Portfolio (en)

Portfolio Most representative projects and works

by Carles Tuca Vancellse-mail: [email protected]

Skype : carlestukus

telephone: +32 (0) 494 13 60 60 / +34 636 11 23 24

This is a summary of my most representative works as a student and as a young architect. A conceptual display of 16 projects with the purpose of exposing my reflections about the world where we are living from the anthropological, spatial, formal and creative point of view that architecture may provide. The projects are located in a variety of scenarios, examples of the relationship between human beings with ourselves and with our environment and its reciprocal and constant transformation. They talk about the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the contemporary western metropolis (as an alternative to

the urban sprawl); about spaces of high complexity where economic, cultural and bio-environmental dynamics, don’t seem a priori, to achieve a meeting point; about the disappearance of the city limits and the unstoppable domestication of wild nature and landscape colonization. These topics are treated at different scales depending on the project demands, from the dwelling to the building, the city and its hinterland. Hereby I declare willing to reinforce my responsibility and compromise as an architect towards society to build a worthy and comfortable human space and a more sustainable world.

Portfolio

Most representative projects and works


Skype : carlestukus

telephone: +32 (0) 494 13 60 60 / +34 636 11 23 24

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Professional activity

“Picornell” Olympic Pool, St. Jordi palace and the Olimpic stadium. IBE off.

Previous state of the service corrridor, first floorPrevious state of the open office space, ground floor

sc 1_100Elevation and section of the cupboards in the reception lobby

Reception lobby, ground floor | Elevation and plan of the reception tableGround floor First floor sc 1_500e 1_500

Barcelona Sports Institute is a city coun-cil organism responsible for the mana-gement, upkeep and promotion of the sport buildings and events of Barcelona. Some remarkable events in the city, such as the European Athletics Championship or the last stage of the “Tour de France”, were the reason for the improvement and renewal of their headquarters. The wor-ks and maintenance department of the IBE was in charge of the interior renewal and the supervision of the work as well as the design of some furniture. The offi-ces are part of “Picornell” Olympic Pool

Complex. A two story, sixty meters long, block with a façade towards the east, fa-cing the Olympic Stadium and the other, the west one, is looking towards the in-door Olympic pool. Both levels are simi-larly organized. A central reception lobby divides the building into two parts. One is an open office space with a row of pri-vate bureaus like theatre boxes leaning out to the pool. The other has a restroom core linked to the lobby and protecting the institutional area, with political, ma-nagement and press offices as well as meeting rooms.

in IBE (Works and i Maintenance dep.)IBE (Institut Barcelona Esports)Team: Verónica Omonte, Guillem Ordóñez, Carles Tuca, Eduard Valencoso

Location: 40 Estadi av, 08038 Barcelona, Spain

Budget: ± 2 750 000 eur2008-2009 | 41 21 56 N / 02 09 06 E

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Service corridor, first floor Staircase, first floor External view of the “Institut Barcelona Esports” offices

Despatx del regidor/a d’esports

Elevation of the cupborads in the main meeting room e 1_100 Elevation of the cupboards in the lounge sc 1_100

Cupboards in the loungeMain meeting room

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Previous state plan with the furniture to be removedPrevious state of the palm’s cross

Plan of the circular arrangement of piees of white granite and black granite

sc 1_500

sc 1_200

2 planters

4 traffic lights

1 turístic signpost

2 retractable bollards

6 bollards

2 traffic control panels

Building density and activity mixing tur-

ned this place into one of the smallest,

most transited crossings. When the city

council limited the cars entry, their num-

ber considerably decreased leaving a

street furniture surplus, an invisible palm

and an inadequate pavement. The pur-

pose was to get rid of the obsolete tra-

ffic equipment at the time we provided a

special entity to the space. We used the

fact of the palm to turn it into the symbol

of the crossing.

The granite stone pieces circular arran-

gement makes obvious the presence of

the palm tree and gives the impression

of unique, single and outstanding place.

Street furniture elimination allows the

space to breath. The aim to achieve is to

perceive it as a square more than a sim-

ple crossroad. This is just the first phase

of the project. A public space does not

belong to the collective conscience un-

til it offers a long-term activity in which

users who live there can take part.

