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Housing in Bellvitge
Housing in Bellvitge
61, Avinguda d'Amèrica, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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Other Projects by Jordi Farrando, architect
Housing in Bellvitge
61, Avinguda d'Amèrica, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Site
description
The
building is located in the district of Bellvitge, in L’Hospitalet
de Llobregat. The site measures 38.33 x 15 m, with its longest sides
facing almost due east and west, and the shorter sides facing north
and south. It is a noticeably even site, with very few centimetres of
height difference between its various points. It is currently empty,
with no construction of any kind.
The
buildings around it are characteristic of this part of L'Hospitalet:
13-floor apartment blocks in a parallel layout with auxiliary
two-storey buildings to accommodate commercial activity and a few
more specific constructions for other uses. The closest construction
is the Telefónica building, which stands 15 metres to the south. To
the east and north, it borders a sports facility currently in disuse,
and the western side overlooks a pedestrian avenue.
The
site enjoys a strategic position in relation to pedestrian routes
through the district, as it stands at the intersection of the
landscaped area around one of the Metro exits of Bellvitge station
and the paved esplanade that leads to the market.
There
are numerous parking places around this landscaped area, though the
future building’s immediate setting is pedestrian. Although the
nearest traffic to the building is strictly local, the proximity of
the Rambla Marina facilitates connection with the city’s main
thoroughfares.
Entrance
to the social centre is via a porch that stands back from the street,
leading into the foyer. It contains the caretaker’s office and the
storeroom. The caretaker’s office forms part of a block that houses
the ground floor washrooms, so access to the multipurpose hall takes
place via a filter.
The
multipurpose hall is open plan, overlooking the pedestrian space of
the avenue beyond and allowing a free relation between the users of
this space and the rest of the neighbourhood; in the summer, a
terrace can be set up outside. On the north side, overlooking the
paved esplanade that leads to the market, a large window provides
visual contact between users of the hall and the exterior. The
multipurpose hall therefore organizes the building’s most active
spaces with the busiest areas of the city around it.
The
eastern sector of the ground floor houses the day centre’s catering
programme (kitchen, cafeteria, storeroom, larder, refuse and staff
changing rooms). These spaces have an independent entrance from the
exterior which is entirely independent of the rest of the building’s
activities. The cafeteria and the kitchen exit establish contact with
the spaces of the multipurpose hall.
This
bay also contains space for vehicle parking, which is accessible
directly from the outside, and the TV-stage set, raised 45 cm above
the level of the rest of the floor and spatially connected with the
multipurpose hall, leading to the dressing room. There is also an
exit to the small garage, so that materials can be unloaded from the
car park if necessary without affecting other communal areas of the
day centre.
The
rest of the day centre’s public spaces (halls, gym, offices, etc.)
are situated just above the multipurpose hall, giving onto the west
façade, with access provided by a passage running right through the
centre of the building. The top part of the partitions between the
activity spaces and the corridor are glazed to allow light to shine
in. A double-height slit also promotes interrelation between the
through areas on the ground and the first floors. This slit
accommodates a stairway that allows users of the day centre to change
level without leaving the public areas. The offices and washrooms are
the elements located nearest the entrance to the stairway.
Project
description
There
are two parts to the programme: sheltered dwellings for 24 residents
and a day centre for the elderly.
The
ground floor and half of the first floor are occupied by the day
centre, and the sheltered dwellings occupy the rest of this floor and
levels two and three.
One
of the client’s basic requirements was to allow the building’s
two programmes to function independently. The two foyers, though
adjacent and communicable, therefore each have an independent
entrance from the street. The day centre entrance is in the southern
edge of the west façade and the street door to the dwellings is at
the bottom of the opposite façade.
Given
the project’s urban implantation, it seemed appropriate to situate
the public part of the day centre’s programme in the west façade,
overlooking the landscaped area that extends as far as Rambla Marina
and bordering the pedestrian promenade. For this reason, of the two
lengthwise bays into which each of the floors is divided, it is the
west bay that accommodates the multipurpose hall (ground floor) and
the programme of reading room, classroom-workshop, hairdresser’s,
chiropodist, gym, computer room and offices (first floor).
