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Arias . Pérez de Vega . Twose

Building in Sant Quintí Street . Barcelona

Joan Arias . Luís Pérez de Vega . Luis Twose . photos: © José Hevia

The building is part of a larger project that includes a set of houses and apartments that occupies one side of a block in the Eixample, between the streets of Industria and San Antonio Mª Claret, from which, due to the type of promotion, a part was segregated for furnished apartments for rent, maintaining unity with the rest in the façade and access to the parking floor. Continue reading Arias . Pérez de Vega . Twose

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Poli . Paumelle . Trézeux

La Suie Cabin . FAVERGES

Marina Poli . Philippe Paumelle . Richard Trézeux . photos: © Clément Molinier

In the distance, the hiker sees a black mass. Across the expanse, the sun no longer reigns, and the wooden cabin becomes the focal point. The light and the hiker attempt to penetrate the object, disrupting their respective rituals. The cabin seems to invite them in, yet it hinders their progress. The light struggles to enter the fossil of the old mine. It has slipped between the charred wooden blocks, reminiscent of the lignite ore once mined just a few hundred meters away. Continue reading Poli . Paumelle . Trézeux

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Hoyer . Kotter

KLEINHAUS . EICHSTÄTT

Clemens Hoyer . Sophie Kotter . photos: © Milan Loebner

KLEINHAUS is a project designed, planned and implemented by Sophie Kotter and Clemens Hoyer. The design focus is the use of sustainable, resource-saving and regional materials.
Inspired by its terraced hillside situation, the apple trees and the old monastery wall, the small house adapts phenomenologically to its surroundings. Continue reading Hoyer . Kotter

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REARQ UPC

Regenerar Barcelona (RegBCN)

REARQ UPC . renders: © Recuerdo Studio

The UPC’s Architectural Rehabilitation and Restoration (REARQ) research group and the Interdisciplinary Group on Building Science and Technology (GICITED) have developed a construction prototype to extend buildings sustainably that will be tested for a year before being implemented on a large scale in apartment blocks in Barcelona. The ‘Regenerar Barcelona’ proposal has been selected by the Barcelona City Council. Continue reading REARQ UPC