Team: Mariona Nubials, Carles Tuca, Eduard Valencoso

Location: Raval N-O, Ciutat Vella district, Barcelona, Spain

Budget: ± 85 000 eur

at Serveis Tècnics C.Vella (Projects and Works dep.)The Palm’s Cross

2010-2011 | 41 23 05 N / 02 10 05 E

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Plan of location 2 The palm¡s square from Tallers street sc 1_1500

1 Aerial view of the square

Sketch of the first ideas

Tallers stTallers st

Jovellanos st

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elleres st

Pelai st

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Initial skecth

Activity plan

Square “8 de Març” with the roman aqueduct romà at the back, integrated in the common wall

Previous state of the sqaure 8 de Març

planimetric dbais by Miquel Garriga Roca (1858) without scale

EspongeFaçade Activity

PlaygroundCirculation

Historic Path


Circulation

Historic Construction

Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking

Electric Motorbike Parking

Plural Projection

Press & Publications

Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot

There are two overall horizontal systems in the proposal. The �rst system is the surface itself, divided by usage strips. The second one are the recuperated medieval paths. The plot and the square shelter three and two uses, respectively. In the south of the plot is placed the activity fringe with a playground and small terrace that today belongs to a small cafe. In both centres there are two sojourn areas that work as a sponge which absorb the tensions produced by façade plains’ distortion. In the north, the strips are connected to the façade activity. In the plot, it totally surrenders to the aqueduct and the new equipment entrance. In the other, it is related to a Thai restaurant.

Every system and every strip have their own pavement. The medieval path is reproduced by a yellow sandy stone. Red asphalt is extended all over the most static areas, while soft pavements such as rubber gravel and granitic sand are used on the playground and on the square centre. The ramp in front of the aqueduct is covered with a wiped out stone called “Montjuic”, very common in historical buildings of the city.

Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N

Project HotspotSojourn & Panoramic Historic Construction Leisure ActivityElectric Motorbikes

Demolished buildings

Roman aqueduct

Ancient medieval streets

Hung gardens



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N

The central district is a high-density area

in which public space and their uses are

very bad distributed. The site consists of

a plot of 750 m2 and a square of 550 m2

linked together by a very narrow street.

Both the plot and the square appeared

after the demolition of two XVIII th cen-

tury residential buildings. This area be-

came a backside of the tourist business

and commercial activity of the city cen-

tre. Particularly, both spaces turned into

a 200-300 motorbikes parking lot.

By the beginning of 2010, the neigh-

bours’ organization began negotiations

with the city council to bring back the

space to the neighbourhood’s everyday

life. They did not want to be the tourists

and global brand shops rubbish bin any

more. The administration promised them

they would have the space back in a year

term. The presence of the roman aque-

duct attracted the attention of the City

History Museum and the Urbanism Cen-

tral Department. (continues in the next page)

8 de Març & Isidre Nonellsqares2010-2011 | 41 23 07 N / 02 10 28 E

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Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N

sc 1_500

Previous state of the square Isidre Nonell

Isidre Nonell square _1 sidre Nonell square _2

Motorbikes’ parking replacement

Usage stripes diagram

sc 1_250Long section of the sqaure “8 de Març”

sense escala



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200NTouristic Spot Public Events Playground



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N



Historic Path


Circulation


Leisure Activity

Sojourn & Panoramic

Playground

Motorbike Parking


Plural Projection


Public Events

Accessibility

Project Hot_spots

Tourist Spot



Floor Plan 1/200N

They were interested in the archaeo-logical buried remains of the site and the rehabilitation of the aqueduct. The challenge of the project was to give the public space back to citizens, increase the number of playgrounds in the city centre and emphasize the presence of the aqueduct while replacing the bikes of the parking lot. There are two overall horizontal systems in the proposal. The first is the retrieval of the medieval paths. The second is the surface itself, divided into usage stripes. The southern fringe

is the circulation area. In both centres,

a sojourn area domintes the place: in

the western square is a playground and

a small terrace of a café; in the eastern

square is a shaded parterre. They work

as a sponge that absorb the tensions

produced by the façades distortions.

The last stripe is the zone connected to

the activity of the buildings: a space ded-

icated to the aqueduct and the entrance

of the new social facility and a zone relat-

ed to a Thai restaurant.

Team: Mariona Nubials, Carles Tuca, Eduard Valencoso

Location: Gòtic N-O, Ciutat Vella district, Barcelona, Spain


at Serveis Tècnics C.Vella (Projects and Works dep.)

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South-west elevation sc 1_100

Cross section

Isometric view

Volumes and roofs concept

Sketch of first ideas

sc 1_500

The project began with a ground floor

plan provided by the clients and the con-

dition of a possible posterior construc-

tion of a mezzanine. Due to administrati-

ve restrictions, we were able to build just

a single-story house. A good control of

the house’s height was necessary to dis-

semble the intentions of the owners. The

challenge was to make the space under

the roof as tall as possible while preten-

ding the house to be as low as we could.

A succession of three different volumes

respond to the different functional divi-

sions of the plan. Inside, spaces of diffe-

rent height are expressed, outside, with

different roof composition. Imperfect

symmetry unifies the volumes keeping

the same façade height in the entire pe-

rimeter. This fact added to a hipped-sha-

ped roof give the impression of a lower

construction. Eventually, the client assu-

med the risk of a gabled roof in order to

gain more for its mezzanine space.

