Article source: Gus Wustemann Architects

“It is not a building but a district” District is the way a human being lives in urban context.

We choose of the shelf low cost industrial materials to create these urban spaces. There is no hierarchy within these surfaces that makes it urban and authentic. Therefore each surface transmits a feeling of purity and coexistence in relation with its  surrounding. The statics of Melon District are defined by the authenticity of the materials. There is no decoration.

Image Courtesy © Bruno Helbling

• Architects: Gus Wustemann Architects
• Project: Melon District
• Location: Parallel 101, Sants-Montjuic, Barcelona
• Photography: Bruno Helbling
• Year: 2007
• Program: New student residences in Barcelona, Spain
• Client: Catalonia Gebira S.L, Barcelona

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