The project consists in the refurbishment and adequation of a premise as a social care facility in the public space, destined to the attention of people and families in a high vulnerability situation and severe social exclusion. It is located in a multifamily row building in Casp St., in the Eixample District of Barcelona.
The proposal is based on the creation of a strip of patios which separate the public spaces from the private uses of the workers in the centre, and the design of a great communications axis that articulate all the spaces around it and facilitates use of the centre. These two elements provide environmental confort, light and functionality.
A new metallic suspended staircase and an elevator connect the workspaces on ground floor to the common uses and offices in the on the first floor.
The project is developed in ground and first floor, comprises an usable area of 897 m2 and is organised in these spaces:
Access, reception, waiting room and welcome.
Interview spaces. They facilitate the attention to its users with full privacy, and they also guarantee the security and protection of both the assisted people and the professionals.
Meeting rooms and offices. The centre has 3 meeting rooms and 6 offices. They are soundproof and insulated spaces that provide intimacy and confidentiality.
Work spaces. These are organised according to the different services and are equipped with storage areas for all the workers in the centre.
Other common spaces. The archive and storage, the bath cores in each floor, the reprography room and the office area complement the centre services.
The project and construction were developed according to the WELL criteria and its 7 main vectors. Thus, two heat recovery units have been set up in order to guarantee the quality of the air and the transversal patios enable cross ventilation.
The paving and coating materials are long-lasting, sustainable, recyclable and will be able to be retrieved and/or recycled once they exhaust their lifespan in the building. The exterior enclosures are specially soundproof insulating and the roofs have been coated with a sound-absorving material to guarantee the maximum acoustic and thermal confort.
Natural light is present in all work spaces thanks to the new interior patios, the street and the inner block patio.
The lightning system is entirely LED with solar control regulation and presence detectors in bathrooms and stairs.
A variable refrigerant volume air conditioning system (VRV) has been installed with heat pump and also a ventilation system with heat recovery.
The building intallations have been designed with high performance elements and using passive saving technics, such us the increase of thermal insulation, aerothermal or the free cooling.
Team:
Architects: 2BMFG ARQUITECTES S.L.P., Àgata Buxadé Fortuny, Ramon Ferrando Rios & Carles Gelpí Arroyo.
Structural calculations: 2BMFG ARQUITECTES S.L.P.
Design team: 2BMFG ARQUITECTES S.L.P.
Consultants: ARC BCN Enginyers
Construction: MyJ GRUAS S.A.
Furniture: CONTEL
Interior carpentry: QUICK SOLUTION SBD S.L.
Photographer: Simón García
Materials Used:
Exterior carpentry – Carpentry from Deko Grup-35 S.L.- ROI
Paving and coating– Linóleum and vinyls from TARKETT
False ceilings – Projected rock wool mortar roofing from PERLITA Y VERMICULITA
Toilets and taps - ROCA
Bath complements - MEDICLINICS
Marengo coloured SILESTONE board Basiq series
