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Tailor Made in Sant Cugat, Spain by TwoBo

Monday, December 5th, 2022

Article source: TwoBo

A pharmaceutical company based in Sant Cugat wanted a project to connect diferent buildings together through their respective lower levels, in an attempt to transform this space into a Hall, a Foyer and an Auditorium.

In architecture you often hear that an empty space should be defined by what’s built in it, nothing more, nothing less. The empty space was there, already built, naked… and we became tailors instead of architects. From the measurements of the naked body (waistline, hips, the way the shoulders fall down) a tailor reimagines the body in fabrics. Rediscovering it through imagination and covering it with tangible shapes, all in the same effort.

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Architects: TwoBo
Project: Tailor Made
Location: Sant Cugat, Spain
Client: Pharmaceutical company
Area: 1.900m²
Constructor: FCC
Engineers: INDUUS
Area: 1.900m²
Date: 2022

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Avinguda Catalunya 11 in Spain by FITA Architecture Works

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018

Article source: FITA Architecture Works

Avinguda Catalunya 11 is a residential project (ten apartment units and two commercial spaces) located in the historic district of Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona. The client’s aim was to transform the house where she was born into a building that while contemplating its valuable context, suggested a refreshing proposal.

The composition of the façade interprets the proportions and rhythm of the landmarked buildings. The decision to emphasize the corner and the cornice derives from studying the old buildings’ tectonic and the divorce between the structural elements’ function and their architectural expression, which took place in the 20th century, eliminating the definition of the corner.