BAAS & ESPINET UBACH won the contest refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR)
12/05/2017.
[BCN] Spain
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The project is located in Barcelona, and there were four more teams in the last step of the competition: Rafael Moneo, Carme Pinós, Josep Llinàs and Elias Torres.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Model. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes. Photograph © Adrià Goula
Model. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes. Photograph © Adrià Goula
Model. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes. Photograph © Adrià Goula
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Site plan. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Axonometric. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Section. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Section. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Ground floor plan. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Section. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Rendering. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes.
Model. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes. Photograph © Adrià Goula
Model. Refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes. Photograph © Adrià Goula
The team formed by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes has been elected winner of the contest summoned by the VHIR-Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, to carry out the refurbishment of the Hospital Campus and the new Research Institute (VHIR) building.
Description of project by BAAS arquitectura + ESPINET UBACH arquitectes
Build a large park connected with adjacent neighborhoods and with the city, improving the accessibility of the enclosure and its permeability.
In order to do sowe propose several fundamental strategies:
1. Sponge the enclosure knocking down the maximum possible amount of buildings and return the enclosure to its condition of natural park with buildings.
2. Create a new vertical access axis using escalators.
3. Construct flat promenades at different levels that horizontally cross the enclosure and connect it with the surrounding neighbors.
4. Remove vehicles from the premises.
5. Create a new facade of the Hospital of the Vall d’Hebrón, by means of a new hall at the same level of the access road.
6. Build a second wall that will divide the enclosure into two areas: university research and hospital.
A building with a single facade.
The building is located between the level of the university and the new promenade, and between the new porticoed facade and the existing retaining wall. A fold in the topography that acquires the role of the final curtain from the lower platform and disappears literally from the upper level where it becomes an extension of the park.
The plant is defined by three courtyards, one of which opens to the façade, and terraces that relate to the exterior. The laboratories, grouped around the three courtyards according to their orientation, generate alongside the terraces, a series of paths similar to the cloisters of monasteries, combining interiors and exteriors to generate spaces of leisure and encounter.
More information
Architects
BAAS + ESPINET / UBACH
Area
Built area.- 24,000 m² + campus
Dates
Competition Year.- 2017 (winners)
Project leader
Jero Gutiérrez + Andreu Egido
Team
Eva Olavarria, Marc Sánchez, Carles Figuerola, Alba Azuara
Collaborators
Jornet Llop Pastor (urbanism) Estudi Ramon Folch (ambiental studies)
Albert Bestard (landscape) BIS Arquitectes (structures) PGI (supplies)
Client
Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
JORDI BADIA
Jordi Badia (Barcelona, 1961) graduated in architecture from the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) in 1989. Between 1989 and 1993 he practiced a professional partnership with Tonet Sunyer. In 1994 founded the BAAS architecture study, Jordi Badia combines his professional task of an architect with that of a professor at the Department of Architectural Projects at ETSAB since 2001 and at ESARQ-UIC since 2009. He also collaborates to the newspaper ARA since 2010 and is editor of the Hic Architecture since 2009. Along with Felix Arranz, he curated the Catalan and Balearic Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale 2012.
The practice is currently working on various projects, including the town hall in Montroig del Camp, the headquarters of the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre and the new premises of the MUHBA (Museum of History of Barcelona) in Poblenou district, Barcelona. The office is also working on the citizens building in Palamós, the extensive rehabilitation of Alta Diagonal office building in Barcelona and the Radio and TV University in Katowice, Poland.
ARQUITECTES ESPINET/UBACH
Espinet/Ubach arquitectes was founded in Barcelona in 1976 and leads it by Miquel Espinet and Antoni Ubach, their work is based on social commitment, cultural, technological innovation, respect for the environment and functionality.
Espinet/Ubach have a long history in the design of public buildings, educational and cultural facilities.
Miquel Espinet i Mestre (1948, Lleida) is architect from the School of Architecture of Barcelona. He is Senior Lecturer in Projects III, The EINA School of Design, affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He was President of the Awards Jury City to City Barcelona FAD Award 2010. He was Director of the EINA School of Design (Autonomous University of Barcelona) from 1984 to 1996, He has been a Visiting Professor of Architecture Project at several architecture schools in Europe and America.
Antoni Ubach i Nuet (1944, Barcelona) is architect from the School of Architecture of Barcelona, Doctor in Architecture from The Polytechnic University of Catalonia and Professor of Architecture Projects at the Barcelona School of Architecture. Head Speaker at the VIII Congress of Architecture of Panama. Member of the Coordination Board of the UIA Congress in Barcelona. Founder and Vice President of the Caixa d’Arquitectes (savings bank) until 2001.
