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Evolució de l'estudi Martorell-Bohigas, fundat l’any 1951 per Oriol Bohigas (1925) i Josep Martorell (1925), els quals van ser membres del Grup R. Amb la incorporació l’any 1962 de David Mackay (1933) ba passar a ser l'estudi MBM. Guardonats amb nombrosos premis, tals com el ciutat de Barcelona l’any 2000 o diversos premis FAD. De la seva extensa obra trobem l’edifici Escorial (1955), la Mutua Metalúrgica de Seguros (1959), obra l’Edifici Pallars 301-319 (1960) o l’escola Thau (1975)

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Navas de Tolosa 296 Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The economic premises of the project required maximum use of the plot, arranging on each floor the greatest possible number of dwellings, each with a surface area of between 60 and 70 square metres. It was therefore necessary to create a projecting volume extending almost along the entire façade line of the site. Given the 45-degree angle of the chamfered corner and the need to maintain parallel structural bays within the dwellings, the cantilevered volume at the chamfer advances with supports set at 45 degrees. This purely constructive requirement is precisely what generates the full expressive potential of the reinforced concrete on the ground floor. On this concrete base, which forms the ground floor and the semi-basement levels, rest the exposed brick walls, tending to be almost entirely solid on the more northerly façade and more open on the southern one. The building is crowned by a tiled roof that makes full use of the building potential permitted by Barcelona’s municipal regulations. It clearly corresponds to the floor plan structure and avoids the familiar volumetric disorder caused by set-back attic and penthouse levels. Only brick, concrete and ceramics are used on the façade. Brick appears in the solid wall planes; concrete in the ground-floor supports and roof channels; and glazed ceramic tiles, in traditional Catalan qualities and patterns, are used to clad elements without their own specific finish: the soffits of the overhangs, the extreme bands of the floor slabs, window and balcony parapets, and so on. The balcony railings consist of iron handrails made using the traditional cold-twisted ‘tirabuzón’ system. This system, beyond any decorative value it may have, has the advantage of increasing the moment of inertia about the weak axis of the handrail, thereby providing sufficient stiffness in both directions despite the use of small sections. The housings of the roller shutter boxes are simple aprons of pink artificial granite, supported on the wall by projecting lugs made of the same material. In the interior vestibules and stairwells, the brickwork has been left exposed and finished with a glossy varnish. Entrance halls and stair landings are paved in white marble. Lighting is provided by simple opaline glass globes and miner-style lamps with protective grilles and glass, recessed into the walls.
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Navas de Tolosa 296 Dwellings
Design and Management of a 27-Unit Residential Building Lepant I

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The walls are built of ceramic bricks laid with Portland cement mortar on cyclopean concrete foundations. The floor slabs will be reinforced concrete slabs lightened with ceramic elements. All façades will be exposed brick, with the floors marked by a concrete band on the load-bearing walls; every three floors, a reinforced concrete ring beam will be constructed, which will be exposed on the façade. The roof of the building will be a Catalan-style flat roof tiled with mechanical tiles. All of the dwellings will be tiled with 25x25cm hydraulic mosaic tiles. The entrance and staircase will be made entirely of polished artificial granite. The vertical walls of the courtyards will be covered with plastered stucco. The interior horizontal and vertical walls will be plastered and painted with tempera. The bathrooms and kitchens will have white tile skirting boards and the rest will be painted with enamel. The sanitary ware will be top quality porcelain. The carpentry will be top quality and will be painted with enamel on the inside and oil on the outside.
Via Augusta - Muntaner Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The starting point for the programme was the design of a group of dwellings with a surface area of around 200 m2, in a central area of Barcelona, on a corner plot facing practically south. The floor plan of the dwellings was designed according to the traditional layout corresponding to the lifestyle of the country's upper middle class: day areas, night areas and service areas with the usual independence of circulation. The façade was designed with two fundamental ideas in mind: the exact formal adaptation to a specific technology and the attempt to reduce and minimise the excessive scale of the complex. With regard to the first idea, it should be noted that the façade forms a screen independent of the entire building, with its own supporting structure. This was done because, given the current low quality of construction labour, it seemed interesting to test this independence, which allows a single specialised team to devote a minimum amount of time to the most demanding work on the façade. A series of pillars rise from the ground, aligned with the structural module of the entire building. From these pillars rises a light metal structure that supports the entire façade. This is interrupted by 45% recesses marking the separations between dwellings and slightly isolating the respective galleries. These recesses correspond, logically, to a pillar on the ground floor, on which a small triangular structure is placed to support these recesses. The stone pieces that make up the railing and the cover of the roller shutters that close off all the terraces from the outside are dry-hung from the metal structure of the façade. These pieces are placed flush, except at the points where the structure passes through, where this would be practically impossible. To cover these points, white artificial stone flashings are superimposed. The length of these flashings varies depending on whether they cover only the thickness of the slab or the thickness of the cantilevered beam that supports that slab. On the two upper railings, which have no protection against rainwater, other flashings are placed at the junction of each piece. With regard to the second idea, it was considered that, for a minimum of continuity in the urban environment, it was necessary to reduce the excessive scale of the block with details on another scale. In general, a very important part of modern architecture is guilty of offering people, at close contact and immediate view, a type of surface and texture designed for a less close view or according to a design process that is too abstract, too ‘composite’ on the project drawing. Concern about this fact has been fundamental in the work in question, although we are not very sure about the positive results obtained, because perhaps the overall scale of the block still seems to dominate excessively.
34 Dwellings Camèlies 54-56

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The purpose of this project is to construct a building with 33 dwellings on the site owned by ‘Viviendas Condal, Cooperativa de Viviendas Protegidas’ at numbers 56-54 on Carrer Camèlies in Barcelona. The construction will comply with the following specifications and with the plans and details contained in this file: The foundations will be made of cyclopean concrete; the walls will be made of ceramic brick; the floor slabs will be made of lightweight concrete with ceramic elements. The main façade will be clad in brick with an air chamber, and the rear façade will be clad in exposed brick. The main façade will alternate a reinforced concrete structure with solid tile cladding. The staircase will be made of reinforced concrete and will have agglomerated marble cladding on the steps and landings, while the side walls will be left exposed brick. The dwellings will be tiled with plain 30 x 30 cm hydraulic mosaic tiles. The interior walls of the dwellings will be plastered and painted with tempera paint. The carpentry will be of good quality wood and the openings in the façades will be closed with metalwork. Roller blinds will be installed in the main façade openings; the other bedrooms will have shutters. A 15 x 15 white tile skirting board will be installed in the kitchens and bathrooms, and the rest of the rooms will be painted with textured tempera paint. The following construction materials will be used: 135 tonnes of cement; 27 tonnes of lime; 92 tonnes of plaster; 600 m3 of gravel and sand; 800 m3 of bricks; 125 m2 of tiles; wood 30 m³; iron for the structure 16 tonnes; iron for other elements 2.7 tonnes; and electrical conductors 54 kg.
PIHER Badalona Factory (Phase 2)

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

It is located parallel to the previous building and likewise has five naves, in this case 45 m in length, developed on different levels. The two naves to the north have two storeys, the two to the south have four, and the central one has a single storey. This arrangement allows for good natural lighting, as each volume reaches a maximum depth of 20 m, with glazing on both sides, while the lower floor can be lit from above through the centre. With this configuration, it is possible to dispense with the roof system used in the earlier building, where all daylight had to enter through the roof. The new building has been constructed using techniques similar to those of the previous one: a load-bearing reinforced concrete structure, a metal roof structure, exposed brick walls and concrete-framed windows. The same arrangement of end walls set at an angle of 120° allows tangential views to the exterior from the workspaces. Vertical access is provided by a tower attached to the new building, at the western end of the central nave, within the space separating it from the earlier structure. This tower houses the staircase, the lift and, staggered in height according to the stair flights, the sanitary facilities. The tower constitutes a singular element within the complex, and it is precisely because of this singularity that the company management decided to locate their workspace at the highest level of the tower, in a dominant position. From there, it enjoys an atmosphere of silence, isolation and proximity at the same time, made possible by the company’s decentralised organisation. Another distinct volumetric element appears in the form of the atomiser corresponding to the technical ceramics manufacturing process. This industrial installation has been given a protective fibrocement enclosure. The extension of this building, originally designed for a single storey, required a solution involving perimeter staircases to provide access to the upper floors. The former roof, with its very slight slopes, has been enclosed within the interior of the new volume, as indicated by horizontal fissures in the façade walls. These walls continue to be treated, as in the original phase, with small openings distributed according to the functional requirements of the interior spaces. In this way, the necessary lighting and ventilation are achieved, while maintaining independence from the exterior areas, which serve as the general access routes to the PIHER industrial complex.
Cooperative Housing Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The fundamental idea behind the project is to group a series of small dwellings around a large central courtyard, giving this courtyard not the character of a simple ventilation shaft, but rather that of a space for socialising and circulation. The shape of this courtyard is simply the result of placing the same types of dwellings in an orderly succession, roughly following the lines of the plot. The resulting space has been treated with the aim of creating a certain urban square atmosphere. Thus, the different compartments have been divided and differentiated, attempting to create a fluid continuity of spaces, so that their definitive boundaries never appear at the same time, thereby creating a sense of continuity similar to that of a street or a succession of small squares. Likewise, in the largest compartment, a small fountain has been placed, which formally recalls some traditional elements of our villages and which serves as the centre of a possible community life for the complex. Apart from these psychological considerations, this central space is used for children's games, for meetings of the co-owners grouped together in a cooperative, etc. The rest of the project is almost entirely subordinate to this fundamental idea. Two other considerations to take into account are: the need to use a type of housing that had already been successfully tried out in this same cooperative organisation and the desire to use a very simple and economical construction system (exposed brick walls and reinforced concrete substructure) to its fullest extent. Applying these three criteria, the rest of the project was resolved almost automatically. The façade, above all, is an almost unconsidered result. It is probably even excessively unconsidered, because it is perhaps too austere and shows a certain contempt for the possible formal qualities of the street.
Freixa 46 Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The planned building consists of basements with commercial premises and common services, a ground floor with commercial premises, one dwelling and entrance to the dwellings, four floors, an attic and a penthouse with two dwellings per floor. The façade will be entirely exposed brick with balconies and structure clad in artificial granite. The walls will be made of ceramic brick, partly replaced by a reinforced concrete lattice structure on the commercial floor. The ceilings will be ceramic, of a type duly approved by the Directorate General of Architecture. The roof will be a Catalan-style flat roof on rabbit-proof partitions. The interior layout will feature hollow brick partition walls. The staircase, landings and entrance will be made of artificial granite. In the dwellings, the flooring will be smooth hydraulic mosaic tiles measuring 25 x 25 cm. The interior vertical walls and ceilings will be plastered and painted with distemper in light colours to be chosen by the project management. The materials to be used will be as follows: 126 tonnes of cement; 31.50 tonnes of lime; 110 tonnes of plaster; 700 m3 of gravel and sand; 952 m3 of bricks; 44 m3 of wood; 19 tonnes of iron for the structure; 3 tonnes of iron for other elements and 63 kg of electrical conductors.
Habitatges Bori i Fontestà