Team: Eva Gayolà, Albert Santaló, Carles Tuca

Location: Les Comes residential, Sils, Girona, Spain


Debarge house at 038 Arquitectura

2011 | 41 51 20 N / 02 44 11 E

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Neighbouring cottage: Ca’l Petitot

sc 1_150Ground floor

sc 1_150First floor

sc 1_150Long section

Ruins of Can Salvi

Opened space / closed space sequence, first floor

Just three exterior walls rise up from the original building. They enfold an 80 m2

surface close to a square. Next to the west façade is possible to intuit a small annex. The ruins show the existence of a two-story house with a gabled roof. The rests of the building are located in the «Solà de Badós» neighbourhood, on the sunny slope of a mountain, in a big clearing of a forest reserve. There are more house, some ruined, some resto-red. Can Salvi, together with the other cottages, belongs to the rural landscape and its history.

The proposal is based on the town-plan-ning regulations and the client’s will. He does not want the exact restitution of the building, but he wants to keep the old cottages’ style. The volume leans on the existing walls, without big windows and following the formal criteria of the area’s rural architecture. The day zone is in the ground floor, it conserves the original space, in the exception of the ba-throom and the stairs. The night zone in first floor, it is much more comparted in rooms and an open space that can be closed up too.


Location: Solà de Badós, Cabanelles, Girona, Spain


at 038 ArquitecturaHouse for Mick (Can Salvi)

2011 | 42 16 07 N / 02 46 26 E

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Construction of a new tiled roof and rising of the demolished walls The blue building keeps the aesthetics and dimensions of the urban landscape

View of the restaurant and the lawn with the exterior reception / lounge on the right side at the back and the pool on the left hand in the foreground

Fort Kochi is the most important island (a peninsula indeed) in the harbour of Ernakulam, the ancient delta of the Pe-riyar River. Due to its good climate and strategic position, it has been for centu-ries a global commercial port in which even Roman merchants sailed to buy pepper and sell it in the Empire. Nowa-days all the commercial activity moved to the prosper city of Ernakulam and Fort Kochi remains as an Indian colonial ves-tige for its visitor delight. Spice Harbour was and old Dutch warehouse of Fort Kochi, rehabilitated into a small hotel of

14 rooms + 2 suites. The square-shaped plot has a main road in one side and the sea in its opposite. We can distinguish four different parts: two long blocks by the sides facing each other, a newer buil-ding in blue and a central garden. The bigger block became the room area and the other a restaurant, while the blue buil-ding turned into the staff/logistic core. The old custom court is now a green lawn with a pool opened to the fabulous harbour waterscape in one end and an outdoor lounge/reception protecting it from the street in the other.

Team: G. Jaigopal, J.Clement, N. Gagarin, D. Gigendran, C. Tuca

Location: Bazard rd. V/40, Mattancherry, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India

Budget: ± 42 000 000 inr

at Inspiration (Desing Dep.)Spice Harbour

2013-2014 | 09 58 00 N / 76 15 13 E

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The exterior reception/lounge separates the el placid from am always busy street

The restaurant of industrial ambience with the harbour at the back, ground floor The “Spice Suite”

Axonometry: (left > right) By the sides, the restaurant and the room block. In the centre the garden with the pool of black granite slabs and the reception in the other side

The room block from the terrace of the restaurant

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F.19C4. Alçats Normatius: CARRER DE BALMES núms. 1 a 25PLA ESPECIAL DE PATRIMONI HISTÒRIC I ARQUITECTÒNIC DE MOLINS DE REIMOLINSDE REI

0 1 52

DIN A3 doble e. 1:200

Alçada reguladora màxima c. Major i c. Balmes 1 i 3: PB+2=10,60m Eixos de composició a respectar

PARÀMETRES NORMATIUS D'ORDENACIÓ:

c. Balmes 17 a 25 i c. Sant Miquel: PB+2=9,50mResta: Alçada i coronament existents

Setembre 2013Document per a l'aprovació inicial

Carme Bosch, arquitecta

PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4

núm. 56-58 c. Major80522/29

PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4

núm.54 c.Major |1 Balmes80522/28

any 1948 any 1948PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4

núm. 3 c. Balmes80522/27

ADEQUAR:-volum-cos sortint-aplacat ceràmic

any 1972PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façana-obertures i balcons-cornisa i fris-fusteria i serralleria-estucs i esgrafiats

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 126núm. 5-7 c. Balmes80522/26

ADEQUAR:-rètols-cablejat

any 1850PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4


ADEQUAR:-cantell lloses balcons

any 2003PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façanes-arcades-fusteria i serralleria originals-coronament-ornamentació

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 127núm. 11-13-15 c. Balmes80522/24