The
service areas of the day centre (kitchen, larder, refuse, cafeteria,
staff changing rooms, etc.) are situated in the east bay on the
ground floor, adjacent to the disused sports field and, therefore,
away from the activity of the street. On the first floor, the east
bay is occupied by the services of the sheltered dwellings
(laundry-sewing room, maintenance and storage, kitchen,
installations, etc.).
The
actual dwellings occupy the second and third floors in their
entirety.
The
entrance to the sheltered dwellings is in the south of the east
façade and, as needed, via the doorway of the day centre. The
stairway and lift in the entrance nucleus are the only elements in
the housing programme to be located on the ground floor.
On
the first floor, the east bay accommodates the service spaces for
this part of the programme (kitchen, larder, refuse, cafeteria and
staff changing rooms), joined by a corridor that runs the length of
the building’s east façade and, therefore, totally independent of
the areas of the day centre on the same floor. Once again, the foyers
of the two parts of the programme that share the first floor are
adjacent so that they can be connected or left completely
independent, as decided by the management.
The
second and third floors respond to a similar layout. Both are
occupied by sheltered dwellings.
Starting
at the entrance foyer, where the stairway and lift are located, a
central corridor forms the backbone of the floors. On the west side
there are seven individual practicable dwellings and, in the east,
one double and three individual accessible apartments. In the
northwest of each floor, there is a living room that could also be
used as a resident dining room. On the second floor, the living room
opens up onto a terrace in the building’s west façade; on the
third floor, it overlooks the double exterior space created above
this terrace. The two superposed lounges are also interrelated by a
small double space.
Each
of the individual dwellings has a washroom, a small kitchen and a
living-cum-bedroom. The washrooms and kitchens are laid out along the
central corridor, freeing up the façades for living spaces. This not
only makes the most of views and lighting, it also rationalizes the
distribution of installations. In order to comply with regulations
governing habitability in spaces containing toilets and kitchens, in
all cases there are two doors between them.
The
roof is accessible from the vertical communications shaft of the
sheltered dwellings, which also contains the vertical distribution of
the building’s installations. The installations machinery is
situated on the part of the roof nearest this shaft.
description
The
building is located in the district of Bellvitge, in L’Hospitalet
de Llobregat. The site measures 38.33 x 15 m, with its longest sides
facing almost due east and west, and the shorter sides facing north
and south. It is a noticeably even site, with very few centimetres of
height difference between its various points. It is currently empty,
with no construction of any kind.
The
buildings around it are characteristic of this part of L'Hospitalet:
13-floor apartment blocks in a parallel layout with auxiliary
two-storey buildings to accommodate commercial activity and a few
more specific constructions for other uses. The closest construction
is the Telefónica building, which stands 15 metres to the south. To
the east and north, it borders a sports facility currently in disuse,
and the western side overlooks a pedestrian avenue.
The
site enjoys a strategic position in relation to pedestrian routes
through the district, as it stands at the intersection of the
landscaped area around one of the Metro exits of Bellvitge station
and the paved esplanade that leads to the market.
There
are numerous parking places around this landscaped area, though the
future building’s immediate setting is pedestrian. Although the
nearest traffic to the building is strictly local, the proximity of
the Rambla Marina facilitates connection with the city’s main
thoroughfares.
Entrance
to the social centre is via a porch that stands back from the street,
leading into the foyer. It contains the caretaker’s office and the
storeroom. The caretaker’s office forms part of a block that houses
the ground floor washrooms, so access to the multipurpose hall takes
place via a filter.
The
multipurpose hall is open plan, overlooking the pedestrian space of
the avenue beyond and allowing a free relation between the users of
this space and the rest of the neighbourhood; in the summer, a
terrace can be set up outside. On the north side, overlooking the
paved esplanade that leads to the market, a large window provides
visual contact between users of the hall and the exterior. The
multipurpose hall therefore organizes the building’s most active
spaces with the busiest areas of the city around it.
