A: 2 rooms/47m 2
B: 3 rooms/62m 2
C: 4 rooms/76m 2
D: 5 rooms/100m 2
E: 6 rooms/125m 2
On these unit plans furniture indicates merely the size of each room, rather than assigned function. How each room is used is fluid, dependent on what kind of family or other relationships choose to occupy the unit.
all images and drawings: Rafael Gomez-Moriana
The density of this building type is somewhat lower than that of much of the Eixample, mainly owing to a reduced, shallower building depth now required by law. Although Barcelona’s Eixample grid is almost entirely consolidated, there is no reason why Cerdà’s urban pattern cannot continue to be used today. It provides sufficient flexibility for a variety of approaches and uses, as this design project seeks to show.
January 1, 11:30 am
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January 16, 11:30 am
January 16, 3:30 pm
The porches and walkways change light levels throughout the day as well as throughout the seasons. In the winter the porch acts as a lens bringing light deep into the unit directly, or acting as a bright room from which the rest of the unit can borrow. At high noon, high summer, the overhanging walkways shade south-facing building walls, cutting out solar gain.
RAFAEL GÓMEZ-MORIANA runs the Barcelona term-abroad program for the University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape; is a Spain correspondent for The Architectural Review and Bauwel t; and designs housing systems just for the hell of it. rafagomo.com @rafagomo
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