ADEQUAR:-humitats-paraments de façanes-unificar tancaments i persianes-cablejat

any 1914

PRESERVAR:-parcel·lari original

Nivell 4


ADEQUAR:-volum-proporcions obertur.-directriu balcó i baran.-pla reculat-aplacat ceràmic-cablejat i caixes

any 1999

Nivell 4


ADEQUAR:-remat: diferenciarparcel·lari-proporcions balcó-cablejat i caixes

any 1965

ADEQUAR:-directriu balcói barana-arc P2-aplacat PB-cablejat

any 2008

Nivell 4

núm.23Balmes80522/20

ADEQUAR:-pla reculat-coronament:línia única-proporcions finest.-reixa | aparell a.c.

any 1843

Nivell 4


ADEQUAR:-proporciófinestra 1P-cablejat

any 1886 any 1886

Nivell 4


ADEQUAR:-proprorcionsfinestra P1-pla reculat-cablejat

any 1940

Nivell 4

n.38 S. M.80522/17

ADEQUAR:-volum-cos sortint-unificar acabats PB-rètols | cablejat i caixes

ADEQUAR:-volum-unificar tendals-antena, cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-obertures originals(es podran afegir dos eixos)-barana i reixa-fusteria portal

ADEQUAR:-parament façana-cablejat

PRESERVAR:-testera-façana original-obertura original-barana

ADEQUAR:-proporcions finestra PB-parament façana-cablejat

Nivell 3

núm. 38 C. Sant Miquel80522/17

any 1886

Nivell 3


PRESERVAR: PRESERVAR:-parcel·lari original

PRESERVAR:-parcel·larioriginal


PRESERV:-parcel·larioriginal


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PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4

núm. 56-58 c. Major80522/29

PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4



Nivell 4






any 1850PRESERVAR:

Nivell 4






any 1914


Nivell 4



any 1999

Nivell 4



any 1965


any 2008

Nivell 4



any 1843

Nivell 4



any 1886 any 1886

Nivell 4



any 1940

Nivell 4

n.38 S. M.80522/17







Nivell 3


any 1886

Nivell 3






Eixos de composició a respectarPGM: Alçada reguladora màxima: PB+2=10,60m | PB+3=13.65m


Resta: Alçada i coronament existents PLA ESPECIAL DE PATRIMONI HISTÒRIC I ARQUITECTÒNIC DE MOLINS DE REIMOLINSDE REI

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Carme Bosch, arquitectaC2. Alçats Normatius: C. RAFAEL CASANOVA núms. 47 a 65 F.14

PRESERVAR:-façana original

any 1930PRESERVAR:-cornisa


any 1930

Nivell 4

núm.51 C. Rafael Casanova78513/09

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-parament façana-proporcions obertures-persianes caixó-cablejat i caixes

any 1972

Nivell 4

núm. 53 Carrer de Rafael Casanova78513/08

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-alineació a vial

any 1975

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 84núm. 55-57 Carrer de Rafael Casanova78513/19

PRESERVAR:-façana original-restaurar estucs i esgrafiats-motllures i mènsules

ADEQUAR:-humitats-cablejat i caixes

any 1905

Nivell 4

núm. 1 Carrer del Molí78513/01

PRESERVAR:-façana original-tanca i pati a carrer

ADEQUAR:

any 1905

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 84núm. 65 Carrer de Rafael Casanova78513/02

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-aparells d'aire condicionat-cablejat i caixes

any 1963

Nivell 3


PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-parament façanes-baranes

any 2009

Nivell 4

núm.2 Carrer Rubió i Ors78513/11

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 84núm. 59 C. R.Casanova78513/05


PRESERVAR:-façana original PB-motllures i mènsules PB

ADEQUAR:-recuperar unitat façanaamb els núms. 55 a 63-cablejat i caixes

any 1927PRESERVAR:-façana original-restaurar estucs i esgrafiats-motllures i mènsules-remat coberta

ADEQUAR:-cablejat i caixes

any 1905

ADEQUAR:-restaurar estucs-rètols-cablejat i caixes




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any 1930

Nivell 4


PRESERVAR:


any 1972

Nivell 4


PRESERVAR:


any 1975




any 1905

Nivell 4



ADEQUAR:

any 1905


PRESERVAR:


any 1963

Nivell 3


PRESERVAR:


any 2009

Nivell 4








any 1905



ADEQUAR:-persiana de caixó-aparells a.c.-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-estuc original-emmarcament depedra portal PB

ADEQUAR:-humitats-recuperar estuc PB-treure pinturaemmarcament PB-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façana original-estructura tipològica

ADEQUAR:-cablejat

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-persianes de caixó-cablejat

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-parament façana-eixos composició-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-edifici original-emmarcaments i sòcolpedra vermella-façana posterior-rellotge de sol