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The planned building consists of a basement for communal services, a ground floor with two commercial premises, one dwelling and a communal entrance to the dwellings and commercial premises, a mezzanine floor with one commercial premises, seven floors and an attic with two dwellings per floor, making a total of three commercial premises and fifteen dwellings. The façade will be a laminated iron structure with ‘fulget’ railings and planters and adjustable and roll-up Venetian blinds to create high-quality, sunny spaces that are sheltered from nearby views. The walls will be made of ceramic brick, partially replaced by a laminated iron structure on the ground floor and in the façade corridor of the entire building. The ceilings will be ceramic, of a type duly approved by the Directorate-General for Architecture. The roof will be a Catalan-style flat roof on rabbit-proof partitions. The interior layout will feature hollow brick partition walls. The staircase, landings and entrance will be made of artificial granite. In the homes, the flooring will be smooth 25x25cm hydraulic mosaic tiles. The interior vertical walls and ceilings will be plastered to a high standard and painted with tempera in light colours to be chosen by the project management.
Housing Complex on the Milans del Bosch Estate

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The block layout that was finalised on this block, after discussions with the project architects, consisted of one 10-storey E6 element and five 5-storey N-S elements. When the final layout of the project was being drawn up, clearer and more definitive doubts arose about the validity of this type of layout. It was found that the formalism of parallel blocks was incongruous in this case and that it took up the entire site unnecessarily, without the possibility of creating a truly urban environment. In agreement with the commission's own technicians, a slight modification to the plan was agreed upon which, despite its minor importance, completely changed the urban concept of the complex. Two of the five blocks located in the E-W direction were joined to form a single block and placed in the N-S direction. This alone eliminated the succession of small rectangular spaces and created a large central square measuring 85x40m, which, as a fundamental urban element, has revitalised the complex. This square has been treated, following the same criteria, with very urban elements and textures: a concrete fountain in the centre, two areas of symmetrical trees (plane trees), paved spaces and a series of benches that create areas for rest, socialising and games. The five-storey blocks have several staircases with two flats per landing. They are brick-built with tiled roofs and concrete rings and gutters. Each block has some variation in the treatment of its façades or some accessory element that personalises it (solid railings, alternating openings, etc.). The complex comprises 230 flats. There are no services or shops because they were not planned for this plot of land since, according to the general plan, they are concentrated in a nearby commercial centre that serves the entire industrial estate. Each dwelling has 75m2. The layout attempts to concentrate the facilities without losing the independence of circulation between the bedrooms and the cleaning. The dining room and kitchen are joined in a single space, but the kitchen remains visually isolated.
Mas Sorrà

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Institut Laboral de Móra d'Ebre

MBM Arquitectes, Francesc Bassó i Birulés, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Joaquim Gili i Moros, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Casa Max Cahner

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Cooperative Housing Building
Meridiana Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The building, oriented from north to south, supports the houses on both sides and leaves four very comfortable courtyards where the interior rooms breathe. A structural system of concrete screens allows to crisply fit four houses per landing, and each house is organised in two corridors: the smallest contains the kitchen, the dining room and the living room, while the largest contains the bedrooms. A system of variants for the openings allows the windows to be skewed to the south and the large façade plan to be modeled as a varied and three-dimensional fabric, where the ceramic plate is combined with the concrete of the hoops and dihedrals that support the grandstands.
Secretari Coloma 79-87 Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

On a corner plot within a continuous perimeter-block urban development, an attempt has been made to create a landscaped internal space that brings together a small residential unit. This inner garden has a distinctly urban character and is connected to the street by means of a porch where the general access control is located, as access to all the dwellings is provided exclusively from the garden. The development comprises a number of dwellings, essentially corresponding to two main types: three-bedroom and four-bedroom units, with some of the latter enlarged by an additional bedroom, made possible by the particular advantages of their location. In all the dwellings, an effort has been made to create, along the façade, the typical “covered gallery” traditionally used in Barcelona on the façades facing internal courtyards. This consists of a continuous balcony running along the full length of the façade, enclosed by a lightweight glazed screen. This screen is constructed with a timber frame incorporating panels of glass and fibre cement. The closures (roller shutters) are positioned on the inner façade, while on the exterior there are only retractable awnings corresponding to the living-room windows. The advantages of this “covered gallery” are numerous: the creation of a buffer space providing insulation; the provision of inhabitable corners that can accommodate many family activities that normally lack a dedicated place (such as sewing, children’s study areas, storage for certain domestic items, etc.); the extension of the living area; the creation of a highly useful secondary circulation route between bedrooms and living spaces; and so on.
Alberg Canyamars Xanascat

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Aquest complexe d'edificis, seu de colonies de vacances amb capacitat per dos grups de 72 nens, esta situat a la finca "Mas Silvestre", propietat de la Caixa d'Estalvis de Sabadell. A solell en un turó de la serralada costanera catalana, amb una cota mitja de 320 m. sobre el nivell del mar, queda, en la seva major part, protegida dels vents del Montseny i té zones de bosc, cultius i vinyes abandonades. L'edifici n'ocupa la part alta, adaptant-se a la topografia del terreny. S'ha concebut en tres cossos diferenciats -dos de dormitoris i un de serveis comuns- unificats relacionats per uns porxos i disposats de manera que incorporessin un gran espai central exterior -el pati-, limitat al S. pels porxos i al N. pel bosc. La unificació dels diferents edificis es fa palesa amb la coberta de teula a dos vessants que es manté de forma orgànicament contínua i permet desenvolupar diferent número de pisos segons l 'alçada variable respecte al terreny. L'edifici s'ha projectat des de la voluntad de flexibilitzar la planta, pensant en la possibilitat de diferents tipus de funcionament. Al desconcentrar la planta s'ha volgut fondre l'edifici en el paisatge, adaptant-lo a la topografia i garantint, d'altra banda, el contacte permanent de tots els seus àmbits amb la natura. El pati esta envoltat d 'edificacions per totes les seves cares, menys per la N. que limita amb el bosc. Així, insensiblement, el bosc s'uneix i es fon amb les construccions. L'entrada a l'edifici es realitza pel S. Atravessant un porxo s'accedeix als dos cossos de dormitoris (sala d'instructors, dormitoris dels nens, sanitaris i un espai comú amb lavabos i penjadors per a la roba, que esdevé l'element aglutinant de cada cos), i a la zona de direcció (dormitori i estudi del director, sala i dormitoris per a convidats, amb la possibilitat de funcionament independent). Cada cos de l'edifici comunica amb l'espai a l'aire lliure a través d'un porxo per a l'esbarjo cobert i la realització de treballs manuals. En un angle de la planta, amb vistes al pati central, hi ha dos menjadors convertibles en sales de reunions i un tercer, petit, per a convidats. Constitueixen, amb totes les estades de servei, el tercer cos independent al qual s'hi accedeix a través del porxo general. En aquest cos ha semblat oportú situar una infermeria per garantir l'atenció als nens malalts en cas d'absencia de la resta de la colònia. El sistema constructiu és molt simple. amb murs de totxo, arrebossats i pintats interiorment i exteriorment, que segueixen una modulació estricte de 5 m. que intensifica l'aspecte unitari general del conjunt, per sobre de la mobilitat de la planta. L'accés a la finca es produeix pel camí ja existent que des de l'entrada l'atravessa totalment en direcció a Canyamars. En front de l'edifici i a l'altra banda del camí, muntanya avall, hi ha una zona esportiva amb piscina, camp de jocs, pista i vestuaris.
Tallers i Habitatges La Vanguardia

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
House and Swimming Pool in Can Bordoi

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This large country house had an unusual programme in that the owners wanted it to be open to friends and everyone else, and this character had to be translated into architectural terms. The architects made three fundamental decisions ‘a priori’ before carrying out a detailed analysis of the programme: 1) To position the house in such a way that it incorporates and completes the existing group of buildings. 2) To design a building within a building – the interior with an organic floor plan responding to the needs of the detailed programme, the exterior with a formal rectangular floor plan responding to the scale of the adjacent building complex. The integral intermediate space between the interior and exterior envelopes serves to provide climate protection, aids the change of scale between the new and old buildings, and is an aesthetic and psychological response to clients who want an “open” house, replacing the usual exterior barrier wall with a protected space, both inside and outside. 3) A steel frame structure was chosen to allow greater freedom in planning the different sized elements required by the programme on separate floor levels. The detailed programme provided accommodation for a family with five children (compact bedrooms and a large flexible living room) and rooms for close friends and relatives, along with a small flat for a visiting priest to serve the religious community that occupies one of the existing buildings. The programme included a large garage to accommodate the various agricultural vehicles. Finally, there was a shelter consisting of a large communal bedroom and facilities separate from the rest of the house, for visiting groups of young people.
Locals Industrials Pere IV

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The building is a simple longitudinal block designed to house a series of small light industries on its various floors. The block is perpendicular to the street (a traditional corridor-type street in an industrial suburb of Barcelona), which means that natural lighting and ventilation are provided exclusively at its ends. These ends are fully glazed and protected on the outside by adjustable fibre cement shutters. Between the glass and the shutters there is an external corridor that provides effective insulation from the sun, facilitates easy cleaning of the windows and allows manual operation of the shutters. It is a very economical construction, built entirely with very simple materials: a concrete lattice structure in the industrial buildings and solid concrete walls in the common vertical circulation shaft. This block is the first element of a larger complex that will replace old, dense industrial buildings that currently occupy an area of almost one hectare.
Espar-Ticó Multi-Family House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The basic programme consisted of grouping together in a single residential block a family complex comprising eight married couples, each with different needs in terms of both the quantity and quality of space. One of the design principles was the possibility of combining three different types: single-storey dwellings, duplex dwellings and penthouse dwellings. The juxtaposition of all of them—which allowed for interference and changes in distribution—and the possibility of varying the openings and terraces on the façade, within certain conjunctive limits, eased the creation of eight completely different dwellings. The language used in the treatment of both the common spaces and the façades attempts a radical coherence of elements. There is a very clear series of invariants that are systematically repeated in each different feature of the composition. The only materials used are brick, white marble and guillotine woodwork with plastic shutters. The formal elements of the façade have had a strong impact on Barcelona architecture in recent years and have been frequently used within the expressionism of the ‘Barcelona School’.
Edifici d'Habitatges Gama

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Bloc d'Habitatges al Polígon Sant Martí

