Article source: FUSES VIADER ARQUITECTES 

The project sets the restoration of the Sant Julià’s Castle enclosure – 19th century fortress- and the recovery of its surroundings, through the creation of a facility to host a Contemporary Arts Centre, accompanied of complementary services: workshops for artists, auditorium, hotel and restaurants. The fortress is formed by a set of units, built with vaults and walls made of stone with considerable thickness, the majority of them half-buried and communicated through tunnels that run across the mountain.

Image Courtesy © Carlos Suárez

• Architects: FUSES VIADER ARQUITECTES (Josep Fuses Comalada, Joan M. Viader Mart)
• Project: International Contemporary Arts Centre and Hotel
• Location: Spain, Sant Julià de Ramis, Sant Julià de Ramis mountain
• Photography: Jordi Mas, Josep M. Torra, Carlos Suárez-Kil
• Client: Lutecaf S.A.
• Team: Carla Arruebo (Architect), Jordi Serra (Architect), Pilar Arbonès (Administration)
• Engeneering: Cristian Vallés
• Structural Engeneering: Blàzquez-Guanter, arquitectes slp
• Quantity Surveyor: Francesc Rodríguez
• Built Area: 11.465,60 sqm.
• Outdoors / Urbanization: 46.792,70 sqm
• Project: 2005-2008
• Construction: 2010-2018

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