Marti Miralles Arquitectes
DeveloperUniversitat de Barcelona
LocationJoan XXIII, 27-31, Barcelona
Project1996
Construction1998
Floor area2,040 m²
External consultants
Ramon Soldevila and J. Ardevol (Q. Surveyors), Joan Margarit and Carles Buixadé (Structure), Jaume Boneu (Facilities)
The Pharmacy Faculty buildings on the Pedralbes campus are located on a block with two student residences, the main Faculty building and a three part annexe of various uses and heights. This annexe has two wings of five floors and a central section of two floors, with four large lecture rooms and a bar.
The lack of space in the Faculty used to necessitate the use of temporary lecture rooms outside the grounds. To increase the space available for teaching, the height of the annexe’s central building was extended, allowing the number of lecture rooms to be increased and creating other student services by partially remodelling the ground floor of the same building.
The re-working of the two floors had to be done without affecting the operation and use of the existing services. The expansion was therefore planned with a large-span wrap-around structure, supported on twelve perimeter columns and their foundations, which were placed outside the building’s perimeter by making use of the courtyards that separated the three existing sections. The existing building was only affected by the construction of four central columns and their foundations. This structure supports a smaller building.
The extended building reconfigures the everyday entrances and thoroughfares, as well as the services and emergency exits.
The lack of space in the Faculty used to necessitate the use of temporary lecture rooms outside the grounds. To increase the space available for teaching, the height of the annexe’s central building was extended, allowing the number of lecture rooms to be increased and creating other student services by partially remodelling the ground floor of the same building.
The re-working of the two floors had to be done without affecting the operation and use of the existing services. The expansion was therefore planned with a large-span wrap-around structure, supported on twelve perimeter columns and their foundations, which were placed outside the building’s perimeter by making use of the courtyards that separated the three existing sections. The existing building was only affected by the construction of four central columns and their foundations. This structure supports a smaller building.
The extended building reconfigures the everyday entrances and thoroughfares, as well as the services and emergency exits.
