Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects

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  • Architects: GCA Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  8795
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Kingspan Insulated Panels, Technal, Assa Abloy, Atlas Schindler, Guardian Glass, Hunter Douglas, JDOS, Matimex, Roca, Tarimatec
  • Client: AEW
  • Builder: ISG
  • Project Management: Albion Real Estate Management
  • Structural Engineering: STATIC Ingeniería SLP
  • MEP : JSS Efficient Engineering
  • Landscape: GCA Architects
  • Leed Consultant: Lavola
  • City: Barcelona
  • Country: Spain
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Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Interior Photography, Windows, Door, Facade

Text description provided by the architects. The object of the refurbishment is a building with an exposed brickwork finish in Carrer de Joan Miró, in Barcelona. The intervention on the façades is very specific, respecting the building as a whole in terms of both form and materiality. The proportions of the openings in the façades are increased to facilitate the entry of light and natural ventilation, and the wood between the windows is replaced with exposed brickwork, just like the existing façade. The materiality of the façade lends majesty to the building through a rhythmic and unitary volumetric composition, which manifests itself on both the outside and the inside. The building envelope represents the character of the building.

Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Interior Photography, Brick, Facade
Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Interior Photography, Brick

In the central area of the façade, the openings are enlarged and lined around the perimeter with metallic material, creating a contrast with the exposed brickwork and emphasizing the access to the building.

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Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Interior Photography, Column
Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Interior Photography, Bedroom, Column

Compositionally, the project proposes the reconfiguration of the building's vertical communication core, rotating it by 90 degrees to generate a wide interior connection corridor between the two streets. The intervention facilitates the entry of natural light into the lobbies and all levels of the building. The result is a fluid and open space where the interior lines play with the light and with the views of the outside streets, which are encapsulated in the windows.

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In the office area, a contemporary open-plan space dialogues with the textures and chromatic range of the existing building, maintaining the premise of quality already provided by the original materials.  The character of the new way of experiencing the workspaces, with an open plan and exposed installations, is balanced by the warm colors of the façade and the vibrant textures of the exposed concrete structure. The new office spaces thus become a space suspended between past and future.

Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects - Exterior Photography, Windows, Brick, Facade

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Address:Carrer de Joan Miró, 21, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

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Cite: "Office Refurbishment in Joan Miró / GCA Architects" [Reforma de oficinas en Joan Miró / GCA Architects] 02 Jun 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/982506/office-refurbishment-in-joan-miro-gca-architects> ISSN 0719-8884

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