This project pursued to dignify the city through the incorporation of elements, proportions, materials and constructive solutions that are typical of traditional residential buildings in Barcelona.

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Architect: Raimon Farré Moretó

Location: Carrer de Taxdirt, 19, 08025 Barcelona, Spain

Design Team: Marta Besora, Anna Comas, Octavio Puente, Sergio Carrás.

Area: 672.0 m2

Project Year: 2017

Photographer: José Hévia

Executive Direction Of The Work: Enric Farré y Marc Palacios, arquitectos técnicos.

Structural Engineering: Enric Farré i Raimon Farré.

Calculation Of Facilities: Tescor, ingeniería.

Building: Baldo BSO.
External Advisors: Guillem Bosch, Jaume Mayol, Irene Pérez, Núria Rello.

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Text description provided by the architects. This project pursued to dignify the city through the incorporation of elements, proportions, materials and constructive solutions that are typical of traditional residential buildings in Barcelona.

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A tribuna (an enclosed gallery projecting over the building’s front), a distinct noble element of residential buildings in Barcelona’s Eixample, characterizes each of the eight flats that make up the building.  Their floor-to-ceiling height of 3.4m offers the highest level of usefulness for the 40m2 available. One room/one home, flexible a...