Glories Square 60 Social Housing Units / SV60 Arquitectos
Glories Square 60 Social Housing Units
SV60 Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
SV60 Arquitectos
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Antonio G. Liñan
SERVICES
L3J Ingeniería
QUANTITY SURVEYING
Joan March
CIVIL
Bernuz Fernandez
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Societat Orgánica
GENERAL CONSTRUCTING
SACYR SA
LEAD TEAM
Manuel López
PHOTOGRAPHER
JOSÉ HEVIA
AREA
8940 m²
YEAR
2025
LOCATION
Barcelona, Spain
CATEGORY
Social Housing
English description provided by the architects.
We propose a rational Project, flexible and adaptable to the social and urban conditions required.
The whole volume is conceived as a permeable system, pierced by multiple holes that cross the building from one facade to another connecting with the interior courtyards and generating a housing model sculpted and carved by interior voids that takes full advantage of the climatic conditions of the area and at the same time generates internal spaces of connection between the neighbors, creating new spaces of social connection without sacrificing the privacy of each house.
The volumetric set tries to work as one more block of Barcelona's "ensanche", and looks for spatial relations with the surroundings pretending to formalize itself as a silent and functional architecture.
A large plinth absorbs topographical problems while organizing accesses and circulations.
This base is arranged as a support element, dense and carved, which organizes the various uses adapted to the topographical reality.
In addition it establishes relations with the public outdoor spaces (Les Encants market, Les Glories square, etc.), and embraces the large inner courtyard generating a new equipped space for the City.
The housing units respond to a rational model generated by modules of 3.00 x 3.00m and to the optimization of surfaces in relation to the number of bedrooms, allowing flexibility and personalized occupation for each group of inhabitants.
The rooms become changable elements that can grow or diminish using the facade space (climatic gallery).
The diversity in positioning the gaps, terraces, patios and empty spaces in general seeks to establish internal spatial continuity, by establishing internal relationships between the dwellings and improving the performance and energy efficiency of the buildings.
