REGIONAL ARCHIVE AND CIVIC CENTER IN SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT

PROJECT: REGIONAL ARCHIVE AND CIVIC CENTER
SITE: SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, BARCELONA
LOCATION: C/ CLEMENTINA ARDERIU 23
DATA PROJECT: 2006 – 2008
CONSTRUCTION: 2008 – 2013
BUILT AREA: 3.241M²
PROMOTER: GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA – AJUNTAMENT DE SANT FELIU DEL LLOBREGAT
AUTHORS: DATAAE + XAVIER VENDRELL STUDIO
TEAM: BOMA (STRUCTURE), MIQUEL PORTELL (BUILDING PHYSICS), EULÀLIA ARAN (QUANTITY SURVEYOR)
IMAGE: ADRIÀ GOULA

THE PROJECT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER THE COUNTY ARCHIVES AND CIVIC CENTRE IN ONE BUILDING, FACILITATING INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO AMENITIES AND ENABLING THEM TO RELATE THEIR ACTIVITIES WITH OPEN OUTDOOR SPACE (4.000M²).

THE VOLUME OF THE BUILDING IS LONG AND NARROW, FREEING UP PART OF THE PLOT TO EXTEND THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SQUARE. THE ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTION IS A COMPACT SINGLE VOLUME THAT COMBINES THE TECHNICAL AND CLIMATIC NEEDS OF EACH OF THE BRIEFS WITH AN INTEGRATED SOLUTION THAT SYSTEMISES STRATEGIES FOR BOTH ACTIVITIES. THE BUILDING’S GEOMETRY ENSURES EFFICIENT LIGHTING AND NATURAL VENTILATION OF THE INTERIOR WORKSPACES, AS WELL AS RATIONALISING THE STORAGE FLOOR.