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Borrell Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Building between partitions located in the Eixample of Barcelona. The character and scale of the buildings in the area – most of them from the beginning of the century – motivated the design of the façade to achieve its adaptation to the urban environment, avoiding historicist concessions. This explains why the traditional glazed "stands" were used as pieces superimposed on the façade plan. The fundamental axis around which the different floors are resolved is a complex of vertical circulations formed by two staircases located symmetrically on the sides of a central courtyard for lighting and ventilation. On the ground floors, a third access staircase is incorporated exclusively for commercial premises, which occupy a significant area due to the commercial influence of the nearby Sant Antoni market.
Església Parroquial de Sant Sebastià

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Habitatges de Renda Limitada i Locals Comercials Xaudiera
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Architecture

Borrell Dwellings
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Espar-Ticó Multi-Family House
Destino Badalona Publishing House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The warehouse block has two floors, is 5 metres high, and has pillars in a 10-metre grid. It is located so that there is an access and loading courtyard between it and the adjacent factory. The services are like fingers that penetrate the warehouses from this courtyard. The gatehouse is located at the back, in a garden area between the warehouse and the motorway, but connected to the service areas by a small canteen, which is looked after by the gatekeeper himself. The service towers are also designed to provide access to the roof, where offices are planned to be located, which will constitute a completely autonomous structure. Brick is used for these service ‘fingers’ because it is considered an easier material to work with for complex, small-scale elements and because it establishes a relationship of texture and colour with the neighbouring factory. Brick, on the other hand, is not used in the warehouse block because it was considered that it would not be possible to obtain the same colour and quality when it came to extending it and because it is a structure with concrete columns and not load-bearing walls like the services. Instead, materials are used that allow for better control of certain technical conditions and a uniform finish: insulating concrete blocks and galvanised and painted iron sheets. The future offices will also be made of brick and will be like a separate building constructed on top of the current roof, treated as a free plot without any structural interference. Thus, the plasticity of the service ‘fingers’ will overlap and top off the rigid structure of the warehouse block.
La Mariona Restaurant

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Interior Design

La Mariona Restaurant
Parish Church of Christ Redemptor

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The Parish Church of Crist Redemptor is a building annexed to an old parish complex in a popular neighbourhood of Barcelona. It is placed on one side of the existing rooms, delimiting, at the rear, a small interior patio that allows light to enter certain parts of the chapel while at the same time generating a communication space between the old and the new church. In fitting it into the site, the team of architects decided to set the built volume back a few metres with respect to the alignment of the street to give more space to the passer-by, through a square that refers to the traditional squares of the towns, in which the parishioners gathered after mass. Although this space is currently closed when events are not held in the chapel, it allows the neighbours, accustomed to the winding, small and sloping streets of the neighbourhood, to take a break. A flat square, raised a few metres from the ground to separate itself from noise and daily walking, a meeting place with benches and masonry walls. The plant is built in a single nave, of an industrial nature, with a porticoed structure in the form of triangulated wooden trusses. The façades and walls are made of traditional earth-coloured brick and the steel finishes, as well as the pillars that support a concrete beam on one side of the chapel, are painted reddish. These sought-after tones provide visual homogeneity to the space. The roof is sloping to two waters. The finish is carried out with ceramic tile, as it is a local material and in accordance with the materials of the church as a whole. Exceptionally, and to provide overhead light to the interior space, strips of transparent tiles are placed in the centre of the roof to allow light to enter. The entire assembly rests on a wooden board and is insulated with a layer of fiberglass.
Habitatges Muntanya

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Heredero House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Tredòs és una petita localitat propera a l’estació d’esquí de Vaquèira, a 1.200 metres d’altitud. La casa, emplaçada a mig pendent de la muntanya, respon a un programa de vacances per a una família nombrosa. El projecte disposa una sèrie de terrasses a mitja falda del pendent, que afavoreixen l’accés a peu i les activitats a l’aire lliure. L’habitatge pròpiament dit consta de quatre peces quadrades separades per una escletxa en creu, on es disposen unes escales de trams curts que connecten fluidament tots els àmbits de la casa. El nucli és format per quatre llars de foc a les plantes inferiors i quatre banys a la planta superior, i culmina en les quatre xemeneies de la coberta. Els vuit cossos prismàtics resultants queden clarament diferenciats en el volum exterior. La coberta a quatre aiguavessos i els paraments de color gris terrós permeten integrar la casa al paisatge sense necessitat de recórrer a la imitació de llenguatges vernaculars.
Casa Galileu Rosés

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Sagrada Família Parish Church

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

El projecte desenvolupat és el del conjunt d'edificacions de la parròquia de la Sagrada Família d'Igualada, situat en un solar limitat pels carrers Avinguda de Barcelona, carretera d'Igualada a Manresa i carrer de Pierola, i al Nord per un terreny destinat a zona lliure. El conjunt d'edificacions comprèn l'església parroquial, amb tots els seus serveis, una sala destinada a reunions d'estudi i catequesi i les oficines parroquials i la vivenda del rector. Aquests elements constitueixen pràcticament un sol edifici, que a excepció de la casa rectoral i de les oficines parroquials no està alineat al carrer. L'espai que queda entre edifici i alineacions se separa del carrer per un muret que el limita i permet incorporar-lo al conjunt interior amb caràcters diferents segons casos. L'edifici és una juxtaposició de volums de planta quadrada que, d'una banda, permeten la uniformitat de cobertes a quatre vessants alhora que la continuïtat d'elements semblants i una complexitat i possible fraccionament d'espais interiors adaptables a les diferents possibilitats de ús i de capacitat de ledifici. L'església dita es compon de vuit fonaments quadrats. Dos són porxos d'accés: un al costat de l'entrada principal a la plaça interior, amb accés des de la carretera d'Igualada a Manresa, i un altre al costat del carrer de Pierola. La nau principal es compon de tres volums diferents, els quals, juntament amb les diferències de nivell al paviment, defineixen uns espais que poden, alhora, donar una unitat total a l'assemblea cristiana o permetre la reunió de comunitats de diferent dimensió sense que es trobin perdudes o incòmodes en un espai poc definit. En un altre element se situa una capella de menors dimensions, per a usos diaris, confessions, reserva, etc. ; la sagristia i els serveis ocupen un altre element de planta quadrada, i finalment, un element de base reduïda però de volum molt estirat assenyala l'eix d'accés a l'altar major des de la sagritia, alhora que dóna lloc a una sortida complementària per al desallotjament de les naus. L'església s'uneix a la part d'edifici destinat a sales de reunió, a través d'un porxo que, juntament amb l'accés principal a l'església i dos més situats a l'alineació de la carretera, defineixen la plaça parroquial, amb una font a el centre, entrada principal al recinte. S'han previst dues sales de reunió de mida diferent, per a usos diferents i uns serveis elementals. Al seu voltant i separats del carrer per uns jardins alts apareixen espais arbrats per a reunions a l'aire lliure. La casa rectoral i les oficines parroquials, a les quals s'accedeix a través d'un dels porxos de la plaça, deixen entre ells i l'església un pas exigu que permet completar, al voltant de les naus, un trajecte processional a l'aire lliure, interior al recinte.
Muntanya House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The architectural layout is determined by the roof: two squares—supporting hipped roofs—aligned along their diagonals so that they overlap at the two adjacent vertices. Beneath this roof are the various rooms, which are not arranged in strict parallelism with the perimeter. This independence from the perimeter gives rise to covered outdoor areas, which in some cases are truncated to avoid excessive overhangs. The garage, which has a square floor plan and is also covered by a hipped roof, is separate from the main house but aligned diagonally with the axis formed by the diagonals of the two base squares of the house.
Casa de Pisos Buscarons

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Sant Jordi Primary School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

El projecte s'ha elaborat tenint en compte l'especial condició de tractar-se no d'un establiment únic, sinó del primer d'una sèrie en què a cada edifici només resultaran diferents els elements que estiguin condicionats per les característiques particulars del lloc on siguin construïts i per les necessitats bàsiques que es plantegin en cada cas. Tipificació i estandardització han estat criteris que han estat presents en la concepció del projecte: en la selecció de sistemes constructius i materials en funció del particular ús que es donarà l'establiment i en el dimensionament d'àmbits en relació amb la funció específica que s'hi desenvoluparà. Com a actitud pedagògica generadora s'ha intentat crear un àmbit educatiu que convidi l'alumne a expressar al màxim les capacitats potencials sense inhibicions. Un factor important ha estat l'escala de l'edifici adequada a les dimensions d'aquest petit usuari, elements de referència que penetren inconscientment a la seva ment i posen l'espai al seu abast: altures de sostres i baranes, dimensió d'escalons, mòduls d'obertures, etc. S'ha destruït la freda imatge dels tradicionals passadissos convertint l'espai destinat a circulacions en un àmbit vital, prolongació de l'aula al seu lloc exterior d'exposicions, realització de treballs en equips, etc. Aquest espai més flenible serà, a les diferents parts, el recinte comú de diverses aules. La idea de plurifuncionalitat també regeix a un espai més ampli: la sala d'ús comú les dimensions generoses del qual permeten fer aquestes activitats a grups més nombrosos oa l'escola sencera. En alguns casos l'ús molt definit del recinte en determina invariablement la dimensió i la forma. Tal succeeix amb l'aula la mida i les proporcions de les quals són resposta a la necessitat de permetre un ensenyament col·lectiu i una bona visibilitat des de qualsevol punt de la sala. S'ha ampliat la superfície d'espais lliures mitjançant la incorporació de la terrassa que es podrà destinar per fer classes de gimnàstica, jocs organitzats, etc. Les terrasses adjacents a les aules seran la prolongació d'aquestes a l'exterior per fer classes a l'aire lliure en contacte directe amb la natura. Al pati general s'ha indicat una zona d'ús exclusiu dels petits, aïllada d'on estaran els grans. L'esquema generador de la composició de l'edifici és el següent: Una zona exclusivament escolar (essencialment aules en planta 1a i escola bressol en planta baixa) i uns serveis que puguin oferir-se a la població (biblioteca i aula d'activitats especials i sala comuna). Dues bateries d'aules orientades al sud i oest, respectivament, amb nuclis sanitaris de guarda-robes i espai d'ús múltiple exterior per a cada dos donen la vertebració a l'edifici. Inicieu alhora, des de la planta alta, la definició d'una forma tancada, en què tots els àmbits es bolquen en centre comú, que es completa amb el grup biblioteca-aula d'activitats especials de la planta baixa. Aquest centre comú és la sala comuna que es comunica directament amb laccés públic des del carrer i amb el pati de jocs, accés normal dels nens, a través dun porxo. La sala comuna permet, mitjançant el doble volum, la integració espacial de tota l'escola, i per un dels costats dóna solució a l'autonomia i la independència que exigeix l'escola bressol. El conjunt biblioteca-aula d'activitats especials, annexes a la sala comuna, s'obre pel costat oposat a una zona de jardí, aïllat del pati de jocs, com a element íntim d'activitats pedagògiques a l'aire lliure. El gimnàs també té una possibilitat d'empalmament amb l'exterior, però aquesta vegada amb possible integració al pati de joc. Finalment, altres elements fonamentals en la composició de lesquema són les escales que amb diferents característiques permeten la comunicació dispersat les plantes entre si i del pati amb les terrasses. Entre aquestes cal assenyalar l'escala exterior com a ràpida comunicació vertical exterior.
Apartments for Teachers at Sant Jordi Infant and Primary School (Phase 1)

