Marti Miralles Arquitectes
DeveloperIMPSOL
LocationTorrent de la Font II, Badalona
Project2001
Construction2003
Floor area5,600 m²
External consultants
Joan Ramon Soldevila (Q. Surveyor), Rafael Bellmunt (Structure), Oficina Tècnica Lluís Duart (Facilities)
The flexibility of urban planning allows this building a bold shape of five floors plus an attic level, which is integrated through the finish of the upper part of the facade.
It is a linear rectangular block measuring 56.50 m x 13.80 m and is comprised of five and six floors of flats over a ground floor housing the entrances, some dwellings and a basement car park.
The upper floors are arranged via two staircases giving access to four flats per landing, whose main facades are east and west facing. On the ground floor are services rooms and two lobbies, one for each stairwell, facing onto Carrer Molí de la Font. The small open courtyards allow air to circulate naturally through the dwellings.
Within the limited room for manoeuvre permitted by subsidized housing schemes, the role of the kitchen in family life has been emphasised, interconnecting it with the living room and separating it from the laundry area, which is located near the bedrooms, keeping the laundry inside the dwelling.
This layout allows the creation of a space near the kitchen window for breakfast, a quick lunch, children’s meals, food preparation, etc. The space being open to the living room allows the person in the kitchen to be involved in family life.
The washing machine is situated at the back of the unit, in an area reserved for white goods, which is ventilated by the courtyard. This courtyard allows natural cross ventilation of all the dwellings as well as being a very useful vertical space for installations ducts.
It is a linear rectangular block measuring 56.50 m x 13.80 m and is comprised of five and six floors of flats over a ground floor housing the entrances, some dwellings and a basement car park.
The upper floors are arranged via two staircases giving access to four flats per landing, whose main facades are east and west facing. On the ground floor are services rooms and two lobbies, one for each stairwell, facing onto Carrer Molí de la Font. The small open courtyards allow air to circulate naturally through the dwellings.
Within the limited room for manoeuvre permitted by subsidized housing schemes, the role of the kitchen in family life has been emphasised, interconnecting it with the living room and separating it from the laundry area, which is located near the bedrooms, keeping the laundry inside the dwelling.
This layout allows the creation of a space near the kitchen window for breakfast, a quick lunch, children’s meals, food preparation, etc. The space being open to the living room allows the person in the kitchen to be involved in family life.
The washing machine is situated at the back of the unit, in an area reserved for white goods, which is ventilated by the courtyard. This courtyard allows natural cross ventilation of all the dwellings as well as being a very useful vertical space for installations ducts.
