JOSE BERGUA STUDIO

In response to a site in process of transformation from an industrial to a residential character, the project proposes an architecture that enphasis the intermediate spaces of the building and their potential uses. Terraces, awnings, courtyards, and passages create connections between the urban surroundings and the private spaces of the dwellings. This domestic character of the project is complemented by concepts of constructive and structural rationality, systematization, repetition, and standardization, ideas taken as from the industrial architecture of Poblenou.

 

On the ground floor, access is conceived as a large semi-public square connected to the passage. This covered “piazza” frames and enhances the views of the chimney, which becomes the main feature of this access and socialization space. The building offers a generous and versatile area capable of accommodating diverse uses: bicycle parking, a community meeting space, a playing area for kids...

 

The design proposes an aggregation of five dwellings per floor around a central core, generating generous and non-hierarchical typologies with good lighting and ventilation conditions. Circulation areas are understood as community and bioclimatic spaces. Their size and organization encourage cross-views and high levels of visibility and illumination, thus ensuring safety and inclusivity.

 

The dwellings are flexible and adaptable to different family configurations without the need for structural alterations. All typologies include a central multipurpose space that can be reconfigured as a living room, study, winter garden, playroom or dining area. The project presents a typological proposal that responds to the new paradigms of housing: outdoor spaces, flexibility, incorporation of passive systems, self-consumption, local construction...

 

An industrialized construction system is proposed, ensuring speed of execution and minimizing construction waste. Systems are defined with durable, low-ecological-footprint materials, reducing maintenance needs. The proposed passive strategies minimize the building’s climate control costs and offset the price increase associated with a timber structure compared to a traditional concrete structure.

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TYPE            Housing​​​​

CLIENT         INCASOL (Institut Català del Sòl)

YEAR           2025 - In progress

AREA           2.884 m2

TEAM           Javier Gavín Balda (co-author)

                   Arqbag (environmental)

                   Marc Colomer (imagery)

                   

PRIZES         1st Prize Architectural competition