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Building of 12 homes (110 m2) for the teachers of the "Sant Jordi" school, in the town of Pineda. You enter through a porticoed space that connects the street with a rear semi-public courtyard. From this space you can access the two homes located on this floor. Through a staircase with continuous sections, which divides the building transversally, you go up to the second floor, where a street open to the mountain allows you to enter the 5 duplex houses that occupy this floor and the one below. From this open corridor, and via two metal stairs superimposed on the façade as an independent object, you enter the 5 duplex homes that occupy the two upper floors. Thanks to this circulation scheme, it has been possible to eliminate the stairwell, which is too appropriate for an urban typology at odds with the character of the area. This makes the access to each home unique, offering a richer and more diverse and more integrated itinerary to a rural landscape that is not yet fully urbanised and to a different type of life than that proposed in dense urban centres.
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Casa de Pisos Buscarons
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Casa Galileu Rosés
Habitatges de Renda Limitada i Locals Comercials Xaudiera

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Es tracta d'un intent d'integrar tant com sigui possible el carrer i els edificis, dins de l'estructura rígida de l'Eixample de Barcelona i, alhora, contribuir a donar camins de solució al problema dels xamfrans de les pomes barcelonines la forma de les quals a 45º ha arribat a crear complexes i difícils tipologies. La planta entresòl té un accés públic directe que la integra al´ambient del carrer, amb una zona de circulació i un petit espai d´estada al´aire lliure. Tot això està tractat amb evident timidesa perquè el plantejament econòmic general així ho exigia. D'altra banda, en comptes de fer un edifici amb façana plana lineal, s'han projectat dos blocs relativament aïllats però ben connectats amb les veïnes mitgeres. Pot ser un element de composició urbana espacial a una zona de molt poc atractiu visual.
Ampliació del Despatx MBM

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Barberà del Vallès Apartment Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Sant Jordi School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Fàbrica Molfort's

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
PIHER Badalona Factory Building (Phase 3)

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The entire industrial complex and its restrooms are included within a single container of 31m x 51m x 17m, with dimensions that are determined by the permitted occupation of the plot and by considerations of urban suitability rather than by functional matters. The complex relationship between the manufacturing warehouses and the offices, with restrooms and access, is resolved, therefore, within this general envelope, which is characterised by a unitary cladding of iron plate, only interrupted by the small windows cracks that, more than elements of lighting and ventilation, are simple references to the outside, of psychological value. The rigid parallelepiped volume is altered by the continuous scale of the W façade and by the successive overhangs of each floor that protect the windows. Within this volume, there are three manufacturing floors accessed by the aforementioned staircase, which is at the same time a means of visual communication unifying the three environments.
PIHER Granollers Factory

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The manufacturing hall is a parallelepiped measuring 46 m × 46 m × 3 m, suspended 5 m above the ground over a free-plan level without any fixed enclosure. The fundamental idea is thus the following: a completely closed container, formed by a grid of iron columns spaced 9 m × 9 m, which, being elevated above the floor, defines beneath it a much more flexible container space for access, services, shipping warehouses, and offices. The upper space, as mentioned, is entirely enclosed, without natural ventilation or lighting, with only occasional sections of the façade operable for machinery access. On the flat roof —considered as a continuous structural floor, providing uniform load resistance— the air-conditioning plant and other technical installations are located. Ducts connecting these installations to the container space run externally, prioritising the roof and vertical enclosures, and converge in a lower accessible service chamber that separates the two levels. The overall complex therefore has the characteristics of a gigantic machine. It is not a traditional building superficially dressed with pseudo-industrial aesthetics; rather, it is a system of artificial, regulable conditions and a set of basic elements of a production process, integrated in a general-purpose, uniform, and multifunctional space without a single dominant specialty. That said —accepting the superficial industrial reference— this character is emphasised by the treatment of exterior elements: façades and pipes clad in painted iron sheeting with a bright silver finish. The functional and aesthetic relationship between the two fundamental compositional elements —offices with services and access, and manufacturing halls— is clear and simple. The lower floor is free-plan, and the enclosures can vary according to needs, provided they do not exceed the rectangle of the upper manufacturing floor. Necessary connections between specific sectors of the lower and upper floors (personnel access, goods transfer, office control, etc.) are extremely easy and direct. The general form of the building is determined more by the site’s urban constraints, functional requirements, and landscape scale considerations than by a detailed analysis of the manufacturing process. (A second phase is planned, which would clarify this reference to the surroundings.)
Àngel Sallent 112 Residential Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This house is a complex of 84 dwellings, of a simple standard and affordable for those on low incomes. The dwellings, which are all very similar, have a surface area of around 70 m2 and consist of three bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room, a kitchen with a small dining area and a terrace with a laundry area and clothesline. The house is built on a plot located on the western edge of Terrassa. It occupies half a block and is bounded by Avinguda Ángel Sallent to the west, where it has a façade of around 80 m, Carrer Antonino Pío to the south, neighbouring properties to the east and Carrer Blasco de Garay to the north. Its urban classification provided for the construction of a closed block. However, given the size of the plot (2,300 m²) and the fact that it occupies half a block, a request was made to the City Council to construct a single, independent building. The solution, which does not reach the total buildable area, attempts to resolve the following problems with the minimum loss of buildable volume: the following problems: the correct relationship between the new building and the other buildings on the block, the unity of the building despite the different regulatory heights attributed to the three streets on which the site faces, the fusion of the attic into the body of the building without any setbacks, the integration of the spaces outside the building (streets and interior of the block), and the integration of the building into its urban context. The shape of the site and its dominant dimension along the façade on Av. A. Sallent, an important and wide road, suggested a linear building. Thus, columns of superimposed dwellings are juxtaposed in parallel bays from Carrer Blasco de Garay to Carrer Antonino Pío. The load-bearing walls separate the dwellings and facilitate their opening to the west (street) and east (inside the block). The linearity of the building was also the best solution in terms of orientation. Access to the different dwellings is via gallery corridors located on the interior façade, which are reached by three vertical staircase and lift access points, one at each end, next to Antonino Pío and Blasco de Garay streets, and the third towards the centre. These corridor galleries provide a double interior façade solution which, while creating a richer and more ambiguous space in the area of visual contact with the other buildings on the block, also provides a living area, immediate expansion of the dwellings and interaction between neighbours. The building is also separated from the neighbouring buildings at its north and south ends, so that the free interior space communicates directly with the streets. This is the direct access to the stairwells and lifts. This penetration of the street into the interior is explicitly accentuated by the large opening that leads into the building, even for vehicles, from Avinguda A. Sallent. Instead of being on the official alignment of Av. A. Sallent, the building is set back 3 m to place it on the plane of the attic and absorb it into the linear unity of the whole complex. This displacement of the alignment suggests the creation of a space in front of the building, which is specified and formalised by the successive setbacks of the bays in the part of the building closest to Carrer Antonino Pío. This movement in the floor plan is related to the succession of different heights, which begins with five floors next to Carrer Antonino Pío, reaches a maximum of nine floors in the centre of the west façade, and decreases to seven floors next to Carrer Blasco de Garay. The double-pitched roof, with a single slope, according to the basic N/S direction, adapts seamlessly to the number of floors in each bay and is one of the most significant elements of the building due to the unity it achieves. In addition, its sinuosity defines a contour without rigidity that establishes a spatial communication without breaks with the rest of the buildings in the area, which are lower due to the height regulations of the streets adjacent to Av. A. Sallent and highly fragmented due to the type of land division. The house is built according to the traditional system of load-bearing walls, exposed brick enclosures and Arabic tile roofing. The west-facing façade, where all the rooms open, is protected by rope blinds, which are essential due to the orthogonal summer sun.
Renovation and Extension of the Serras Commercial Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

On a site measuring 5 m of frontage on Carrer d’Anselm Clavé (the former Barcelona–Vic road) and 12.80 m on Carrer de l’Esperança (6 m wide) stood a two-storey shop selling ready-to-wear clothing and knitted garments for men, women, boys, and girls. It is one of the most central and commercial locations in Granollers, just a few metres from the Town Hall square, whose baroque ‘Porxada’ has long been the hub of the weekly regional market. A new building needed to be constructed without interrupting sales or service to the public. This necessity explains the slow progress of the works, which involved careful shoring, excavation of a basement level, replacement of existing ceilings, and the construction of infill walls, all carried out while parts of the old building remained in use and new sections were progressively built. The building is conceived as a single, enclosed container, opening to the exterior only at the ground floor through display windows. Since the entire building was intended for retail, an interior continuity had to be found without losing usable space —a challenge given the narrow site. Consequently, each floor is subdivided into two distinct levels: one covering roughly two-thirds of the surface, 80 cm lower than the remainder, separated by a wide stepped platform. The upper level connects to the lower level of the floor above via a short flight of stairs, minimally railed, open to the immediate space below. This succession of small and large spaces, on varying levels, alternately linked by stepped platforms and linear stairs, creates a continuous spatial relationship only possible in a single-envelope scheme. Vertical circulation for service purposes is also provided by a lift adjacent to the linear stair flights, always open to the upper subzone. The exterior skin of the building is a dark grey corrugated metal cladding, punctuated with illuminated signage that advertises the shop at night, and an external spiral staircase for emergencies. This staircase not only distinguishes the building visually but also provides a reference to the interior’s true scale. The flat roof establishes a link between the interior and the emergency staircase and accommodates the heating, cooling and ventilation systems.
Giró Factory

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Institut Abat Oliba

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

La idea de l'edifici consisteix essencialment en un element central, la sala comuna, al voltant de la qual funcionen les diverses activitats de l'escola. A diferència de les escoles Garbí i Sant Jordi de Pineda, aquesta sala s'ha escalonat fins a comunicar les dues primeres plantes, millorant la visibilitat des de les galeries i la seva incorporació a la sala, alhora que se'n beneficia la circulació general. Les aules estan agrupades per parells amb zones intermèdies de servei.
Garbí School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Construction of a new school, built in three phases, for Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary for a total of approximately 1300 students. The construction of the first phase was developed in accordance with the team of pedagogues, with the idea that the architecture had to collaborate in the educational process, creating in the student the full awareness of belonging responsibly to a community. All the outbuildings were grouped around a central multi-use covered square, although primarily used as a dining room. The organisation had a certain urban analogy: the central community square that gathered around it the various more privatised areas. Shortly after, it was decided to transform and expand the building in three successive phases, in which they tried not to modify the initial concept. The common space, with its urban analogy, was maintained, but the image of the square was transformed into that of a succession of interior and exterior streets and squares. The enlargement technique was simply additive, thanks to the fact that the building had no compositional rigidity and could grow according to an almost unforeseen morphology, in a way related to popular forms. This aspect is underlined by the materials and construction systems used: brick walls, traditional ceramic tiles, concrete and natural wood.
Habitatges Crescent de Viladecans (Fase 1)

