49 houses

49 houses
© José Hevia

49 HOUSES

Arquitectura Produccions + Pau Vidal + Vivas Arquitectos

CATEGORY
Social Housing

LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain

AREA
64799 ft²

YEAR
2020

MANUFACTURERS
Actiu, Cortizo, Daikin, Forma 5, Legrand, Mobles 114, Simon, Swiss Krono Ag, Disano Www.disano.it, Fcv, Gradhermetic, Norma, Normalux, Prefabricats Pujol, Roblan, Toscano

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Miquel Roa, Pau Vidal, Cristian Vivas, César Vivas.

ENGINEERING
Caba Sostenibilitat

CLIENTS
Institut Municipal De L’habitatge I Rehabilitació De Barcelona, Imhab

LANDSCAPE
Ohrizons

CONSULTANTS
Manuel Arguijo, Salvador Arisa, Joan Just Caro

COLLABORATORS
Quim Brufau, Jordi Raventós, Bernat Pedro, Ava Costa, Sabrina Calzolari. Sbda, Playtime, Daniel Granados

Text description provided by architect.

The project is located in a singular block of the Example district, formerly fragmented by the railway and currently opened to new public spaces.

49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia

Two separate volumes define a large green central courtyard and circulation areas.

The building facing the street consolidates the front of the block and the second one is conceived as an isolated building, even separating itself from the limits of the plot to respond to the existing irregular urban voids.

49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
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The temporary housing center in the ground and first floor is accessed through an open public passage.

The entrance to the dwellings is made through an independent closed lobby and the communications core which opens towards the side with double height spaces.

49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia

On the ground and roof levels there are common and outdoor spaces (multipurpose room, laundry, orchards, terraces, porches) that expand the way of living beyond the apartments, thus compensating their reduced size.

The single bedroom apartments for the elderly are cross ventilated, with access through an open walkway and entrance gate, an intermediate space that allows the appropriation of the common space and regulates the apartment’s privacy.

From the central kitchen the spatial perception is extended by oblique views towards the living room and bedroom with a large sliding door. The terraces extend the living rooms to the outside.

49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
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49 houses
© José Hevia
49 houses
© José Hevia


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Section A
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Section B
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Section C
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Plan - Site


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Plan - Ground floor
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Plan - 1st floor
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Plan - 4th Floor
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Plan - 5th Floor
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Plan - 6th Floor