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BAAS arquitectura . photos: © Gregori Civera

This project designed by the Catalan practice BAAS, headed by Jordi Badia, is located in the Poblenou district of Barcelona, a neighbourhood undergoing constant urban transformation that, in recent years, has been accompanied by a new architecture of singular scattered buildings that are incapable of dialoguing with the traditional pre-existing surroundings to create urban quality. Here, however, as in the case of Can Framis Museum, the office building proposed by Jordi Badia emerges with the purpose of continuing the street block, dialoguing with what was there before and generating quality urban space. Continue reading BAAS arquitectura

BAAS Arquitectura . Grupa 5 Architekci . renders: © Playtime

The building turns around a large central courtyard, which becomes the main space of the project. A natural and visual garden, which builds a particular microclimate, warmer in winter and cooler in summer, with trees, vegetation and flowers that will build a changing scenery according to the seasons of the year. Continue reading BAAS . Grupa 5

BAAS Arquitectura . renders: © Playtime

It’s clear that the current image the building shows doesn’t represent the dignity that its location on the Diagonal is due and that, in functional terms, the position of its core at the most privileged corner of its extension isn’t reasonable nor efficient. Accordingly, once a decision is taken to renovate the building, it makes sense to generally disregard the existing architecture in order to guarantee that the investment can be used to obtain a contemporary building that firmly responds to both the image of the institution and its strategic location on the Diagonal and that it is efficient from a functional and energy perspective. Continue reading BAAS Arquitectura