Comprehensive refurbishment of an office building designed by the architects Fargas and Tous during the 90s. The proposal aims to increase the energy efficiency, reduce the building maintenance, achieve the LED certification and update the public image of the offices. To do so, the project includes the substitution of the cooling/heating system plus specific interventions on the external envelope and common spaces, specially the lobby and entrance hall. The design strategy includes the suppression of all the add on elements to the building along the years in order to achieve a bright , diaphanous and comfortable space through the use of colour white and materials such as wood.
 
BAAS arquitectura is an architecture, urban planning and interior design studio formed by an expert team of architects and designers who work along with an extensive network of highly-specialised consultants. Founded in 1994, thanks to the many projects developed throughout these years the studio has gained vast experience that has earned it a host of prestigious Awards (FAD Awards, Ciutat de Barcelona 2009) and coverage in specialist journals (Architectural Review, El Croquis, A+U, Casabella, etc.) The work carried out at BAAS arquitectura strive to meet and solve, simply but also sophisticatedly, the complex requirements that each project lays down by constructing useful and appropriate buildings to a high technical level and without eschewing the expressiveness and emotion that the finest architecture is capable of transmitting. Architecture that advocates the continuity of tradition and context whilst fully committed to respecting the environment. On the past years BAAS arquitectura has acquired expertise in rehabilitation projects, both refurbishing existing office buildings as well as heritage listed constructions. The studio divided into independent teams which carry out projects from the tender stage right through to their actual construction. BAAS arquitectura has held ISO 9001 quality certification since 2007. 
 
Team
Architecture
Jordi Badia
Project Manager
Jaime Batlle + Jordi Framis
Collaborators
Ismael Heras, Mariona Guàrdia, Aga Suchocka, Aleix Arcarons, Eva Damià, Eva Jimenez, Enric Navarro, Andrea Salvador, Mireia Monràs, Mercè Mundet, Ivan Lorite, Zoí Casimiro, Xavier Gracia, Gonzalo Heredia
Fachadas: FAC
Naming: ClaSe BCN
Promoter
DEKA Immobilien
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SOURCE: BAAS

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