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

El tema fonamental era inserir un conjunt d'habitatges al mateix centre de la trama urbana d'un poble (entre l'Ajuntament i la Parròquia), però precisament en un carrer físicament força depauperat per haver estat bloquejat per la presència d'una antiga fàbrica. Amb aquestes premisses es va plantejar la necessitat de vitalitzar el caràcter del carrer, alineant-hi els edificis, però, alhora, crear uns porxos i uns espais interiors enjardinats i per a vianants que afegissin un interès al paisatge urbà. Es tracta d'un grup d'habitatges econòmics i el sistema constructiu emprat, doncs, s'ajusta a les exigències de baix cost. La rajola és l'element fonamental. Les façanes s'estructuren en una successió de pilars en ritme regular, dels quals uns són estructurals i altres no, els quals, per acusar-ne el paper real, no arriben al sostre. Aquests últims serveixen simplement per tapar la visió dels estenedors des de l'exterior. La curvatura de les façanes ve així acusada per la successió de pilars, la diferent altura dels quals afegeix un cert aire de ruïna romàntica enmig d'una composició geomètrica classicitzant. El conjunt del projecte inclou un bloc d'habitatges, perpendicular a aquest edifici, i situat al carrer Jaume Abril, que encara no ha estat construït.
Segona Reforma de la Botiga Gubern

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines
Conjunt Residencial Bonanova

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

El solar està situat a una zona residencial d'alt nivell econòmic. Les ordenances urbanfstiques fixen un tipus d'edificació aïllada d'elevada densitat que configura gairebé sense excepció la persistència de blocs longitudinals perpendiculars al carrer, sense permetre que els espais sobrants adquireixin cap expressió ni tinguin cap ús adequat. solar va permetre organitzar dos edificis en L que marquessin una successió despais lliures utilitzables. Per això, es va haver de lluitar fins a superar les dificultats d'una interpretació excessivament literal de les ordenances municipals, tot i que es reduïa considerablement el volum edificable. Segurament aquesta disposició urbanística sigui l'assoliment més característic del conjunt. la plenta dels habitatges respon a un esquema que els mateixos arquitectes han utilitzat alguna altra vegada. Hi ha dos tipus de nuclis de distribució fixos i pràcticament inalterables que són el de dos dormitoris amb bany intermedi (disposats de manera que amb el simple enderrocament d'un envà el conjunt de converteix en una petita suite d'un sol dormitori) i el de la cuina amb dormitori de servei. Aquests nuclis (2 del primer tipus i 1 del segon) es col·loquen a la planta d'acord amb l'especial disposició de l'edifici i la resta es tracta com un espai continu (on es poden desenvolupar els diversos programes del rebedor, estar i menjador o qualsevol altre que adopti la imaginació de l'usuari) sense forma gaire específica. Així, doncs, la part de vida col·lectiva de l'habitatge és com un espai sobrant, una sala de passos perduts, un passadís amb protuberàncies de diversa funcionalitat.
Apartment Complex at Pals Golf Club

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Es tracta d’un bloc allargat situat en una pineda i orientat de muntanya a mar. És format per dues crugies separades per un corredor d’accés. Els apartaments s’organitzen en tres tipus. Els més petits queden al nivell més alt, la qual cosa afavoreix l’escalonament i les vistes. Els de la planta baixa connecten directament amb l’exterior. La rigidesa de la planta contrasta amb la varietat de la secció, que busca una bona integració amb l’entorn i emfasitza la individualitat i el caràcter propi de cada apartament. Les façanes són arrebossades de color rosat, combinat amb algunes parts blanques, i les arestes queden remarcades per rivets de peces ceràmiques.
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Conjunt Residencial Bonanova
Habitatges Vallseca

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Edifici Comercial Ilurogar

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Es tracta d'un edifici comercial dedicat a la venda de mobiliari, objectes de regal i articles d'esport nàutic. El volum és determinat exclusivament per les màximes possibilitats d'edificació de la zona i les alineacions dels carrers existents. L'entorn urbà no té cap característica especial, tret del fet que la façana principal és immediata a l'autopista de la costa Barcelona-Mataró. Aquest volum sense funcionalitat de detall específica s'intenta assimilar a una simple superfície contínua sense les ruptures que representa el pas d'una planta a una altra. Per això, se subdivideix en quatre sectors que van ascendint en cargol, amb mínimes diferències de nivell. D'aquesta manera, el visitant va circulant per tot el conjunt sense canviar de planta i segons una fluència contínua. Al centre, hi ha una circulació ràpida vertical, la forma de la qual geomètrica serveix també per generar l'esquema general dels sectors ascendents en creu esvàstica. Exteriorment l'edifici té l'aspecte d'un objecte únic amb autonomia plàstica. L'absència d'obertures concentra l'atenció sobre la planta baixa, íntegrament de vidre, que adquireix el valor d'aparador. La subdivisió de la vidriera no venia exigida per cap raó funcional: s'ha fet amb tota arbitrarietat, seguint el ritme del cant dels violoncels de l'allegretto de la Setena Simfonia da Beethoven. Un gran anunci lluminós manté l'atenció i accentua el caràcter de símbol des de la carretera i l'entorn més llunyà. A la rigorosa geometria del volum se li han superposat les instal·lacions d'aire condicionat la presència de les quals s'emfatitza a la planta coberta, que es pot convertir temporalment en exposició a l'aire lliure.
Thau Primary and Secondary School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The building consists of two well-separated bodies, located at two different heights from a sloping plot of land. The lower body houses early childhood and primary education and has three floors, so the kindergarten classrooms are located on the ground floor and have direct access to the playground. The upper body, two storeys higher than the lower body, houses secondary education. The classrooms occupy the sunny façades (south-east and south-west), while on the north-east and north-west façades the access and connection stairs of all the floors are located, in glazed and differentiated volumes of the main body of the building. The set is articulated by means of bleachers that are used for outdoor activities throughout the school. The general approach is guided by the economy and rationality of the structural solution and by a very careful attention to the conditions of teaching and the interrelationships between the different parts of the program.
Habitatge Unifamiliar Martí Salavedra

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Edifici d'Habitatges Rocafort 246

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Edifici d'Habitatges Rocafort 246
Augusta Clinic

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The building under review was designed in 1968 as the first phase of a structure that was originally intended to be nearly double the size of what was eventually constructed, following the demolition of the old clinic that was still in operation. As a provisional solution, the project required studying the partial addition of a new wing to serve as a connection between the old building in use and the newly projected construction. This added wing needed to provide a staircase to access the old building —which had been left without one— and to house a stretcher lift allowing communication between the levels of the old building (which did not align with the new ones) and the new operating theatre floor, serving the needs of both structures. The building occupies a mid-block site with a façade on Carrer de Madrazo, within one of the closed blocks resulting from the Cerdà plan, bounded by Madrazo, Saragossa, Sant Eusebi Streets, and Avinguda del Príncip d’Astúries. The architectural solution was guided by a dual aim: first, to organise three overlapping uses efficiently —parking across three basement levels, a dispensary for members at street level, and a trauma clinic in the six upper floors; second, to provide the clinic with an urban façade on Carrer de Madrazo amidst residential buildings. The use of laminated iron beams and joists allowed virtually free-plan floors. The only fixed element is the original vertical circulation core: two stretcher lifts, a service staircase, a service elevator, and a pair of freight lifts. This layout was initially conceived to serve the entire building once the first phase was doubled by demolishing the old clinic on Carrer de Saragossa. Later, the staircase to the old building and the stretcher lift connecting it to the new operating theatre were incorporated as permanent elements. The ground floor accommodates the dispensary and independent access points to each functional area, separate from the parking; it also contains the entrance to the clinic and an access to the old building’s staircase, located in the partially added wing. The first basement allows direct ambulance access to the stretcher lift, avoiding inconvenient street parking. The dispensary floor is organised around a circulation loop, with two waiting areas integrated. Independent, opposite entrance and exit doors define the interior circuit. The adjacent radiology section allows a clear, independent flow of patients. Various dispensary elements —reception, treatment rooms, circulation loop, waiting areas, radiology, exit control— ensure total autonomy of movement and perfect monitoring of all activities. An emergency dispensary connects directly to the entrance and reception area. The operating theatre and intensive care floor includes a small public area at the stretcher lift exit, with the remainder devoted entirely to clinical work. Rooms closest to the street façade contain four individual cubicles and corresponding monitoring and care services. A corridor along the façade allows relatives to view and communicate with patients by telephone. The operating theatres occupy the interior, full depth of the site, with two symmetrical theatres separated by surgeons’ sinks, instrument and autoclave areas, and preparation and anaesthesia rooms, plus a special room for plaster treatment. A control post at the rear oversees all movements within the theatre area. Staff changing rooms and a relaxation area are located nearby. Above the service mezzanine are the patient rooms, organised in a “spine” layout: single-bed rooms facing Carrer de Madrazo and two-bed rooms facing the inner courtyard, arranged on either side of a longitudinal corridor connecting, via openings, with floors above and below. Each room has an anteroom with wardrobes and its own sanitary facilities; provision is made for a sofa bed for a companion if needed. The stretcher lift and service elevator core, staircase, nursing station, floor office, and other general services are located in the hinge connecting the new building to the old clinic, which could later accommodate the second phase. A floor nurse station positioned between the common lobby and service core monitors all activity. The top floor, like an attic, houses the clinic’s general services: adjacent to the street façade are the kitchen and a dining room for staff or visitors; at the rear are laundry, ironing, and clothing control facilities. The wing added after the initial phase, which primarily houses the staircase of the old Carrer de Saragossa clinic and the stretcher lift to the new operating theatre floor, contains surplus space now used for ancillary services: medical administration, nursing management, on-call doctors, etc. As noted at the start, the free-plan structure allows the façade walls to serve solely as enclosures without any structural function, and openings are placed without structural conditioning. The composition of the façades reflects both the internal functional requirements and the urban semantics demanded by its presence within the city fabric. The solid Carrer de Madrazo frontage, punctuated by rectangular openings as shown in architectural documentation, is interrupted at street level to create a porch with a walled glass-block background, sinuous in plan, to clearly locate the access points to the building’s distinct functional areas. The entrance to the old building’s staircase, incorporated into the composition of the new building, naturally introduces an element of contradiction and ambiguity.
Habitatge Plurifamiliar Rambla 48

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Thau Primary and Secondary School
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Augusta Clinic
Habitatges Costa 59

