Marti Miralles Arquitectes
DeveloperREGESA
LocationPlaça Sóller, Barcelona
Project2001
Construction2003
Floor area4,400 m²
External consultants
Joan Ramon Soldevila (Q. Surveyor), Rafael Bellmunt (Structure), Ventura & Milian (Facilities)
PhotographyGerard Garcia
The firm won a tender for the construction of a city block in an urban sector remodelling project in the Barcelona district of Porta. The site is across from Plaça de Sóller and was the first part of the neighbourhood to be remodelled.
The project consisted of a building for subsidised housing, a residential care home and an elderly day care centre. The buildings were planned simultaneously for three different public bodies: Regis, Gisa and the Nou Barris district.
We put forward a proposal of three separate buildings whose main structures follow the building line of the existing streets and which are interconnected via a seemingly continuous ground floor. Formal integration of the buildings is achieved through their shape, composition and the materials of the facades. Facilities access and the entrance to the day and residential centres is via a small square created by taking advantage of the change of direction of Carrer Maladeta.
The aim of this project is the construction of a building housing 30 subsidised housing units opposite Plaça de Sóller. The building has two basement parking levels, a ground floor with retail premises and five floors of dwellings.
The plot measurements and buildable volume defined in the proposal prior to the project defined the chosen solution. The dwellings are arranged around two stairwells, with three dwellings per landing, with a shared entrance via a lobby on the ground floor. The car park is arranged over four half-stories joined by curved ramps, which share a vertical access core. The roof is home to the solar heating panels and communal clotheslines.
The facade onto Plaça de Sóller is designed in keeping with the scale of the square. A gallery with wooden slatting unifies the look of the facade and visually brings the building together. The retail units and transformer station are incorporated into the Sant Vicen’s stone plinth course, which interconnects with the ground floors of the rest of the buildings on the block.
The project consisted of a building for subsidised housing, a residential care home and an elderly day care centre. The buildings were planned simultaneously for three different public bodies: Regis, Gisa and the Nou Barris district.
We put forward a proposal of three separate buildings whose main structures follow the building line of the existing streets and which are interconnected via a seemingly continuous ground floor. Formal integration of the buildings is achieved through their shape, composition and the materials of the facades. Facilities access and the entrance to the day and residential centres is via a small square created by taking advantage of the change of direction of Carrer Maladeta.
The aim of this project is the construction of a building housing 30 subsidised housing units opposite Plaça de Sóller. The building has two basement parking levels, a ground floor with retail premises and five floors of dwellings.
The plot measurements and buildable volume defined in the proposal prior to the project defined the chosen solution. The dwellings are arranged around two stairwells, with three dwellings per landing, with a shared entrance via a lobby on the ground floor. The car park is arranged over four half-stories joined by curved ramps, which share a vertical access core. The roof is home to the solar heating panels and communal clotheslines.
The facade onto Plaça de Sóller is designed in keeping with the scale of the square. A gallery with wooden slatting unifies the look of the facade and visually brings the building together. The retail units and transformer station are incorporated into the Sant Vicen’s stone plinth course, which interconnects with the ground floors of the rest of the buildings on the block.
