Ceramic Lattice Facade in La Gota Museum | Flexbrick

The award-winning La Gota building is home to a temporary hall, a permanent exhibition of the painter Sofía Feliu, and the Tobacco Museum. The building uses a post-tensioned structure through active reinforcement reducing slab death and increasing span sizes. The Facade is covered using the Flexbrick system.

Volumetric Concept

The volumetry of the Center is attributed to the formation of the tobacco plant, with the principle of equality and diversity, which we also see in these plants - the leaves are equal but different at the same time. This is volumetrically translated into the building by including a shaft as a vertical communication and structure from which plants of equal size and morphology emerge, but with diversity in height, character, and slight displacement.

Structural System

The overall structural system increases the resistance capacity of the concrete, reduces deformations, and decreases its cracking. This increases the overall useful life of the building. The architects opted for a Flexbrick double skin curtain wall making reference to the ceramic lattices of the old tobacco drying sheds with a solution that has a significantly reduced weight. The result is a more efficient use of materials and a reduction in the overall weight of the structure. The facade system also creates a thermal cushion that directs the view from the inside, preventing overheating in the summer.

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