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Astúries Dwellings
Astúries Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Almirall House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Single-family vacation home (190 m²) located on a rural estate. The fundamental criterion was to organise the building as a simple parallelepiped so that its striking geometry would make it a clearly autonomous object in relation to the landscape, like traditional agricultural warehouses, and so that its relative morphological neutrality would allow for different types of surface treatments. This shape involved a vertical development with a superimposition of small floors with little spatial flow. This flow was recovered by organising the interior according to a helical scheme: the subdivision of the general floor plan around a central core into four sectors that spiral upwards makes the subdivision into floors disappear and the whole forms a spatial unit. The compositional scheme has a typological validity that can be used as a basic framework to which different skins and compositions can be applied, according to the environment, functional peculiarities, etc.
Caponata Apartment Buildings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Group of 34 houses (112 m2) organised in three independent buildings that marks out the area between a square and a passage with glass roof. The neighbourhood in which it is located has very narrow streets that fail to define usable spaces. The placement of these spaces inside the site itself is a certain contribution to the urban quality of the environment. The houses are all on two floors, each set back on two planes at different heights, so that vertical circulation is carried out on very short flights of stairs, creating a certain almost horizontal continuity. The accesses are thus reduced to only two levels: the ground floor at square and passage level and the second with a continuous corridor integrated into the buildings themselves.
Sabateria Canal

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Edifici d'Habitatges Jericó 27

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Edifici d'Habitatges Jericó 27
La Salut Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

It is the first project of the MBM studio that covers an entire block of houses, with a social housing program and a cooperative management system. The block has an irregular shape due to the tangential trace of the Riera de la Salut. The project strictly maintains the external alignment of the four streets and creates an interior square that can only be accessed from two opposite corners. The blocks are configured in a double corridor with an interior courtyard that includes the vertical communication hubs, which can be reached from the square, through porches. The configuration of the set emphasises the semi-public nature of the system of spaces in the interior of the block, which are treated as a network of irregular routes and located at different levels. The houses in the inner blocks, as well as the shops on the ground floor, give the façade to this interior system of spaces, endowed with a great urban character thanks to the treatment of the volumes and the façades.
Martí l'Humà Residential Street Block

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The project starts from the desire to achieve a closer relationship between housing and public space in an urban context. The block of houses is part of an old industrial belt that has gradually been incorporated into the residential fabric of the city, which has forced important renovation processes of the buildings. In this case, the part of the block that can be renovated forms an L that covers almost its entire surface. The project establishes two housing blocks separated by an interior street that works as a semi-public space, linked at the same time to the housing and to the city's general road network. The outer block, which faces the two most important streets, includes four levels of housing on eight floors, while the inner block includes two levels of housing on four floors. In this way, the complex forms an arch well oriented to the south, and it is possible to illuminate and ventilate all the homes without the need for patios. In the higher block, the lower floors are reserved for shops, while those in the lower block incorporate some private gardens. The houses on the first floor are accessed directly from the street, while the access to the upper houses takes place through open corridors oriented to the north, above the two main streets.
Casa Amil Cornudella

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Eduardo Conde - Vives i Tutó Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Ensemble of 50 homes (100 - 150 m2), organised in two buildings, articulated by the staircase and elevators, which open onto an interior garden shared at the same time by another building on Vives i Tutó Street. One of the two buildings is organised along a glazed passage with double access gallery to the homes. The other, with a façade on Eduard Conde Street, is a linear succession of apartments that, in contact with the south partition, splits in two to maintain continuity with the neighbouring building. Access is through galleries open to the garden. The houses have two floors, each subdivided into two planes at a different level, with which the vertical circulation takes place in very short sections of stairs, creating a certain almost horizontal continuity. The higher dwellings increase with a third floor, subdivided into a covered room and an outdoor terrace.
Costa i Llobera School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

School for 900-1050 pupils distributed in 16 units of EGB, 6 units of BUP, 1 unit of COU and 6 units of pre-school. This school is developed in three independent buildings around a common square. The steep slope of the land means that below this square there is a level destined for variable common uses, in front of which is the kindergarten. To prevent this level from becoming a basement, light penetrations have been introduced, the main one via a diagonal staircase linking the central common floor and the open plaza. Each building has a linear staircase doubled by an external staircase. The classrooms, which occupy the rest of the floor, are open and privatised by turning the walls diagonally and interposing a cork partition and the clothes hanger area. On the ground floor of the BUP building there is the library and the common areas, which have an independent entrance from the street so that they can be used by the residents of the neighbourhood.
Francfort Serinyà

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines

Es tractava de resoldre el programa d'un "francfort" en un local comercial tipus d'un edifici convencional. Un local comercial – tipus: una planta inhòspita, profunda i estreta (3,90 m.) inadequadament alta (3,90 m.), il·luminada exclusivament a través de tota la façana. Resoldre el programa d'un “francfort”: inserir al local bàsicament el conglomerat de maquinàries en la millor disposició de relacions que el bon funcionament aconsella. La idea central del projecte ha estat dissenyar un objecte globalitzador del pes específic del programa funcional, dotar-lo d'autonomia formal i dipositar-lo al local, tractant epidérnicament els elements restants com un fons. La façana intenta protegir l'interior del fort sol a què es troba exposat, per mitjà d'un "brise soleil" enllistonat que manté el plànol de façana, dins de la pràctica i el repertori de tecnologies utilitzades històrica i amb freqüència, aculturalrnent pels industrials del país.
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Caponata Apartment Buildings
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner (ex aequo). Category: Architecture

La Salut Dwellings
Reforma de la Planta 5 i Incorporació del Club Social i Sala d'Activitats

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Eduardo Conde - Vives i Tutó Dwellings
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Costa i Llobera School
Serras House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The house is located on a plot with a steep slope, which goes from street to street. The programme is very extensive and covers 620 square metres and includes a small museum of old cars. The solution proposes two separate bodies, formed by a metal structure that supports the different slabs and creates a gauge that contains both the interior and exterior spaces. The level of the bedrooms and the museum takes the form of a basement. On the upper floor, where it is accessed, both bodies come together to form the large living space. The project investigates a formal order that integrates the cubic image of the house, the logic of the circulations, the independence of the living room enclosures with respect to the structure and a well-adjusted adaptation to the slope of the plot. From the entrance, the house can be read as a staircase of several sections that, after accessing each part of the programme in an orderly manner, stopped at the bottom, where the swimming pool is.
Condicionament Interior per la Biblioteca Modest Salse i Camarasa

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Intervenció sobre la Sortida del Cambril de la Verge de Montserrat

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Condicionament Interior de l'Antiga Biblioteca Pere de Montcada

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Escola Catalunya

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Condicionament Interior de la Biblioteca Joan Rigau i Sala

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Architecture

Escola Catalunya
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Restoration

Rehabilitació de la Masia i Construcció de la Biblioteca Can Sumarro
Rehabilitation of Pascual i Pons Palace

Espinet/Ubach, Arquitectes i Associats, MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Miquel Espinet i Mestre, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Antoni Ubach i Nuet

Between 1890 and 1891, the architect Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia built two adjacent palaces on lots number 2 and 4 of Passeig de Gràcia for Mr. Sebastià Pascual and for his brother-in-law D. Alexandre Pons. The obvious contact between both owners allowed Sagnier to build the two buildings with obvious organisational but, above all, stylistic connections. During the years until the start of the project, there were many works of varying significance that were carried out, leaving countless scars on the building. Despite the unfortunate state of the building, the Barcelona City Council has it listed in its catalog of buildings to preserve because of its testimonial value of Catalan modernism. Things being this way, they decided to draw up the expansion, rehabilitation and transformation project. The main features of this extensive and complex intervention were, firstly, to unify the two old palaces in a single building, the access of which is from Passeig de Gràcia. The scope of this unification is to remodel the vertical accesses, elevators and stairs, around a courtyard of light that is one of the points of greatest interest in the project. Secondly, to undertake the works to rejuvenate the constructive system of the building. Thirdly, the 5th floor is extended over the old roof, taking advantage of the opening under the barbican. The introduction of the gallery in the rencontre between the façade and the roof tends to improve the slenderness of the building. The criteria for restoring the façade are various: reintegrate the pinnacle with an orthogonal base, repair all the deteriorated elements, replace some Gothic windows that were mutilated and integrate into the configuration scheme the façades built on the old platforms of Casp Street and Ronda Universitat as of the openings on the ground floor once the commercial character of these has been consolidated. We wanted to maintain the duality between the old and modern building with the coexistence of the original hall on the ground floor, executed in Montjuic stone and stucco, with the vertical patio built with white concrete understood as a version of technological stone, and to restore the few pieces of the first floor that have managed to survive to this day. The light fixture in the old lobby was designed by Miguel Milá.
Rehabilitació de la Masia i Construcció de la Biblioteca Can Sumarro

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines

Can Sumarro és una masia situada en el cor vell de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, en una àrea ocupada encara avui per altres masies recuperades per a Ús cívic i per alguns carrers de velles casetes de planta i pis alineades en filera. l'eix urbà de l'àrea és el correr Xipreret. Can Sumarro, el cos mes antic de la qual és del S. XVI, és I'única masia que conserva uno part important del seu entorn de camps i horts, encara lliure. En aquesta masia donada en el seu dia a la ciutat pel seu últim ocupant, el metge Dr. Prats, cedida per l'Ajuntament, la Generalitat ha instal·lat una biblioteca de la seva xarxa amb capacitat per a 180 lectors i 36.450 volums. El conjunt de la masia constava de dos cossos d'edificació independents relacionats per un pati tancat. L'edifici principal de dues plantes constava a la vegada de dos cossos: el nucli central del S. XVI orientat, com a totes les masies, al S., obert a un pati que donava accés a la casa, recollit, solejat i Iimitat per un mur cobert de verd i flors, i un altre nucli lateral allargat, de construcció posterior destinat possiblement a magatzematge en la seva planta baixa. El cos secundari, una sola nau com de doble alçada, amb estructura de dos arcs timpà, havia estat sens dubte el paller i graner de la casa. La intervenció ha consistit en: - Conservar, del nucli més antic de la casa, tal com estaven les dues sales centrals de les dues plantes, l'escala i les habitacions de l'angle S.O. per memòria del que havia estat l'edifici. - Convertir el pati que relacionava els dos cossos de l'edifici en l'area d'accés a la biblioteca, (canviant així radicalment el tradicional accés a la masia per la seva façana S.) i en el cor del conjunt. Per això s'han afegit a cada un dels edificis una nova crugia -paral·leles entre sí i idèntiques en estructura i configuració- en forma de porxo obert al S. la que correspon a l'antic paller i en forma de galeria envidriada l'anexa a l'ala lateral de l'edifici principal. - El paller, restaurada la seva coberta de llata per canal, i obert en la mateixa un lluernari tamisat i lineal en la carenera, s'ha convertit en biblioteca infantil. La seva capacitat s1ha augmentat amb dos balcons per a prestatgeries i lectura, alineats al llarg de les seves dues façanes longitudinals. - La masia s1ha destinat a biblioteca d 1adults. La crugia afegida en el pati alberga una rampa de dos trams que permet repetir en la planta alta una organització d'espais superposada i idèntica a la de la planta baixa. Les dues plantes del cos lateral, buidades dels elements obsolets i irracionals de la vello estructura que el fragmentaven innecessàriament, s'ha convertit en dues sales de lectura diàfanes. Amb les petites i velles finestres la de la planta alta; oberta radicalment al pati anex, l'inferior, mitjançant un apuntalament al llarg de quasi tota la seva longitud (18 m.). Així el pati replè de verd s'incorpora visualment a l'espai interior. La crugia situada al N., en les dues plantes s'ha dedicat a sales de lectura especialitzada. - Els interiors s'han tractat amb el màxim repecte als elements recuperables i els destinats pròpiament a biblioteca s'han organitzat segons els esquemes adoptats per a les biblioteques de la xarxa i equipat amb els mobles, paviments i lluminàries especialment dissenyats per a elles.
Remodelling of the Event Hall of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
La Tenda Animació

