Lagula Arquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula
The re-urbanisation of Mina de la Ciutat street in the higher part of Barcelona, already up the hill of the Collserola mountain range, is a face-to-face training with the strong character of the neighbourhood of Roquetes, in the working-class district of Nou Barris. Continue reading Lagula Arquitectes
Lagula Arquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula
The house is settled in a narrow plot, where golf and forest views are facing against the proper sun orientation. Also the neighbour proximity could compromise privacy and the feeling of being in the nature. Probably, the beauty of complex plots is they provide specific conditions to produce architecture. Continue reading Lagula Arquitectes
Lagula arquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula . + plataforma arquitectura
In the first glance, the house materializes as a remembrance of Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz’s Nordic classicism. A concrete portico, as-a-colonnade-in antis, is creaky opened to the sky. Continue reading Lagula
Lagula Arquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula
Marlet 1 is a new engraving, the last one written over its previous traces. It is a palimpsest that gathers the history of the plot. The plot is located in the central area of Ciutat Vella, the Old Quarter, in Barcelona. It is circumscribed by the first walls of the Roman city and the successive realities that are still visible throughout the building. Continue reading Lagula
Lagula Arquitectes . photos: © Adrià Goula
Classical palatial buildings and old industrial spaces, such as the medieval dockyards, both share (at least) three conditions. First of all, the space is continuous and flows from room to room. Secondly, the structural vanes are equivalent, regular and adaptable. And finally, the volume of the series of spaces is not only related to the room size, but also to the holistic interpretation of the building. Of course, other obvious features differentiate these two typologies. Continue reading Lagula
