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Architects: OBO Estudi
- Area: 5350 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Photographer:Sara Adroer Martínez,
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Manufacturers: Isopan
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Lead Architect: Joan Artés Perez
![Sputnik Youth Center / OBO Estudi - Exterior Photography](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/602b/e717/f91c/819a/5c00/023e/newsletter/MONTORNES_12.jpg?1613489866)
Text description provided by the architects. The town hall of Montornès del Vallès proposes the creation of a youth centre to house and direct the activities for young people of the municipality. To this end, a public land is taken to build a rectangular building with a landscaped environment to be conquered and enjoyed by the users of the centre.
![Sputnik Youth Center / OBO Estudi - Interior Photography, Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/602b/e488/f91c/819a/5c00/023c/medium_jpg/MONTORNES_09.jpg?1613489213)
The access is from the ground floor, where the set of staff offices and meeting spaces are located, as well as a bar willing to host public activities, and oriented towards the exterior garden. The first floor, however, houses three large spaces and a bathroom to hold a wide variety of activities. On this floor, a large terrace opens allowing the combination of indoor and outdoor activities.
![Sputnik Youth Center / OBO Estudi - Interior Photography, Door](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/602b/ea34/f91c/819a/5c00/0249/newsletter/MONTORNES_30.jpg?1613490687)
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The building is erected using a constructive system typical of the industries in the area. Above a concrete slab there is a modular metal structure, with composite slabs and prefabricated panels for the façade. The projectproposes a completely dry construction and mostly executed from a workshop, assembling the modules in situ and only connecting the facilities.
![Sputnik Youth Center / OBO Estudi - Exterior Photography, Fence, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/602b/e9fc/f91c/8158/bf00/0262/newsletter/MONTORNES_29.jpg?1613490609)
There are no superfluous coatings in the building, leaving the constructive elements seen. On the long façades, there’s a slatted wood cladding as a solar protection and a torsion mesh is placed on the shorter sides where a newly planted ivy will grow.
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The building assumes the variability of uses of its interior and proposes a low thermal inertia system capable of bearing considerable loads during summer and low-use periods during winter. For this reason, a high-tightness and low-transmittance envelope is projected, with good solar protection and high-efficiency air exchanger.
![Sputnik Youth Center / OBO Estudi - Exterior Photography, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/602b/e8a9/f91c/8158/bf00/0258/newsletter/MONTORNES_24.jpg?1613490241)
A photovoltaic capture system is also available to hold the energy consumption as well as a monitoring of all of the rooms with different CO2 detectors that optimise air renovations or a light control depending on the solar incidence of each space. All of this, controlled by a BMS system and connected to the provincial monitoring network, contribute to the achievement of the 5 Green Building Council Green Leaves Greens.
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