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Interior Design

La Tenda Animació
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Restoration

Rehabilitation of Pascual i Pons Palace
Escola Mestres Montaña

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Projecte i Direcció de la Biblioteca Vicente Aleixandre

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
La Creueta del Coll Park

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The area covered by this project was practically empty without any special significance and without any urban order. It corresponds to a hill that had been partially occupied by the industrial exploitation of a quarry. This empty and abandoned space seemed very suitable to project a public park in the La Teixonera neighbourhood, which is close by. To do this, it was necessary to specify some areas for collective use and to draw good lines of communication between the neighbourhood and the park. The transformation of the large hole left by the quarry is based on two ideas: adapting the northern slopes of the land, with a special but slight reforestation, between winding paths that mark spaces enabled for neighbourhood use, and to emphasise theatrically the central part, that is the deepest and the one that maintains more topographic memories of the establishment. This sector is integrated into the urban landscape with a lake on two levels which, in addition to offering various leisure and sports opportunities, is a very suitable setting for a large sculpture by Chillida to mark the compositional centre, rhetorically reflected in the water. The park has two access lines, from the north and from the south. An itinerary that allows you to contemplate the complex geography of the environment and communicate directly with the public space with the two nearest neighbourhood units, so that the activities that the park's own design predisposes are ensured.
Extension and Incorporation of a Multipurpose Room and Lobbies in the Nestlé Office Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The new Nestlé office building in Esplugues, Barcelona, is in fact an extension to a relatively recent complex constructed in the 1970s. The design parameters were established after a lengthy period of discussions involving considerations of space, corporate image and maintenance raised by the client, together with volumetric restrictions imposed by local planning regulations influenced by the surrounding roads and nearby motorway. These factors, along with the visual and solar conditions of the site, determined the final siting and form of the new building. The existing complex consisted of an eight-storey rectangular office block set on a north-east/south-west axis parallel to the main road, and a two-storey pavilion to the north-west containing laboratories at ground level and a dining room above, overlooking an immaculately maintained garden, almost Swiss in its perfection. Three basement levels beneath the office building provided staff parking which, being insufficient, was supplemented by a large surface car park to the west of the site. A small nursery completed the complex, located to the north-east of the plot, well away from the main buildings. One of the client’s principal concerns was that the new building should provide working conditions virtually identical to those in the existing offices, in order to avoid potential conflict and to allow the free movement of staff and office furniture between the two buildings. This requirement established a basic 1.20 m planning module for internal partitions, offset from the structural grid to avoid clashes with columns. The total above-ground floor area of the new building is just over 7,000 m². An initial client proposal to link the new building to the existing one in an L-shaped block had the advantage of facilitating communication between the two areas. However, the architects pointed out that this would cast shadows over the gardens, block views from the dining rooms towards the wooded area to the south, and create a radically different character in the new office space, facing north or south rather than east or west. These arguments readily convinced the client to accept a separate building, positioned on a north-east/south-west axis at the western edge of the site alongside the motorway (acting as an acoustic barrier to traffic), connected to the existing ground-level entrance by means of a covered walkway. This new arrangement allowed for the construction of six basement levels beneath the garden: five for parking, accommodating 380 cars for both office blocks, and the first basement housing a 900 m² public conference hall together with an experimental and teaching kitchen and dining complex. The form of the nine-storey office building was determined by positioning it as far as possible from the existing building in order to ensure maximum morning sunlight and a wider garden court. As a result, its basic rectangular shape had to adapt to the legally defined building lines aligned with the slopes of the side streets and the motorway. This gives the building a distinctive form that corresponds to its setting. The shape is further articulated by two large three-storey “cut-outs”: one at ground level on the southern corner to “receive” the covered link between the two office buildings and signal the entrance; and the other at the top of the building on the northern corner, forming a giant balcony (scaled to the motorway) overlooking Avinguda Diagonal, the principal approach to Barcelona. These two cut-outs reinforce the sense of place and lend a distinctive character to what might otherwise have been another international-style glass curtain wall office block. Early façade proposals included an external skin of adjustable louvres separated from the glazing by a metal maintenance grating walkway, allowing hot air to rise and dissipate away from the glass. However, this solution was abandoned in favour of a conventional curtain wall, as the client wished to avoid potential maintenance problems and any subsequent deterioration of the company’s image. The additional cost of air conditioning resulting from a fully glazed façade in Barcelona’s climate was not considered significant by the engineers. On this basis, the glass curtain wall was developed to extreme technological and aesthetic limits: the prismatic form is emphasised by reducing the supporting mullions to a flat neoprene joint; it was found that the mirror effect of the tinted double glazing was less distorted when using imported Italian-manufactured glass; the “swimming pool” effect of tinted glazing in the internal offices was reduced by introducing clear glazing corresponding to the depth of the suspended ceiling, thus allowing occupants to perceive the true natural colour of daylight; clear glass was also used in front of the floor slabs, where tinted glazing was unnecessary, and the steel supports of the curtain wall were left exposed and painted yellow to add a functional decorative effect to the façade. Grey glass is used to clad the end walls, base and roof, expressing their distinct function. The covered link between the two office buildings is half tunnel and half bridge as it crosses the garden, spanning the garage ramp and the sunken garden court that provides direct access to the conference centre. It is constructed in steel, clear glass, glass blocks and white tiles, allowing it to integrate fully with the garden. To reduce the tunnel effect, the floor rises towards the centre, creating a variable height and also providing space for structure and air-conditioning services. From this glazed corridor, a triangular branch allows a steel-and-glass staircase to descend in natural light to the conference centre beneath the garden. The retaining walls are clad in bands of rustic and polished stoneware, chosen to emphasise the classical connotation of the building’s base. The remaining walls are finished in white Formica within the main foyer, black glass in the projection rooms and translation booths, and red curtains that allow the foyer to open into the surrounding lobbies. These lobbies are lit from the sunken garden, the car park and a glass-brick light well that extends down through all the parking levels below. The floors of the foyer and surrounding lobbies are unified as a flexible space by means of natural-fibre carpeting, while the access areas are finished in intense green terrazzo cut into 10 x 10 cm tiles. This reduction in the usual terrazzo tile size produces a more uniform paving surface. The conference hall has been rotated by 45 degrees to achieve a better proportion between the conference table area and the audience, and to blur the spatial boundaries, allowing more flexible use for receptions and varying audience sizes. The garden courtyard has been kept as simple as possible, bearing in mind that it is viewed mainly from the offices above. Nevertheless, a pathway has been introduced to allow a lunchtime walk. Water has been added in the shaded area to reflect the light of the sky and to facilitate visual connection with the lower floors of the existing building. In summary, the architects’ principal concern was to avoid the anonymity of the “international glass curtain wall office block” and to create a strong sense of place, related both to the existing buildings and their immediate surroundings, and to its prominent position at the gateway to Barcelona.
Can Borrell Residential Street Block

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

It consists of a group of 200 social housing units on a block of houses in the new extension of Mollet, made up of a plot of 100 x 100 metres, with the four façades facing the four cardinal points. The solution gives a different answer to each of the four faces, depending on the orientation and the urban character of each street. The blocks to the south and west are made up of two storeys of duplex houses; the lower ones are accessed from inside the block and the upper ones by means of an elevated corridor that escapes from the corner square. On the east side, the block doubles, with a vertical access from the interior passage and single-level homes that overlook both sides. The north block also has single-level housing and is accessed from the inner patio. The ensemble emphasises the south and west façades of the block, the only ones with shops, and reiterates the desire to give the patio a public nature through an access from the interior.
FAD Award

Finalist. Category: Buildings of new plant for private use

Can Borrell Residential Street Block
FAD Award

Shortlisted. Category: Interior Design - Public, Commercial and Professional Interiors

Extension and Incorporation of a Multipurpose Room and Lobbies in the Nestlé Office Building
Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Institut Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
"Barcelona, One Hundred Years of Fairs 1888-1988" Exhibition

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

‘Barcelona, 100 Years of Fairs’ is a historical retrospective exhibition that captures the spirit of Barcelona's fairs over 100 years of World Exhibitions and Fairs. The storyline has been brought to life through three large blocks with independent languages that share the 3,000 m2 of the Palau Rius i Taulet at the fairgrounds. The central space is dominated and divided lengthwise by a ‘travelling’ formed by a three-dimensional reproduction of the Arc de Triomphe from the 1988 Exhibition, a luminous canopy formed by the rays and the profile of the National Exhibition Palace from 1929, and a wall representing the present day in 1988. This ensemble is the interior façade of the exhibition, the spatial and semantic formalisation of the argumentative corpus. The second block consists of a rigid juxtaposition of walls that run along the perimeter plinth of the palace and support the chronological discourse of the graphic documents to explain the business and aesthetic evolution of the fair. This is the historical-chronological exhibition proper. The last block consists of a significant selection of objects and products grouped thematically, which interfere anarchically with the rigid chronological reading of the perimeter, relaxing the emblematic symbolism of the central space. It is the exhibition of exhibitions. This exhibition involved a year of research, a documentary review of 2,000 objects, products, photos, etc., from which 900 were selected. It opened on 30 May 1988 and closed on 5 June 1988 and was visited by 270,000 people.
EU Mies Award

