BCQ Arquitectura Barcelona, SLP

Home For The Elderly

Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent

HOME FOR THE ELDERLY

Bcq Arquitectes, Baena Casamor Arquitectes

ARCHITECTS
Baena Casamor Arquitectes, Bcq Arquitectes

CLIENT
Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, Distrito Horta Guinardó

CONSTRUCTION
AND SA de Serveis

COST
1.438.932 €

AREA
1144.0 m²

COLLABORATORS
Isabel Fors, arquitecta tácnica; Taller d’Enginyeria Ambiental SL, Instalaciones; Jordi Granada, arquitecto, Estructuras

YEAR
2008

LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain

CATEGORY
Asylum

Text description provided by architect.

The main objective is to achieve a comfortable building for the elderly, a space in which users are comfortable, a place with which they can identify.

Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent
Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent

For this reason, we chose known building materials and finishes, warm and comfortable materials, such as ceramic and wood, and in general, a domestic architectural image.

The shape of the building in plan is carefully adapted to the space available in one of the parterres of the Prince of Girona Gardens.

Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent
Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent

The building is designed closely related to the park. A volume part of the language, of the materials and operation of the park. In fact, we often think of the building as a pavilion in the park, a viewpoint from which users can visually dominate the surrounding activity in the park and on the street.

The ground floor is permeable, one can go through the building through the lobby. In fact, the building is also a new gateway between the street and the park. One of the squares of the park, now paved with wood, will have a new access through the building.

Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent
Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent

The exposed ceramic roof descends through the minor facades to the ground, and gives the volume an image of a great portal.

The main facades, with glass windows and a wooden lattice, seek a certain kinship with the wooden floors and the urban furniture of the park.

Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent
Home For The Elderly
© Carles Climent


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