The apartments are mostly transversal, allowing ventilation between opposite facades. The daytime areas benefit from the southwest orientation enhanced by generous terraces as a projection of the living rooms, which are oriented towards the small public park of the inner courtyard. The strategy of centralizing the facilities improves maintenance tasks and optimizes their efficiency. The façade follows a durable, efficient and low-maintenance construction solution, while using a material recognizable in the surrounding industrial buildings.

The masonry is the main element, with which reliefs, textures, rigging and lattices are created, introducing color as a simple strategy to make the whole building more friendly. The facade facing the street, with less sunlight and where most of the rooms are bedrooms, has a rhythm of repetitive openings protected by exterior shutters, allowing to control privacy and interior shading, while the southwest facade is permeable, with large balconies for the rooms and retractable sun protection awnings that are regulated both separately and centrally.

Client: Novainexa SL b720 Team: Fermín Vázquez, Peco Mulet, Elisabet Usón, Luis Bellera Photography: Adrià Goula