SANT RAFAEL CHURCH REHABILITATION IN BARCELONA

PROJECT: SANT RAFAELS CHURCH RENOVATION
SITE: NOU BARRIS, BARCELONA
LOCATION: CARRER MARIE CURIE, 23.
COMPETITION: 1ST PRIZE
DATA PROJECT: 2016-2018
CONSTRUCTION: 2019
BUILT AREA: 447 M²
PROMOTER: BIMSA
COLLABORATORS: PAU CORNELLANA
TEAM: BERNUZ-FERNÀNDEZ (STRUCTURE CONSULTING)
IMAGE: ADRIÀ GOULA

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED CLOSE TO THE SERRA DE COLLSEROLA. THE BUILDING HAS AN OPEN AND EXTROVERTED IMAGE, WITH CONTINUOUS TERRACES ON ALL SIDES, PRIORITIZING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LANDSCAPE IN A SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH NATURE AND THE COMMUNAL GARDEN. IT IS A GROUND FLOOR+5 VOLUME WITH 30 APARTMENTS AND A SEMI-BASEMENT CAR PARK WHERE THE ENTRANCE HALL IS LOCATED SO THAT ON THE GROUND FLOOR THERE ARE ONLY APARTMENTS IN RELATION TO THE GARDEN.

THE PROJECT ORGANIZES THE SQUARE FLOOR PLAN (24.5Mx24.5M) ON THE BASIS OF A CONCENTRIC STRIP SCHEME, WITH THE LIVING-DINING ROOMS AND BEDROOMS ON THE OUTER STRIP AND THE KITCHENS, HYGIENIC CHAMBERS AND DISTRIBUTION SPACES ON THE INNER STRIP. THIS ACHIEVES A VERY COMPACT DWELLING AND ELIMINATES CORRIDORS. THE WET AREAS AND KITCHEN SPACES ARE GROUPED AROUND THE PASSAGES FOR INSTALLATIONS. THE PLACEMENT OF THE COMMUNICATION CORE ON THE NORTHEAST FAÇADE PROVIDES THE DWELLINGS WITH THE BEST VIEWS AND ORIENTATION, FREEING UP THE CORNERS FOR TERRACES.

THE TYPOLOGIES ARE ORGANIZED ON THE BASIS OF A SYSTEM OF CROSSED VIEWS AND DIAGONAL ROUTES THAT GUARANTEE THE ILLUMINATION OF ALL SPACES AND THE VISUAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR. THE TYPOLOGY OF THE DWELLING ELIMINATES THE HIERARCHY BETWEEN ROOMS, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO INTERCHANGE FUNCTIONS, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS THAT ARISE THROUGHOUT THE OCCUPANTS’ LIVES. THE BALCONY IS A PERIMETER RING THAT REGULATES THE CONTACT OF THE DIFFERENT SPACES WITH THE EXTERIOR, WIDENING AT THE CORNERS TO GENERATE TERRACE SPACES IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LIVING AREAS. THE CENTRAL ATRIUM IS A COLLECTIVE AND BIOCLIMATIC SPACE THAT IS CLOSED IN WINTER WITH AN ATRIUM-LIKE ROOF ELEMENT. IN SUMMER, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS OPENED TO VENTILATE AND HELP THE DWELLINGS TO EVACUATE EXCESS HEAT WITH A CONSTANT DRAUGHT. THUS, THE BUILDING IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DYNAMIC FORM FACTOR.