WORKSPACE IN FORMER COAL BUNKER, BARCELONA

Project

The space is on the ground floor of an apartment block where one of the last coal bunkers in Barcelona was located.
The inside height, approximately 2.5 metres under street level, allowed the construction of a metal and wood mezzanine at access level, taking advantage of the natural slope of the street.
The mezzanine does not cover the space entirely but leaves an open midsection which gives natural light to the lower level and creates a double-level space.
The workspace distribution is the same on both levels: a row of offices along the wall which are illuminated by the existing skylights in the mezzanine.

Team

• Architecture
  Jordi Badia + Marcos Catalán
• Collaborators
  Jordi Framis, Mariona Guàrdia, Aurora León, Jaime Batlle
  Consulting Lluis Duart
  Structures, Eduard Doce
• Images
  Photos: © Eugeni Pons, © Jordi Framis

Publications

• Magazine: AIT 4 (Germany)
  Year 2009 Pp. 90 - 97 Project: Workspace in Former Coal Bunker
• Magazine: NA
  Year 2008 Pp. 55 - 59 Project: Workspace in Former Coal Bunker
• Magazine: Oficinas 274
  Year 2008 Pp. 108 - 109 Project: Workspace in Former Coal Bunker
• Magazine: Proyecto Contract . Casa Viva 62
  Year 2010 Pp. 34 - 45. Project: Workspace in Former Coal Bunker