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15 junho, 2010

La Mola Hotel and Conference Centre in Barcelona by b720 Arquitectos

La Mola Hotel and Conference Centre in Barcelona by b720 Arquitectos


This building located in Camí de Can Bon Vilar, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain designed by Fermín Vázquez architects as part of b720 Arquitectos. The project involves the construction of a hotel complex of 186 rooms with complementary services, meeting and convention spaces, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms and other services related to health and wellness. Two of the volumes house the rooms settled out longitudinally along a central corridor on three floors above ground. The rooms on the south facade have balconies and a sunscreen formed by some mobile slides of perforated sheet designed as a large coloured curtain. A third prismatic volume, similar but of greater height between floors, hosts the conventions centre.
This building was proposed as an architectural design that respects the natural environment in which it is situated. Because of this, it was given special attention to the layout of the different volumes built. Thus, most of the trees of the place remained in its initial location and a lower part of them were transplanted. Furthermore, the plot was populated with trees to form a garden where irrigation is resolved entirely by the recycling of gray water generated in the centre.
Extensive areas of glass facades allow maximum use of natural light in winter while in summer the adjustment of various solar control systems prevents the overheating of the stays. Moreover, the system allows free cooling in a controlled way the favourable conditions of the outside air, thus reducing the need of artificial air conditioning. Solar panels located on the roofs of two buildings help to reduce energy consumption for the generation of hot water. The predominant use of concrete, combined with pine wood closures and decks gardened, provides a whole unit making it a peaceful space, integrated into its surroundings. The outdoor areas have been addressed by creating paths and landscaped areas of rest and meeting that interconnect with each one of the buildings.







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