ADEQUAR:-humitats PB-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façanes originals-estructura tipològica

ADEQUAR:-treure pintura emmarcaments de pedra PB-rètols-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-ornamentació-coronament (remuntareculada)

ADEQUAR:-porta accés habitatge-cromatisme façanaposterior-cablejat

PRESERVAR:-façana original-estucs i esgrafiats-coronament (remuntareculada)

ADEQUAR:-restituir estucs PB-rètol-caixes i cablejat


ADEQUAR:-aplacat PB-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-estucs i esgrafiats-fusteria del portal original PB

ADEQUAR:-aplacat PB: restaurar estuc-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-restituir esgrafiats-cornisa i tortugada-arc balcó

ADEQUAR:-restituir estuc PB, arci llosa balcó-persianes de plàstic-rètols-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:-façana original-cornisa

ADEQUAR:-restituir estuc-cablejat i caixes

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-volumetria-restituir pla de façana

any 1900 any 1880 any 1888 any 1983 any 1936?? any 1862 any 1864 any 1922 any 1930 any 1924 any 1923 any 1830 any 1880?? any 1972

Nivell 1Catàleg de Béns: 32núm. 9 Plaça de la Creu80504/20

PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façanes originals-llinda portal PB-badiu

ADEQUAR:-proporcions obertures quadrades-unificar color façanes-unificar fusteries i persianes-construccions espai lliure privat-baixant uralita-cablejat i caixes

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Nivell 3

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Nivell 3

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Nivell 1Catàleg de Béns: 30núm. 9 c. Major80504/15

Nivell 4

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Nivell 4

núm. 15 c. Major80504/13

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Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 25núm. 27-29 c. Major80504/07

Nivell 2Catàleg de Béns: 24núm.31 c. Major80504/06

Nivell 2

núm. 37 c. Major80504/03

Nivell 4

núm. 41 c. Major80504/01

PRESERVAR:-volumetria i façanes originals-estructura tipològica-esgrafiats-fusteries i baranes-torricó i accés posterior


any 1917


PRESERVAR:-façana original-barana i fusteria balcó-emmarcament portal-cornisa: si remunta:reconstrucció

ADEQUAR:-aplacat sòcol PB-cablejat i caixes

any 1880

Nivell 3

núm. 3 c. Major80504/18

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR:-parament façana-baranes balcons-cablejat

any 2003

Nivell 4

núm. 39 c. Major80504/02

PRESERVAR:

ADEQUAR-restituir pla de façana-obra vista i aplacat PB-cablejat

any 1976

Nivell 4

núm. 13 c. Major80504/14

ADEQUAR:-restiruir estuc PB-persiana de caixó-persiana de tisora-cablejat i caixes

any 1800


any 1830



PRESERVAR:-façana original-restituir esgrafiats-cornisa i tortugada

ADEQUAR:-restiruir estuc PB-persianes de plàstic-aparell a.c.-persiana de tisora-cablejat i caixes

PLA ESPECIAL DE PATRIMONI HISTÒRIC I ARQUITECTÒNIC DE MOLINS DE REIMOLINSDE REI

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Alçada reguladora màxima per les remuntes i Eixos de composició a respectar


edificis de Nivell 4: PB+2P=10,60m Resta: Alçada i coronament existents

C1. Front Normatiu: CARRER MAJOR núms. 1 a 41 F.01Setembre 2013Document per a l'aprovació inicial


Partnership: photographic elevation performance

Molins de Rei railway station, beginnings of the XXth century, col. Lluís Miquel Tuells

Front of (1 - 41) Major street

Front of (1 - 25) Jaume Balmes

Front of (49 - 65) Rafael Casanova street

Molins de Rei is a small city of 24.800 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. To maintain and protect its architectural heritage, the council of the town ordered an architectural heritage conservation plan. A catalogue that co-llects all the ancient buildings and its singularities of the densified area and its surroundings within the administrati-ve limits of the municipality. It is also a set of regulations and legal mechanisms to improve the architectural and urban heritage protection and ensure a better urban development in the target areas.

This catalogue provides a protection le-vel to a list of buildings and explains faça-de by façade, all the elements to be pre-served, modified or removed in each one of them. During the process, more than 500 buildings where measured, photo-graphed and analysed. Part of the analy-sis consisted in flatting the buildings to 2D in Photoshop, pic by pic and then match them up in more than 20 explica-tive façades, called urban fronts. I directly assisted Carme Bosch Arauz in this pro-ject, architectural heritage specialist and director of the heritage urban plan.

for Carme Bosch Arauz

Team: Carme Bosch, Gemma Caballé, Eva Gayolà, Carles Tuca

Location: Molins de Rei, Barcelona, Spain

* Special Plan of historical and architectural Heritage

Molins de Rei (PEPHA)*

2012-2013 | 41 24 45 N / 02 01 02 E

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PLA ESPECIAL DE PATRIMONI HISTÒRIC I A

