TWO RESEARCH BUILDINGS FOR THE UPF AND IBE-CSIC

ARCHITECTS

BCQ arquitectura barcelona + KENGO KUMA & Associates

LOCATION

Barcelona

YEAR

2022

CLIENT

Pompeu Fabra Univestity | Evolution Biology Institute IBE-CSIC

AREA

Building 7.368 m² | Public space 12.000 m²

STATUS

Design proposal

COLLABORATOR

Other Structures (structure engineer), Oriol Vidal Ingeniería (MEP engineer), Societat Orgànica+10 (sustainability), Play-Time (renders)

CONTRACTOR

BUDGET

The project, located at a strategic point of convergence for the sustainable development of the city, proposes to widen the permeability in the NE-SW axis of the complex, establishing a synergy with the permeable spaces on the ground floor of the neighbour BIST building. To do this, a passage is created that connects the arrival of the tram, the new Ágora and the Parc de Carles I. The new axis has the potential to extend this permeability towards a possible future access to the Parc de la Ciutadella.

The project decants the heavier functional program to the sides of the built complex, concentrating the lighter and interactive program in the center of the volume through a system of terraces that connect both buildings and act as a bridge of knowledge that promote interdisciplinary communication. At this central point, the project takes advantage of being as permeable as possible through the overlap of open terraces connected visually and environmentally by a vertical garden.

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