12 DWELLINGS BADALONA.

Memory of project.

Prior to the intervention this was an urban void, simply an unfinished piece of city; a junction of streets in V-shaped in an urban surrounding inhabited mostly by workers from Andalucía and Extremadura. Even though the residential buildings in this neighborhood present a very modest architecture, they sometimes have colorful façades.

From the original situation it seemed important for us to preserve the joy and the color of the facades of the neighborhood and take the opportunity to remodel a small urban space next to the new building through the resource which the residents of the neighborhood have always used: the color.

One of the main challenges of the project was the integration between the façade and the public space. The building is conceived as a large facade of the same color as the pavement of the square. Thus, the facade becomes a vertical extension of the square, whilst the square becomes a horizontal extension of the facade.

At the same time, the project intends to provide the space for a new use, hence the flexible pavement and the large commercial premise on the ground floor of the new building.

Vehicles are replaced by trees, children's playground and a bar with a terrace area. Tree grids are metallic and round; the windows of the building are also metallic but square. All the other elements, the ground floor and banks, are in dark color.

Text.- BCQ architects.