Architecture
Habitatge Plurifamiliar

Terrassa

Block between party walls in the Plaça de la Cooperativa

Addition of 23 dwellings on existing parking lot

Area

3.100 m2

Date

2020-2023

Location

Plaça de la Cooperativa 3-4, Terrassa

Num. Houses

23

Developer

Rapejun

Builder

Vopi4

Photography

Berta Tiana Fotografia

Challenge

Design of a multi-family building of PB+5 with energy qualification AA, on an existing parking lot with two underground floors.

In 2011 GMG finished the site-planning works of the PA-FUP01 FUPAR-FIRA industrial estate on the site of the old headquarters of the FUPAR Foundation of Terrassa. In 2012 we finished the works of the first multi-family building in the sector, PA Farm No. 4, located in the Cooperative Square, on the corner of Amadeu de Savoia Street. In the same year, at the same time, at the plot number 3, facing the aforementioned plot 4, two underground floors were built, which are part of a single parking lot for 51 vehicles shared by the two properties. The works were paralyzed due to the economic situation of the moment, in 2020 the developer RAPEJUN bought the asset and commissioned a new project next to the car park, which has been in operation since 2012. From the 28 homes planned in 2012, we are now 23 and we want to provide them with high performance in order to achieve the best possible energy qualification.

Process

New homes adapted to the vertical structure of the original project.

The substantial change of the project to update an attractive and modern residential product with larger apartments and to adapt them to the current regulations, forces to process a new license for major works. It was decided that the building, in addition to sharing the parking lot with the neighboring block, would continue with a façade design very similar to the same one, in order to achieve an architectural and compositional harmony to the east façade of the square. It has been necessary to intervene in the existing and functioning parking lot to adapt the air extraction and impulsion installation to the CTE (Technical Building Code). This required complex coordination of the work on site to minimize interference with the users of the parking lot.

Result

A very efficient residential building with high quality finishes and installations.

There are 23 apartments of 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms, all of them with large outdoor terraces overlooking the square and with high quality finishes. The total built area above ground level distributed in ground floor + 5 is 3.100 m2. The building has an AA energy rating in terms of consumption and CO2 emissions thanks, on the one hand, to the high level of thermal insulation of the building envelope, the quality of the exterior woodwork and the aluminum laminated sunscreens, and on the other hand, to the efficiency of the individual hybrid aerothermal system with direct expansion to produce DHW, heating and cooling.

Awareness
An urban plan has been designed and implemented to accommodate buildings and build a city. A more sustainable city with more efficient buildings and facilities. This is a modest example, but it is the culmination of a process that began some time ago with the urbanization of the sector.
We work for sustainability, to mitigate climate change, and to leave a better world for future generations.
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gmg@gmg.cat
T. (+34) 93 786 92 45
Street Unió 1, 1º
08221 Terrassa (Barcelona)

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