VERTICAL SQUARE_The College of Economists of Catalonia’s façade is a vertical square. The vertical square is the place to socialise, to look and to be seen. The New Headquarters aim to become a city of its own. COMMUNICABILITY_The foyer, waiting and circulation spaces are placed along the longitudinal façades, facing the square. Movement, waiting for users and transformations of the interior space are the real façade of the urban piece. With this operation, and adding the transparency of the glass façade, we increase the visibility of the institution, establishing a dialogue with the square and the city. SOCIAL CHOIR_The program of 3,000 m2 on 6 floors and 2 basements. The program is organised in rooms. We define these rooms or boxes with 3 materials: glass, aluminum and wood. Wood is used in rooms with natural light and to enhance their social use. This is the case of the corridors in front of the access to the classrooms and the stairs that are the SOCIAL CHOIR of the building.
VERTICAL SQUARE
The College of Economists of Catalonia’s façade is a vertical square that overlaps the entrance halls on each floor.
Like Barcelona’s Eixample galleries, this large window to the south, where people walk, meet and talk, is their social heart.
The vertical square is the place to socialise, to look and to be seen.
The new headquarters of the College of Economists of Catalonia has the intention of becoming a city.
COMMUNICABILITY
The foyer, waiting and circulation spaces on the different levels are placed along the longitudinal façades, facing the square. Movement, waiting for users and transformations of the interior space are the real façade of the urban piece. With this operation, and adding the transparency of the glass façade, we increase the visibility of the institution, establishing a dialogue with the square and the city. In addition, these foyer spaces will act as a climate and acoustic cushion, protecting the training and dissemination program.
SOCIAL CHOIR
The 3,000 square meter program is spread over 6 floors and 2 basements. Through a double-order grouping of functions, the building appears as a superimposed sequence of boxes two stories high each. Functions that are divided between training / dissemination spaces and the dean's office / administration. This program, in its entirety, is organised in rooms: the classrooms are rooms, the waiting corridors on the façade are one room, the stairs are another room ...
We define these rooms or boxes with 3 materials: glass, aluminum and wood.
The classrooms are white and monochrome for their use. Wood is used in rooms with natural light and to enhance their social use. This is the case of the corridors in front of the access to the classrooms and the stairs, that are the SOCIAL CHOIR of the building.
SAVING 45% OF ENERGY:
+ 4 façades with natural light: double crossed orientations
+ Classrooms to the north + halls to the south: thermal pillow
+ Double ventilated glass skin to the south.
+ Climate system efficiency
Reductions from the standard:
- CO2 emissions 28%
- heating consumption 60%
- 30% refrigeration consumption
- lighting consumption 20%
