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Building with an elongated, varied and complex plan that adapts to the contours, which is resolved through axes of symmetry and recessed bodies that create a game of volumes. The building consists of a chapel with a tower and a general service pavilion, connected by an open body on the ground floor that acts as a bridge.
The façades are plastered and painted stone walls on rustic stone plinths. In the openings, semi-circular arched windows with woodwork and ornamental elements predominate. The central body that connects the chapel and the pavilion works as a point with three large openings: a large central arch that allows the passage of vehicles and two lateral ones for pedestrians. The volumetric complexity of the building is translated into a set of sloping roofs of flat glazed tiles with small eaves. The chapel bell tower is crowned by a pinnacle with an octagonal base.
The old convent pavilion housed the convent residence of the nuns who administered the psychiatric centre and is joined by a bridge that forms a porch to the main access to the chapel of the Torribera complex. This building, with a formal and ornamental Noucentista language, is part of the group of pavilions that won the competition for the Mental Clinic in 1917. The church building and convent pavilion is in a neo-Romanesque style with two apses and a central apse with an ambulatory where the body of the sacristy is added.
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Torribera Precinct
Rafael Masó i Valentí, Josep Maria Pericas i Morros
A health complex built in various phases from 1927 to 1936, based on the winning project of the competition organised in 1917 by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya. This project, drawn up by Rafael Masó and Josep Maria Pericas, was executed nine years later when Masó, affected by a political sanction, cannot be listed as the architect of the works, although it is recorded that he was working at least in 1926 and 1927. -
Pavilion of the Torribera Convent and Church
Rafael Masó i Valentí, Josep Maria Pericas i Morros
Building with an elongated, varied and complex plan that adapts to the contours, which is resolved through axes of symmetry and recessed bodies that create a game of volumes. The building consists of a chapel with a tower and a general service pavilion, connected by an open body on the ground floor that acts as a bridge. The façades are plastered and painted stone walls on rustic stone plinths. In the openings, semi-circular arched windows with woodwork and ornamental elements predominate. The central body that connects the chapel and the pavilion works as a point with three large openings: a large central arch that allows the passage of vehicles and two lateral ones for pedestrians. The volumetric complexity of the building is translated into a set of sloping roofs of flat glazed tiles with small eaves. The chapel bell tower is crowned by a pinnacle with an octagonal base. The old convent pavilion housed the convent residence of the nuns who administered the psychiatric centre and is joined by a bridge that forms a porch to the main access to the chapel of the Torribera complex. This building, with a formal and ornamental Noucentista language, is part of the group of pavilions that won the competition for the Mental Clinic in 1917. The church building and convent pavilion is in a neo-Romanesque style with two apses and a central apse with an ambulatory where the body of the sacristy is added.
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