bxd arquitectura designed this new teaching building, extension of the Camp Joliu school, in the town of l'Arboç, Baix Penedes in Tarragona, Spain. The building is located on a rectangular plot, which has as neighbors, on one side a factory, and on the opposite side, sports courts.

It is an elongated building, next as to much as possible to the borders of the plot, which acts as a backdrop for the school, and at the same time as an acoustic barrier for the tasks carried out in the adjacent factory, and thus without touching the existing sports courts.
The new building designed by bxd arquitectura is a facility that is being built in phases. In the first construction phase some classrooms, a changing room area, and some offices and tutoring areas have been included. The volume folds slightly on the ground floor to accompany the user towards the access that will be located in the center.

The complex, of which we can now partially see the result, is shown on two floors, the façade of which elegantly filters towards the sports courts through concrete block pillars.

In the second planned phase, the construction of more classrooms is proposed, as well as a porch for carrying out covered outdoor activities, and in the third phase a large multipurpose room, double height, was built, which has the function of a covered gym, or room for graduations.
 

Project description by bxd arquitectura

The project consists of the construction of a new educational building, located inside  the Camp Joliu school, in the town of l'Arboç, Baix Penedes (Tarragona).

The location of the building is within a rectangular plot, in which on one side of the rectangle, we have a factory, and on the opposite side there are some sports courts, which the school asked us to keep intact, hence the need to make an elongated building, near as much as possible to the gauges of the plot, which would make us backdrop to the school, and at the same time acoustic barrier of the tasks being performed in the factory annexed, and without touching the existing sports courts.

This new building contains the expansion needs of the school, such as the construction of new classrooms, a dressing room area, different tutoring rooms and offices, a multi-purpose area, porch, etc.

The project has two floors and has been carried out in three phases.  The first phase of the building, in which classrooms, a dressing room area, offices and tutoring areas were built. The second phase was the construction of more classrooms, as well as a porch for outdoor activities under cover, and in the third phase of construction of the building, a large multi-purpose room was built, with double height, which serves as a covered gymnasium, or room for graduations, etc.

The façade of the building is made of white concrete block, playing with the composition of the façade according to the interior programme of the building.

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Architects.- Francesc Buixeda, Javier Ivorra.
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Engineering consultor.- Grup Engind. Structural consultor.- Bis Structures SLP.
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Roacsa Construcciones.
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Completed.- February 2021.
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Arboç, Baix Penedés, Tarragona, Spain.
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Aleix Bagué.
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bxd Arquitectura is an architecture studio based in Barcelona, ​​founded in 2008 by architect and engineer Francesc Buixeda. Among its most relevant projects, they can highlight the Terra Hotel located in the Plaza España in Barcelona, ​​the MG industrialized house in Sant Cugat del Vallès, and the Housing Tower in the Plaza Europa del Hospitalet. The internal bxd architecture team is led by the architects Francesc Buixeda and María Barcina.

Francesc Buixeda is an architect from the School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia and a Technical Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. After collaborating in his professional beginnings with Idom-ACXT and Juan Trias de Bes, he founded bxd architecture in 2008.

María Barcina is an architect from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, with over 20 years of experience in international and multi-sector architectural projects. Specializing in large-scale projects in the hotel and residential sector, since 2008 she has combined architect's work with the teaching task at the School of Architecture of the International University of Catalonia as a professor in the subject of architectural projects.

bxd arquitectura Barcelona has a solid team of architects with extensive experience in the development of projects and the optional management of the works. The most advanced tools are also used for the development of projects such as BIM (Building Information Modeling) in order to ensure the quality of the project from its conception to its execution.
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Published on: October 18, 2021
Cite: "A filtered volume. Camp Joliu school by bxd arquitectura" METALOCUS. Accessed
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