The
eastern sector of the ground floor houses the day centre’s catering
programme (kitchen, cafeteria, storeroom, larder, refuse and staff
changing rooms). These spaces have an independent entrance from the
exterior which is entirely independent of the rest of the building’s
activities. The cafeteria and the kitchen exit establish contact with
the spaces of the multipurpose hall.
This
bay also contains space for vehicle parking, which is accessible
directly from the outside, and the TV-stage set, raised 45 cm above
the level of the rest of the floor and spatially connected with the
multipurpose hall, leading to the dressing room. There is also an
exit to the small garage, so that materials can be unloaded from the
car park if necessary without affecting other communal areas of the
day centre.
The
rest of the day centre’s public spaces (halls, gym, offices, etc.)
are situated just above the multipurpose hall, giving onto the west
façade, with access provided by a passage running right through the
centre of the building. The top part of the partitions between the
activity spaces and the corridor are glazed to allow light to shine
in. A double-height slit also promotes interrelation between the
through areas on the ground and the first floors. This slit
accommodates a stairway that allows users of the day centre to change
level without leaving the public areas. The offices and washrooms are
the elements located nearest the entrance to the stairway.
Project
description
There
are two parts to the programme: sheltered dwellings for 24 residents
and a day centre for the elderly.
The
ground floor and half of the first floor are occupied by the day
centre, and the sheltered dwellings occupy the rest of this floor and
levels two and three.
One
of the client’s basic requirements was to allow the building’s
two programmes to function independently. The two foyers, though
adjacent and communicable, therefore each have an independent
entrance from the street. The day centre entrance is in the southern
edge of the west façade and the street door to the dwellings is at
the bottom of the opposite façade.
Given
the project’s urban implantation, it seemed appropriate to situate
the public part of the day centre’s programme in the west façade,
overlooking the landscaped area that extends as far as Rambla Marina
and bordering the pedestrian promenade. For this reason, of the two
lengthwise bays into which each of the floors is divided, it is the
west bay that accommodates the multipurpose hall (ground floor) and
the programme of reading room, classroom-workshop, hairdresser’s,
chiropodist, gym, computer room and offices (first floor).
The
service areas of the day centre (kitchen, larder, refuse, cafeteria,
staff changing rooms, etc.) are situated in the east bay on the
ground floor, adjacent to the disused sports field and, therefore,
away from the activity of the street. On the first floor, the east
bay is occupied by the services of the sheltered dwellings
(laundry-sewing room, maintenance and storage, kitchen,
installations, etc.).
The
actual dwellings occupy the second and third floors in their
entirety.
The
entrance to the sheltered dwellings is in the south of the east
façade and, as needed, via the doorway of the day centre. The
stairway and lift in the entrance nucleus are the only elements in
the housing programme to be located on the ground floor.
On
the first floor, the east bay accommodates the service spaces for
this part of the programme (kitchen, larder, refuse, cafeteria and
staff changing rooms), joined by a corridor that runs the length of
the building’s east façade and, therefore, totally independent of
the areas of the day centre on the same floor. Once again, the foyers
of the two parts of the programme that share the first floor are
adjacent so that they can be connected or left completely
independent, as decided by the management.
The
second and third floors respond to a similar layout. Both are
occupied by sheltered dwellings.
Starting
at the entrance foyer, where the stairway and lift are located, a
central corridor forms the backbone of the floors. On the west side
there are seven individual practicable dwellings and, in the east,
one double and three individual accessible apartments. In the
northwest of each floor, there is a living room that could also be
used as a resident dining room. On the second floor, the living room
opens up onto a terrace in the building’s west façade; on the
third floor, it overlooks the double exterior space created above
this terrace. The two superposed lounges are also interrelated by a
small double space.
Each
of the individual dwellings has a washroom, a small kitchen and a
living-cum-bedroom. The washrooms and kitchens are laid out along the
central corridor, freeing up the façades for living spaces. This not
only makes the most of views and lighting, it also rationalizes the
distribution of installations. In order to comply with regulations
governing habitability in spaces containing toilets and kitchens, in
all cases there are two doors between them.
The
roof is accessible from the vertical communications shaft of the
sheltered dwellings, which also contains the vertical distribution of
the building’s installations. The installations machinery is
situated on the part of the roof nearest this shaft.
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