Escola Massana, Art and Design Center / Estudio Carme Pinós

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• Architects

  Estudio Carme Pinós

• Location

  Plaza Gardunya Nº 9, Barcelona, Spain

• Category

  University

• Lead Architects

  Carme Pinós Desplat

• Architects Director Project

  Samuel Arriola

• Collaborating Architects

  Elsa Martí, Roberto Carlos García, Holger Hennefarth, Blanca Perote, Ana Isabel Rodríguez, Inés Senghour, Francisco Olivas

• Area

  118510.65 ft2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Duccio Malagamba

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• Structures

  BOMA - MASALA consultors

• Facilities

  INDUS Ingeniería y Arquitectura

• Direction of Execution

  ENTROPIA - PCG

• Builder

  UTE Massana (ACCIONA - COPCISA)

• Manufacturers

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 The Massana School forms part of the long transformation process of the Gardunya Square, situated in the heart of Barcelona’s historical district.

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This project responds to the will of creating a luminous interior made up of open spaces in its 11,000 square meters of usable surface area, while at the same time achieving an exterior that remains harmonious with the urban web in which it stands.

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The building is split, both in terms of volumetrics as well as in the solution of the facade, in response to the surrounding constructions. With the objective of giving it a more unique and sculptural character and simultaneously diminishing bulkiness, the part of the building that faces the square is decomposed into two rotating volumes that generate different terraces.

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The ceramic piece reminiscent of a brise soleil that covers the exterior emphasizes its volumetric will while at once protecting the student’s privacy.

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