Offices
2003
LLACUNA TOWER
Servihabitat – Barcelona Activa
Situation: Barcelona
Status: Completed
Data
Situation: Gran Via de les Corts, Llacuna Street
Floor Area: 10.500m2
Budget: 8.000.000€
Architec: Eduard Gascón
Associate Architec: Lupe Álvarez
Quantity Surveyor: Vicenç Galiana
Team: Jordi Mestre, Ignasi Pérez, Norberto Díaz
Structural Engineer: BOMA
Services Engineer: JSS, Engenieria i Arquitectura
Facades: Xavier Ferrés, architec
Construction: Comsa
Photos: Jordí Bernado, Lluís Casals
Description
This 13 storey office building is not meant to become a corporate emblem or enter the slippery terrain of metaphors. In fact, the opposite, it is simply presented as a place to work intended for multiple companies and users. Thus, the main options of the project, such as the search for formal essentialness and modularity of the construction, tend to underline the most generic of the high-rise building, setting a level of agreement between architecture, technique and city. The tower facades are designed emphasizing its horizontal structure. Each floor is divided into three bands: an opaque one that is faced with steel sheets and two of transparent glass. The upper band which is slightly behind the outer plan in order to underline the mullions and to create a shadow that enhances interior comfort and adds further complexity to the volume.
Awards
2004
FAD 2004 Architecture Award.
Shortlisted
Publications
2006
INDE Informació i Debat, COAC, abril, Barcelona
2005
Cuadernos Civicos 05, La Vanguardia, Barcelona
2004
Anuario de Arquitectura Ibérica, Premios FAD 2004, Barcelona
pg. 10
Arquitectura 336, COAM, Madrid
pg. 68