The library of Montbau district - Barcelona, Spain- has been renovated by the architecture practice Oliveras Boix Arquitectes. The building, originally built in the 1950s as a school ensemble, has housed since the 80s the function of library, thanks to a neighborhood movement. The intervention of the architects seeks to renew the urban activity in the complex, which was in a state of significant degradation and neglect.

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Oliveras Boix Arquitectes is an architecture studio founded by the siblings Núria Oliveras Boix (1976, Barcelona) and Jordi Oliveras Boix (1979, Barcelona) in 2003. Their first office began its activity through participation in various competitions. Since then they have developed projects and works, mainly for the public administration, for which they have obtained various awards and mentions. They have also carried out work in the field of urban planning and have participated in the editing of various publications and research papers in the fields of the city, housing, sustainability and accessibility.

Núria Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2001) and Jordi Oliveras Boix is an architect from the ETSAB, UPC (2004). His way of designing always places the end user at the center of a creative and research process where interest in detail, construction processes and optimization of resources play a key role.
Published on: December 21, 2016
Cite: "Montbau Library Rehabilitation by Oliveras Boix Arquitectes" METALOCUS. Accessed February 23, 2025
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/montbau-library-rehabilitation-oliveras-boix-arquitectes> ISSN 1139-6415
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