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D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi by Sanzpont Arquitectura

D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi by Sanzpont Arquitectura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Wasichiy Kamay Competition Category.


QullqiWasichiy· 2022

D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi

by Sanzpont Arquitectura

Client: Inmobiliaria Colonial

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Wasichiy Category

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The Design

About D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi

D525 Barcelona nisqaqa huk llamkana wasim, 1970 watakunamanta kaq huk wasita allin kawsayniyuqta musuqchaspa ruwasqa. Kay ruwaymi 7,000 kuadrado metrota tupan, chunka patakunapi llamkana chaymanta huñunakuy kanchakunata charin. Qhawariyninpi hatun toqokunatam Krion nisqa kimsa kutiyuq modulokunawan tinkuchin, chaykunam wayrata ch'uyanchan. Uray qhawariyninpi photovoltaico nisqa qhata rikchakuykunaqa ruphay killakunapi llantuta quwan, chuya kallpatapas paqarichin. Wasi pataman churasqa uywana pukyuqa pisilla mikhukuq kikin llaqta yura rikchakunayuqmi q'oñichiyta yapan, kay muyuqpi microclima nisqatapas allinyachin.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. D525 Barcelona Llamkana Wasi achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The building of the new headquarters of Naturgy group in Barcelona, a building owned by Inmobiliaria Colonial, has been designed through the concept of sustainable renovation, recovering a building built with the aim of reducing its environmental impact of use, extending its efficient useful life. Its execution has been carried out with materials of strict respect for the environment and a comprehensive environmental quality management plan, and it has incorporated all construction requirements to achieve LEED Gold certification.
Dimensions & Packaging
D525 Barcelona is a Project of 7,000 square meters with 10 levels of offices and networking areas. All levels have a view of the roof garden located in level 1, which occupy a large part of the building. It was designed as a natural green space, incorporating low-consumption native plant species, which, in addition to providing an extra insulation layer, helps to minimize the environmental impact improving the microclimate and helping to mitigate the heat island effect.
Tags
Office building, restoration, sustainable, krion modules, structure restoration
Production Technology
The project integrates a main facade based on large windows that provide natural light, defined by unique photocatalytic krion 3D modules, which have the ability to purify the air thanks to their photocatalytic material.
The design of the south facade integrates a treatment of photovoltaic louvers, that protect from the sun in the warmer months of the year and generate enough clean energy to power 1562 points of light running 4 hours a day for 35 years and avoid the emission of 196 tons of CO2.
Design Challenge
The original building, from the '70s, was used for housing in the past and had several structural challenges. It had insufficient, altered pre-existing structure, with minimum floor heights and important deformations on the slabs that led to unevenness in a single floor of the order of 8cm. The current regulatory requirements called for creating new slabs openings for evacuation stairs and facility lines, making it necessary to replace the original stabilization core.
Research
The project has been developed using the latest BIM technology in the cloud for its complete coordination, integrating virtual models of architecture, engineering and interior design, in addition to the urban environment, generating a coordinated digital building.
Inspiration
The inspiration for this project was the concept of recovering an existing building to reform it and reduce its impact, providing greater sustainability and leaving a better tomorrow. The smooth and flowing forms of nature inspired the design of the building, breaking the traditional form of rigid vertical and horizontal lines, so that the building can be perceived as a pure and iconic element.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2020 and was completed in March 2021. It is located in Diagonal 525, Barcelona, Spain.
Operation Flow
Naturgy's new headquarters symbolizes the transformation of his company, with new, more sustainable, flexible and collaborative work environments, and it houses the corporate services that the company has.

The distribution of the workstations implemented in the building has been carried out according to the open space modality, with flexible, open and connected environments, and with a technology that allows total mobility of the employee. In addition, the new spaces are paperless, in line with the sustainability that the company is implementing in all its business lines.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Sanzpont Arquitectura
Team Members
Sergio Sanz, Victor Sanz, Oriol Vidal, Xevi Prat, Carles Campanyà, Guillem Armengol
Image Credits
Sergio Sanz (Courtesy of Sanzpont), David Cardelús (Courtesy of Naturgy) & Dani Rovira (Courtesy of Colonial)

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