Josep Ferrando Architecture

Police Station In Salt

POLICE STATION IN SALT

Josep Ferrando + Sergi Serrat

Police Station In Salt
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ARCHITECTS
Josep Ferrando ,Sergi Serrat

COLLABORATORS
Marc Nadal + Ramon Subirà + Anne Hinz

ARCHITECTS TEAM
Marc Nadal, Ramon Subirà, Anne Hinz, architect

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
NB-35 Barcelona

BUILDER
Construccions Alsina SA

MANUFACTURERS
Reckli, Construcciones Alsina

CLIENT
Ayuntamiento de Salt

AREA
2000 m²

BBUDGET
1.700.000 €

YEAR
2011

LOCATION
Salt, Spain

CATEGORY
Police Station

Police Station In Salt
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THE SITE

The new police station is located on the outskirts of the neighborhood in a zone reserved for council buildings. The proposal is placed in a pre-existing grove of magnificent beech trees that determine the main decisions for the project.

The main building mass is concentrated at the north end of the site, in the unoccupied area, while the car park is organized around the grove. The remainder of the site forms a green cushion that separates the building from the road becoming a transition space for the visitors.

Police Station In Salt
© Adrià Goula
Police Station In Salt
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THE BUILDING
The building is separated from the street by no more than a wooded garden. There are no railings to bar the public.

The police should be seen to be accessible and friendly. A compact, horizontal, abstract and introverted volume is proposed due to the requirements of high-security, use and flexibility of the program.

Police Station In Salt
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The public entrance is formed by raising the head at one of the ends of the building forming a large access porch. The staff entrance is placed at the opposite end of the main facade.

Police Station In Salt
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Police Station In Salt
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THE MATERIALITY

Once inside everything changes. A system of double height spaces and patios organize the private zones and flood the interior with light. The color white becomes the main player. Its texture changes to differentiate the different walls: textured concrete for the exterior, polished stone on the floor, white brick and wood for the walls, perfect white for the ceiling...

Police Station In Salt
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THE BRIEFING

The lightness of the interior is also reflected in the organization of the building. The program is ordered around strict hierarchical and functional criteria. A longitudinal spine-like scheme ordered around the patios orders the program in plan and establishes a clear transition between the public and the private.

Police Station In Salt
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