This public facility houses an adult education centre, a language standarisation consortium and a space for organisations on a triangular plot in Barcelona’s Parliament district. Two of the three sides of the site are defined by the heritage-listed Anglesola Street frontage of the former Planell glass factory, built in 1913. The building makes use of the entire…
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DetailsIn the harbour area, a narrow stretch of land alongside a dock is freed from port activities. A very simple ‘chopstick’ urban plan is being developed by O.M.A. in which open green pockets alternate with dense construction. In order to give the linear plan a notion of centrality, a public path is designed to cross the whole strip.…
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DetailsThis project transforms a 1778 house-palace (called Surga House) into a Cultural Center of the 21st century with an extensive program that includes exhibition halls and an auditorium. From the beginning, this pre-existence was understood as a practically urban space that has undergone transformations of all kinds over time. Thus, it was based on a…
DetailsTo operate upon an existing building and its surroundings full of history, inevitably implies to take a stance on how to understand the intervention upon its historic heritage as well as its environmental impact. The Conference Centre of Cordoba is set deep in the heart of the Jewish quarter, a few steps away from the…
DetailsThe residential centre is situated on the North East side of the city of Plasencia, on the border between town and countryside. From this location there is a magnificent view into the distance along the full length of the Jerte Valley. The plot itself is on a 25 metre slope, pointing in the same direction. …
DetailsEl Croquis 202 – Bernardo Bader | Fearlessness of the familiar Klostergasse studio in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. Chapel Salgenreute in Krumbach, Voralberg, Austria Kindergarten Susi Weigel in Bludenz, Vorarlberg, Austria. Islamic Cemetery in Altach, Austria.
DetailsBernardo Bader architect | Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria | September 2019
The design of a cemetery is based on the beliefs and their funeral rites, which in turn say a lot about the particular understanding of nature and social relations. This fact should also be shown clearly in the new cemetery project for Muslims in Vorarlberg. Regardless of religious orientation, is the two forms of Christian…
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