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Barberà del Vallès Apartment Building
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
1967 - 1971
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Ventilation and Entrance Towers to an Underground Water Tank
Garcés -Sòria Arquitectes, Jordi Garcés i Brusés, Enric Sòria i Badia
Five turrets rise above an underground tank, rectangular in plan. The four small ones, at the four vertices, ensure the ventilation of the tank. For the larger one, supported on one of its sides, you have access to the machinery and its interior. Its situation within the pass, on a hill, allows the whole to be observed from different points of view, almost always far away - that is why we are interested in artificially increasing all the apparent elements of the set. This double objective is taken care of by the enveloping porticos, the formal role of which has been maximised by resolutely disassociating them from any resistant work, while at the same time accentuating their structural appearance.1971
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Sinel Factory Building
Bach-Mora Arquitectes, Jaume Bach i Núñez, Gabriel Mora i Gramunt
The complex includes: the manufacturing warehouses, the 16m high logistics warehouses, the factory's own offices and those belonging to the holding company (located on the first floor), in addition to an isolated building that contains the changing rooms and the canteen. The offices wrap around the factory building, are located facing a forest with magnificent views and form a two-level T, creating a large entrance porch to the complex. The building has a metal structure. As for the closing materials, they are prefabricated concrete slabs in the factory area and sheet metal in the offices. The complex is dedicated to the production of industrial labels. It contains two companies: Caposa and Sinel. They share manufacturing facilities and offices. The spaces, therefore, had to be organised dynamically to allow a certain flexibility, especially for the future.1996 - 1999
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Bloc de 81 Habitatges Santa Maria 213
RGA Arquitectes, Montserrat Batlle Salvanyà, Josep Maria Gutiérrez Noguera, Pere Riera Pañellas
2005
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Esteve Paluzie Library and Constitució Square
Mora-Sanvisens Arquitectes Associats, Josep Emili Hernández-Cros, Gabriel Mora i Gramunt, Carmina Sanvisens Montón
The building is located in the northern part of Plaça de la Constitució, on the axis with the Dr. Moragues Avenue and slightly moved to one side to suggest and connect the passage towards Estoril and Nàpols Streets, on the other side of the future 'Interpolar'. The building, structured in three staggered floors, from the basement to the first floor, creates a large overhang in the connection area between the two neighbourhoods. A large part of the library is planned to be underground to take advantage of the maximum surface area of the square and to minimise the volumetric impact on the current constructions in the area. This basement is ventilated and lit by a patio with fully glazed walls and covered with a pergola with adjustable slats to filter the light. The patio also illuminates part of the floor, which has already undergone displacement, giving access to the square. This lighting mechanism culminates on the second floor. The courtyard of light creates a fissure along the entire building; on the other hand, the building is very closed in its perimeter façades. The entire ground floor of the library is organised in such a way that it is accessible and permeable to the circulation of users. At one end is the bar-cafeteria and the exhibition hall, connected to the library, which can be used independently of it. The main access is open towards the square and has the information and reference spaces, the general background area, music, image and computerised consultation spaces, which are also located on the ground floor. In the basement there is the rest of the general background area, support spaces, study space, multimedia space and storage room, tanks and installations. On the ground floor is the children's area and the internal work area. The children's area space is connected to the patio-garden with a covered porch. The structure is made of reinforced concrete bearing walls and pillars. The façade is made of granite.2006 - 2009
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New Marta Mata School
Comas-Pont Arquitectes, Jordi Comas i Mora, Anna Pont i Armengol, Marc Rifà Rovira
In contrast to a very heterogeneous environment, an aesthetically neutral building is conceived. A homogeneous and white skin, like a shell, covers the entire exterior of the building; only where it folds inward do yellow interstices appear, a reflection of the luminosity and warmth inside. The building makes it possible to articulate two distinct urban plots: the garden city with single-family homes and a new residential area of large blocks. This is developed in an L shape, with a bar on the ground floor parallel to the only urbanised street, C/Torre Esteper (which includes a gym, kitchen, dining room, library and administration) and a bar in the first floor, parallel to the street provided for in the new planning (which contains the children's classrooms in the main floor and primary classrooms in the first one). As the focal point of all the spaces, a large double-height lobby concentrates both the access to the children’s area and the primary school and serves as a connection area with the administration, the services and the outside courtyard itself.2014