RQUITECTÒNIC DE MOLINS DE REI | MEMÒRIA

Document per a l’aprovació inicial | Setembre 2013

FOTOPLÀNOL ANY 1947

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PLA ESPECIAL DE PATRIMONI HISTÒRIC I ARQUITECTÒNIC DE MOLINS DE REI | MEMÒRIA Document per a l’aprovació inicial | Setembre 2013

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any 2008

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Nivell 3

núm. 5 c. Major80504/17

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Nivell 4

núm. 11 c. Major80504/15

Nivell 4

núm. 15 c. Major80504/13

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Nivell 2

núm. 37 c. Major80504/03

Nivell 4

núm. 41 c. Major80504/01



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any 1880

Nivell 3

núm. 3 c. Major80504/18

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Nivell 4

núm. 39 c. Major80504/02

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Nivell 4

núm. 13 c. Major80504/14


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Nivell 3

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núm. 11 c. Major80504/15

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núm. 15 c. Major80504/13

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núm. 17 c. Major80504/12







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núm. 37 c. Major80504/03

Nivell 4

núm. 41 c. Major80504/01



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any 1880

Nivell 3

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Nivell 4

núm. 13 c. Major80504/14


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Front of (1 - 25) Jaume Balmes

Considered buildings:

Map of Molins de Rei sc 1_10000 sc 1_10000Orthophotomap of Molins de Rei (1947)

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Roof plan

South-east elevation

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Current state

View of the tower from the beach

Calzarello is a leisure and touristic spot on the east coast of Corsica. The buil-ding is isolated but not far away from the main touristic focuses and next to the mouth of the Fium’Orbu River in the middle of an endless sandy beach. This protected environment offers an exceptional and privileged location to carry out activities related with tourism. The preliminary design attempts to give the owners an idea of how to materialize their dreams.

The tower must be an iconic attractor. It gets rid of their annexed volumes and its structure is undressed leaving the tower as it is. The purpose is to let people feel the purity and majesty of the tower while it opens towards its surroundings. The rehabilitation of the slabs and the roofs creates a close-to-open gradient of spa-ces giving the user different possibilities of experience with several degrees of communication with the environment. A new light outdoor stage, next to the tower, completes the gradient sequence.


Location: Prunelli di Fium’Orbu, Haute-Corse, Corsica, France


for 038 ArquitecturaCalzarello tower

2012 | 41 59 16 N / 04 26 18 E

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Partnership: executive project

Prevoius sketch for a solar study

sc 1_200Long section

South-east elevation sc 1_200

Ground floor sc 1_250

View of the estructure with cross-laminated timber

The project is composed by three modu-les that search the best orientation de-pending on the activities that they hold. In the ground floor the room’s module turns towards the east, protected by a circulation stripe in the west. The collec-tive zone of the house opens completely towards the south. The last module is a mezzanine that looks to the landscape.

The building structure is made of cross-laminated timber panels. This ma-terial makes walls thinner, that is to say, a higher surface efficiency. The weight of the main structure is reduced nearly to the half, lowing the foundation costs. It also accelerates the construction and makes it smarter.


Location: Seva, Barcelona, Spain


House for Núria for 038 Arquitectura

2011 | 41 49 59 N / 02 17 12 E

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Academic activity

Public space model of the Barri Vell in Girona

Current state

New square linked to the facility

Façade rehabilitation

Structural “Flashback”

New connection across the building

New private uses

Void and full unification

Intervention sequence:

Plan of the urban proposal sc 1_15000

Long section sc 1_400

4th floor (public space) View of the square from inside Civic centre offices

Proposed Paths

Flat connections

Green Spots linked to the accessible paths

The project takes place in Girona’s downtown, an old neighbourhood lo-cated between a river and the foot of a mountain. The steep slope completely conditioned the urban landscape, its mobility and accessibility. The urban pro-posal consists of the creation of two big green spots and three accessible paths that begin at the other side of the river and end at the highest points of the old town. The paths play with the void and the full trying to preserve the medieval landscape. This concept is developed

in a derelict theatre. The building shel-

ters a multipurpose cultural facility. The

aim of the project is to extend the pu-

blic communication into the “full” space

achieving a continuous and fluid path

that mechanically connects the streets at

different levels. Moreover, it is supposed

to create a distribution space -void- that

works as an active element capable of

bringing the centre -full- activities into it.

An intervention sequence is followed in

order to reach the goal.

