Intervention in Oliva Artés factory by BAAS Arquitectura
16/07/2015.
[BCN] Spain
metalocus, CELIA RODRÍGUEZ
metalocus, CELIA RODRÍGUEZ
BAAS Arquitectura's main idea was to liberate the space of the factory to obtain by this way a maximum flexibility, respecting the basilical floor, and taking advantage of the space for the zone of exhibitions with a constant tour. In the project they use the steel sheet as material of intervention and to construct the necessary elements for the adjustment of the space.
Description of the project by BAAS arquitectos
Once the old nave has been consolidated and protected, while the works are not restarted to build the new MUHBA headquarters, it was decided to open the precinct to the general public. For this reason, it has been designed a temporary bathrooms and it has been prepared an exposition that wants to be like the exposition that we will see in the future.
The project wants to solve the intervention in one easy action. It proposes a huge hanging lamp in the middle of the space, drawing a ring of light that separates the outer perimeter, that hosts a large period exposition, from the inner one, that hosts temporary exhibitions and presentations.
The lamp is a big size element to assimilate the scale of the building. It values the richness of the interior textures and the basilical section of the building.
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.