived to this day. The building is built on the basis of corroded masonry foundations, perimeter load-bearing walls of masonry factory work and solid brick, and pit pillars in the central part. These support composite wooden beams and metal braces, which supported vaults in the Catalan style. In the lateral bodies, the forgings are made of wooden beams of different sizes and corbels, also of different sizes. Description. The project contemplates a neighbourhood library in the old Vapor Vell de Sants building, sharing space with a 2-line school. The library, with access from the body that leads to Joan Güell Street, occupies the 3rd and 4th floors, and the school, with access from the other building closer to Galileu Street, occupies the ground floor, the 1st and 2nd floors. It has a patio in the outside area that overlooks Miracle Street.

The old Can Surís factory was built around 1897 and is listed in the Architectural Heritage Protection Catalogue of Cornellà de Llobregat, due to its historical and typological value. It is located in Plaça de Can Surís, s/n in Cornellà de Llobregat, next to the old road that linked the towns of Cornellà de Llobregat and Sant Joan Despí, in an area of recent urbanisation and remodelling, with the passage of the new TramBaix train. The building was unoccupied and abandoned, empty of any type of pre-existing facilities, and in a process of accelerated degradation due to lack of maintenance. The work was carried out in three phases between 2001 and 2009. The first phase included the complete refurbishment of part of the structure, the façades and the roof, and the renovation of another part of the structure, to be used as a public facility, but without a clear specific programme. This first project included new vertical communication spaces – main staircase, lifts and emergency stairs –, services and facilities for an unspecified programme, but which required a high degree of flexibility on the different floors. The second phase developed the programme of use on the ground and first floors, with the necessary interior fittings, as well as the specific fixed furniture. The project envisaged the provision of the necessary spaces to develop the programme of the new Citizen Innovation Centre for the Knowledge Society, in its sections: social dissemination-dissemination (ground floor), polytechnic learning-development (first floor) and finally digital-media realisation-production (second floor), which would be executed in the third phase. This programme called for a high degree of flexibility on the different floors in order to be able to adapt over time to the introduction of new technological developments. The access was reinforced with the construction of a double-height linear porch attached to the main façade that allows a friendlier reading of an industrial building, while serving as a filter between the activity container and the exterior access and leisure space. This steel and glass pergola contrasts with the solid brickwork and gives the building a new, more contemporary image; its placement reinforces the reading of the building and responds to the new use for which it is intended. The entrance leads to the foyer which is developed in the triple height of the building. This way, on entering, the character of the JOSEP M. JULIÀ public building is recognised and the magnitude of the three floors of the new centre can be glimpsed. The third phase of the refurbishment of the former Can Surís factory included the completion of the complete refurbishment of the second and ground floors, in terms of the interior divisions, services, finishes and all the installations necessary to use it for the extension of the Citilab-Cornellà public facilities. The project for these upper floors developed the new digital art programme in its realisation and production sections, and includes two sets of different sizes for multiple uses.

Located in the heart of the monastic complex of Santa Maria de Pedralbes in Barcelona, the assignment pursued the adaptation of the old Dormitory in order to host the new permanent exhibition of the Monastery’s Museum. First of all, it was necessary to redefine and improve the exhibition narrative because, after 12 years of research, new data had already been discovered about the exhibited pieces that required updating the content of the same. Secondly, the Queen’s Room had to be emptied and freed in order to host temporary exhibitions. Finally, the old Dormitory had to be able to host chamber music concerts, at least a couple of times a year; a requirement that forced the dismantling of the current distribution that had a central separating wall. It was proposed that all the new elements added to the original nave echo, above all, the austerity and simplicity present in all the spaces of this monastery dedicated to Santa Clara d'Assisi, and tend, as much as possible, to go unnoticed. All the walls would be painted gray in harmony with the colour of the Sant Vicenç stone pavement, defining a neutral and restful environment in which to display the pieces. All the paintings would be hung at exactly the same height, as well as the accompanying posters. All pedestals would be constructed of the same grey lacquered panels and on them – wherever necessary for safety reasons – minimal chrome display cases would be placed. A distribution of the same would allow the works to be grouped within the space, facilitating a differentiated reading of both the container and the content of the exhibition. At the entrance, a white square would be painted as an accent to indicate the beginning of the exhibition route, emulating a large-format painting. A new metal door would be installed to be able to physically segregate the Queen's Room from the Dormitory and, at the end opposite the entrance, a 7m long bench upholstered in red velvet would be placed that would allow the visitors to rest.