Team: Carles Tuca

Location: 14-18 Nou del Tearte st (Barri Vell), Girona, Spain

Exercise: Final thesis with Marta Bordas and Miguel Usandizaga

Cultural Centre ETSAV (Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès)

2008-2011 | 41 58 56 N / 02 49 32 E

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Reception of the civic centre The square from outside

Ground floor

Second floor

Fourth floor

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sc 1_500 Program 3D

Fourth floor Hybrid space Radio station & Film Off. Civic Centre Utilities

Third floor Civic centre

Second floor Hybrid space Civic centre

First floor Hybrid space Association’s hotel Cinema Civic centre

Ground floor Hybrid space Association’s hotel Cinema Utilities

Roof plan Muscular vertical circulation Mechanical vertical circulation Public space

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Academic activity

Buildings

Paths

Beds of Macrophytes

Cultivation Surfaces

Pseudoacacia Plantation

Open Spaces

Formal Concepts Propositive Levels Tide oscillation

Urban traces

Murano glass“PatchWork”

Full (coastal membrane ) vs Void (Central Park) + 1,50 m

+ 1,00 m

+ 0,50 m

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Analogy between the function of a kidney and the function of the lagoon park

The intensive exploitation of the lagoon

and the continuous decrease of the river

flows has entailed the degradation of a

unique habitat, increasing water salinity

and the probability of floods. There are

three main factors to care about: the na-

tural space, its inhabitants and tourists.

The intervention must reduce salinity

to augment the vegetation that stops

the floods while keeping the lagoon as

a commercial and industrial support.

We divided the project into two parts. A

central void that constitutes the urban

park: a natural water treatment plant of

macrophytes, plantation of robinia pseu-

do-acacias and the recovery of the Sac-

ca as ancient terrain of fruit cultivation of

the lagoon. And a ”full” proposal which

consists of a coastal membrane that ma-

nages the processes depending on their

intensity: an ecopark that works as distri-

butor and separator of waste, a harbour,

a show room pavilion, a natural museum

and new dwellings.

The bed of macrophytes slows down the water flow, helps the settling of suspen-ded solids and keeps the water partially oxygenated. Their stems provide support for bacteriological cultures, the main element for natural water purification. These plants also hold the sea tide and help towns to prevent floods.

Team: Laia Llonch, Núria Porras, Carles Tuca

Location: Sacca St Mattia, Murano, Venice, Italy

Exercise: Projects IX with Tomeu Ramis and Pere Riera

2G Competition: ETSAV (Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès)

Venice Lagoon Park

2007 | 45 27 46 N / 12 21 02 E

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The interpretation centre consists in a museum (image), an auditorium and research laboratories

In certain months of the year, bacteria’s activity can make water go slightly pink The harbour is a high intensity and high activity area.

El show room camouflages itself within the topography of the island while events take place either inside or outside.

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Refuge 1st floor

Current state(low level) (medium level) (high level) (bird veiw)

Main plan (santuary + refuge)

Section A

Section B

3D Model of the proposal

The project is developed in a ruined

sanctuary. It is located at 1500 meters

high next to a ravine followed by a plain.

The high presence of vultures and len-

ticular clouds in sunny days reveal the

existence of hot rising air currents. The

orography and the weather conditions

make the place ideal for hang gliding

and paragliding. The plan is to rehabi-

litate the ruins not only in meanings of

construction but also recover the sanc-

tuary as a place of our times.

The concept consists in an integrator

element that provides reinforcement to

the sanctuary’s walls and the base struc-

ture for the new uses. The base structure

is an expanded steel platform that regu-

larizes the ground letting the place to be

visited, giving continuity to the GR paths

and creating gliding springboards. The

mountain refuge is totally integrated with

the sanctuary, constructed on the foun-

dations of the hermit’s old house.

Team: Carles Tuca

Location: Capolat (Els Tossals), Berga, Barcelona, Spain

Exercise: Projects IX with Tomeu Ramis and Pere Riera

Gliding spot + Refuge ETSAV (Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès)

2007 | 42 05 18 N / 01 45 14 E

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Study skecth

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Section A

Section B

Lightweight structure perspective

North elevation

Main plan sc 1_1600

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The building had to fit in a volume of

36 x 12 x 36 m. The dwellings were su-

pposed to have a surface around 30 m2

and there should be as much dwellings

as possible. In order to follow those sta-

tements was mandatory to organize the

building in just one staircase and exter-

nal corridors. The dwellings are 3,4 m

wide, 9,5 m long and 3,8 m tall and north

– south orientated, the best orientation

possible in Catalonia. The private cells in-

clude a light and closed structure where

the wet spaces, the storage and a slee-

ping room are set up. This way, the cell

is divided into three parts. The entrance

is the most public and collective space.

The second is this light element, temple

of privacy. The third is a more private

but collective space. The light structure

distributes, multiplies and defines the

spaces; the project achieves a compact

dwelling without rejecting privacy and

without refusing comfortable and wide

rooms.

