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GROUND LEVEL REHABILITATION FOR OFFICE USE

This office use, a travel agency, is located on the ground floor of a building designed in 1934 by the architect Ricard Churruca Dortres and constructed in 1940. The property had undergone an earlier renovation that concealed its rationalism architectural style form, replacing it with a fake neoclassical appearance. The resulting circulation flow between the three levels in which the space had been divided (main room, mezzanine floor and semi-basement) was awkward and unbalanced.

As such, the main aspect of the project called for the implementation of new elements that provide vertical access (staircases and landings) which, in addition to solving the accessibility issues, assisted in defining the reconfigured working spaces.

Location: L'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain

Client: Private owner

Built Area: 172 m²

Status: Completed

Lead Architect: Monica Farran Astica

Design Team:

Marina Fernandez, architect

Marti Cabestany, structure

OTEK, facilities engineering

Xavier Pascual, interior design

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