Team: Carles Tuca

Location: Barcelona, Spain (imaginary)

Exercise: Projects V with Joan Llecha and Roger Sauquet

Collective housing ETSAV (Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès)

2005 | 41 23 N / 02 10 E

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CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporànea de Barcelona)

FAD (Foment de les Arts i del Disseny)

MACBA (Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona)

Amb el suport de:

Departament de Medi Ambienti HabitatgeDepartament de Culturai Mitjans de Comunicació

Research

We considered this simplest structure a Fractal: an element that could be repeated infinite times to create bigger structures with the same properties.

In 2009 the subject of the festival was collapse, in all levels: economic, ecological and social.

Assembly sequence Study elevation durind a first approach to the structure e 1_100

Example image for the preselection phase

“Xarxa Delicada” -Delicate network- passed the selection to be exhibited at the CCCB museum. The installation plays with shape to express collapse. It consists of a closed and stable structure of lineal elements made with wooden sticks that represents reality. The sim-plest structure that obeys these con-ditions was an element formed by four segments that crossed one with the other, at least, three times. We repre-sented two types of nets. The first one is more extensive and flat. Shapes share

their elements to generate the net. This kind of net attempts to represent how oriental societies and philosophies work. Oriental society and its dynamics have much more collective spirit than others. The second net is compact and cloud-shaped. It has a more hierarchal struc-ture where elements work one after the other, but not together. They don’t share the content but the container. This kind of net is like occidental societies, they tend to create more egoist, selfish and individualist dynamics.

Team: David Domínguez, Hugo Pibernat, Carles Tuca

Location: CCCB (Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona)

Budget: ± 250 eur

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“Xarxa Delicada” installation at CCCB museum

Formation sequence of a western net

Formation sequence of an eastern net

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Research

Button for the ios home screen

Image for the user guide (web page n.a.)

Image for the user guide (web page n.a.)

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I hate the keyboard was a team of three members, Hugo Pibernat and Joan Martin as software implementers and me as graphic designer. The aim of the team was to design, implement and release Yksi, an Iphone app. Yksi consists in a social media app to take pictures and share them with others. It is a new way of enjoying a conversation without words but photographs. I hate the keyboard made an app to make people able to talk without typing a single letter. The event sequence in the program takes place as follows:

Yksi was released on the AppStore in autumn 2011 and was working during a whole year with more than 50 registered users, while all the information could be hosted in a server of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. After the final thesis defence of Hugo Pibernat, the server was no longer accessible and the experiment concluded.

(1) Take the first picture to sign up (your id will be a picture so you do not need to type down your name)

(2) Take a picture and save it into your personal gallery, this picture will enlarge the Yksi database.

(3) Check your feed to know what is the other people taking pictures to and perhaps rate them with a star.

The Yksi algorithm automatically will show you pictures based on pictures you stared, received or sent.

(4) Check your mailbox to know if somebody sent you a picture as an answer to a photo you sent----------

sssssprèviament hagis enviat o com a reacció a una foto que vas penjar.

(5) Send pictures you posted to other people to begin a new conversation.

Team: Joan Martin, Hugo Pibernat, Carles Tuca

Price: Free

Budget: ± 300 dll

at I hate the keyboard Yksi (ios app)

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Research

Impressora RepRap BCN3DR

Bust of myself - Polylactic acid (PLA) Duck - Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

Printing sequences with a RerRap BCN3DR and a MaketBot Repliactor2.

Just a few years ago, mainly thanks to the open-source RepRap project, stereo-lithography stepped out from laser based 3D printing farms and high-standard design industry into fab@home technology. This paradigm shift make additive manufacturing nearly accessible to every small and medium-sized business. This technology opens an entirely new bunch of complex and more organic shapes, once bounded to the highest budgets, to all the design industry. In less than a morning, an architect can print its building to discuss

it with their teammates or the client.Everyone can print at home a .stl file that s/he bought and downloaded from a website of a freelance designer. I -a person who is able to develop digital models in a CAD or BIM platform- was completely seduced by this new type of machines. There are two main ways of creating a .stl file. Directly scan an existing corpus with a 3D scanner or exporting it from a built model in a computer. This page does not show a project itself, but my first steps into 3D printing.

I had the chance of printing a bust of myself after being scanned by a Kinect 3D scanner. I also drew a quick model of duck with Rhinoceros (CAD software that quickly adapted to .stl technology) and I learned how to print it out. On

the footer, you can see the model of a

mountain in the Pyrenees, printed with

a RepRap. It was part of a friend’s final

thesis about an urban plan study case of

technification of rural areas.

Team: Carles Tuca

Location: 78 Nonell st, 08014 Barcelona, Spain

Budget: -

Athenaeum FAB of Les Corts, Barcelona3D printing

2013-2014 l 41 23 02 N / 02 08 07 E

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