Shortlisted

La Creueta del Coll Park
Pla d'Ordenació Sector Migdia

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso

Sobre les 13 hectàrees que prèviament havien ocupat les casernes (1943-93), opaques als plans que —de manera intensiva i canviant (1955, 1971 i 1980)— havien densificat la trama gasiva de l’eixample, s’obrí la primera oportunitat contemporània de concebre ex novo tot un gran fragment de la nova ciutat. El procés comportà negociacions intenses amb l’Administració militar, en les quals també es veieren implicades peces de la ciutat antiga, i de seguida fou situat per l’alcaldia sota la batuta d’un «indiscutible» Bohigas, a fi de superar-hi les limitacions que el planejament havia demostrat i per tal d’entendre aquella oportunitat des d’una lògica de projecte. L’ordenament executat conservà algunes peces militars (finalment abatudes), establí una envoltant definida a les cares nord i est, ubicà aparcaments soterrats i un ampli parc públic i treballà les relacions amb latrama urbana per dilatar-la i donar-hi continuïtats matisades, sense perdre, però, una certa autonomia del conjunt per si mateix. S’hi havien d’encabir 60.000 m2 de sostre, sobretot residencial. Per sort, la gestió peça per peça fracassà i calgué la formació d’una empresa ad hoc, que executaria tot el procés. El projecte defineix una «U» de sis nivells, amb ordenances tan precises com un metaprojecte, que encara amb una gran concavitat al nord la relació amb l’eix principal i penetra al parc amb dues torres de 16 nivells, presidint-lo i inserint-se en una làmina d’aigua que el centra. El parc s’hi desenvolupa amb recursos tradicionals d’arbrat, jardineria i tanques al carrer i desplega un gran espai central polaritzat per l’estany, una illa i una gran pèrgola que donen la rèplica, com a buit, al ple marcat pels edificis. Malgrat els matisos ben contemporanis del llenguatge i alguns jocs volumètrics, com les torres dissociades, l’actitud general importa d’un neoclassicisme centreeuropeu la matriu d’una bellesa basada en l’ordre, l’homogeneïtat i la repetició.
Canal+ Opening Gala at the Palau Sant Jordi

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines

In order to give formal expression to the informal, conversational atmosphere of the invitation, a dialogue of spatial tension was constructed between a very clearly defined occupation of the arena —through a carpeted surface made up of multiple rugs— and a combination of three lighting levels, balanced through the relationship between light intensity, colour temperature and colour, and their reflection on horizontal planes. The interplay between the indirect light from the dome of the Palau, modulated by the dimming system, and the focused lighting —filtered and directed exclusively towards the buffet areas and groups of candles— made it possible to resolve the challenge of reconciling a space conducive to the intimate ambience of conversation with a large-scale space that is open, dense, and equally capable of being admired and discovered. The rectangle of the large carpet defines the spatial occupation of the Palau, establishes the conversational area, helps to balance the architectural density of the visual environment, and frames the atmosphere of the more intimate spaces into which it is subdivided. Above all, it brings the proportions of each area–group–table closer to a progressively more comfortable and domestic scale, without diminishing the admirable grandeur of the Palau. Moreover, the simplicity and forcefulness of the Canal+ “plus” sign, together with the geometric patchwork of television test cards, allowed us to construct an open compositional framework within which to organise the functional programme and to explore a formal repertoire ranging from symbolic abstraction to geometric reinterpretation and irony. At the same time, this approach made it possible to identify the chromatic and formal image of the channel while dispensing with the usual cliché of the logo. The environmental elements that complete the more domestic aspects of the presentation include floral arrangements crowning the candles, the ritualised movements of the formally dressed hostesses and waiters, and the accompaniment of a musical quintet, combined with images on the video walls that discreetly mark the timing of the presentation-invitation and its moments of exchange.
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Interior Design Great Prize

Canal+ Opening Gala at the Palau Sant Jordi
Olympic Port

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso

It is a port that must meet three objectives: to be a good base for maritime sports and leisure, to accommodate the complex demands of maritime competitions and, above all, to be a good setting for a new centre of citizen activity; an active focus that includes some of the revitalising aspects of the new Nova Icària neighbourhood. The port’s water table is divided into two docks: the interior of 255 m. x 193 m. and the exterior of 360 m. x 75 m, with a total capacity of 670 moorings. Between the two docks, the 52 m wide service pier includes a car park (180 spaces), a boat repair area and the services of reception, control and fuel supply. A large perimeter space is organised around these two docks, which must be used for the ports’ needs, but which must also be a new centre of urban activities. This perimeter space is subdivided into two levels: the docks, between elevations 1.70 m. and 22.50 m., and the walk, elevated to a height of 7 m., approximately.
Veïnat School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso

L’escola adopta una crugia circular d’una sola planta que gira al voltant d’un petit pati d’esbarjo, que serveix el parvulari. Cada aula té comunicació amb aquest pati, d’una banda, i amb el recinte arbrat de l’exterior, de l’altra. Les aules es cobreixen amb dos vessants que permeten incorporar una tarja elevada de ventilació creuada. La crugia circular es trenca en dues parts ben diferenciades, la de l’escola de primària i la del parvulari. Les escletxes que queden entre totes dues parts canalitzen l’accés des del carrer i el pas a la pista esportiva, situada en un recinte annex. Dos elements sobresurten en alçària: la torre circular de la biblioteca, situada al costat de l’entrada, i el cos de la sala polivalent, amb una coberta prismàtica més alta que la resta, de planxa ondulada pintada de color fosc, com la resta de cobertes. L’estructura combina pilastres de maó amb bigues i suports de formigó, i a cada lloc s’adapta a les peculiaritats del programa, i no a l’inrevés.
Municipal Sailing School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The main facilities of the Municipal Sailing School are located under the Northeast elevated promenade, with the intention of not occupying or obstructing the totality of the large unitary space of the docks. The warehouse is concentrated in a building that acts as a terminal for the Northeast elevated walkway and as a hinge connecting with the linear assembly of the breakwater. It is a two-story building with bright white façades, topped with a set of 24 pyramids that solve both the problems of lighting and permanent ventilation and those of protection against water. The set of pyramids delimits a relatively privatised square for the practice of navigation’s preparatory exercises, from which you can go out on a ramp directly to the sea without having to cross all the port until the harbour’s mouth. The building of the Municipal Sailing School is a distinctive symbol, appreciable at a great distance, as an intelligible explanation and even rhetoric of the formal structures of the port.
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Architecture - Urban Spaces

Olympic Port
Olympic Village and Olympic Port Development Plan

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso

Urban planning of an area of 79 Ha. for the Olympic Village of Barcelona 1992 with 2,500 homes. Transformation of the seafront including 107,200 m2 of parks and 130,000 m2 for the Olympic Port’s facilities (739 moorings). MBM's work on this project consisted mainly of the urban design of the entire sector, as well as the authorship of some apartment buildings, the Litoral Park and the Olympic Port, which includes the Port's reception building (Port Authority) and the Municipal Sailing School. MBM was also in charge of supervising the 32 projects of the other architects' housing buildings and of coordinating all the architectural, landscaping and engineering work, including the expressways, the railway line, the metro and the infrastructure.
El Litoral Park

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This is a continuous green strip almost 2 km long which separates the two directions of access and exit from the city, and which includes, with different solutions, the Cinturó del Litoral as a segregated expressway. It is divided into three parks: the Les Cascades Park above the mouth of the Cinturó del Litoral tunnel with sculptures by Auke de Vries and Antoni Llena, the Port Pork, which connects directly to the Olympic Port and is protected from the noise of the circulation through two perimeter barriers of compact green mass of trees and a porched promenade, and the Icaria Park, the centre of attention which is a lake that follows the shape of the Greek island of Icaria, and which is located at the same low level of the Ronda, that in this section emerges from underground and five wooden bridges that cross the Ronda linking the city with the park and the sea.
Can Folch Dwellings

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This is the area between Carrer Wellington, Avinguda Litoral and Passeig de Carles I, where the old Folch factory once stood, of which a magnificent brick chimney remains. The basic element of this complex is the large curved building, 235 metres long, with a concave façade facing Parc de Carles I. It crosses Carrer Francesc d'Aranda in the form of a bridge and acts as a portico over the pavement of the promenade itself, as it has a longer façade that continues the curve of the ‘Clos del Mig’ with little interruption, thus achieving a clear and striking composition. A building perpendicular to Avinguda del Litoral on a strongly rhythmic portico - with rhythms perpendicular to the façade, a relatively unusual typology but with precedents as diverse as the porches of the Gothic Drassanes in Barcelona and those of Pouillon in Le Corbusier's reconstruction of the Vieux Port de Mar - and a pergola facing this avenue delimit a sunken shopping square at the level of the old chimney. The park and streets are well defined around the perimeter, despite various visual penetrations, and the interior is recovered for a secluded public space, but not isolated from the major roads.
Nou de La Rambla Palace

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Carles Buxadé i Ribot, Jordi Frontons, David Mackay, Joan Margarit i Consarnau, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso

New building of 7,043 m2 and 54 metres facing the Rambla, one of the most important and active streets, located in the heart of Barcelona's Ciutat Vella district. In the planning approach, the relationship of the building with the architectural environment and the design of façades that integrate correctly into the complex, but which determine a new level of quality, have been taken into account. The building is intended for tertiary uses: commercial premises, offices and parking for 800 cars, one of the first examples of robotic parking of this size in the whole world.
Cerimònia del Premis Laus 92

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Lluís Pau Coromines, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
FAD Award

Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Espais Efímers - Muntatges Ambientals Corresponents a Accions de Curta Durada

Cerimònia del Premis Laus 92
FAD Award

Finalist. Category: Arquitectura - Edificis de Nova Planta, Obres de Reforma o Rehabilitació d'Edificis Existents

Nou de La Rambla Palace
FAD Award

Finalist. Category: Arquitectura - Edificis de Nova Planta, Obres de Reforma o Rehabilitació d'Edificis Existents

New Façades of El Corte Inglés
New Façades of El Corte Inglés

Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso, Elías Torres Tur

Department stores are growing and the city asks for a new façade. We spent several months trying to find a civil palatine façade, with a tower or bell tower, like those in the other buildings in Catalunya Square; incorporating memories of New York buildings (Wollworth, Rockefeller Center)..., Rome’s Rinascente, or some of F. Gehry in Boston, or even quieter ones… The façade is made of salmon beige granite, like the letters with the logo at the top of the corner. The plinth that covers the ground floor and the continuous eaves that protect it are made of brass. At the same corner the eaves rise like the wing of a hat. The south corner of the extension is a project of the MBM architecture studio, with horizontal rings on the last three floors. However, after a couple of hours of work, the façade of the interior of the block came easily. It is the façade that covers the evacuation stairs and the installation ducts and is covered with die-cast aluminum plates such as the radiator shutter of the Seat 600 car. Something similar happens in the Eixample’s courtyards: they are elementary and useful, as little in need of representation and ostentation as is the case on street façades. The slabs and granite of the street façades are the same size to fit together when they meet.
Illa d'en Robador Urban Project

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This building is part of the urban development project for the block on Carrer Robador. It has façades facing Carrer Sant Rafael, Carrer Sadurní, Carrer Sant Josep Oriol, Rambla del Raval and a square. The building has different heights: the wing parallel to the Rambla has a ground floor and five upper floors, the perpendicular wing has a ground floor and five upper floors, and the central section has a ground floor and six upper floors. There are two parking floors in the basement. On the ground floor, there is a pedestrian crossing between the new square and Carrer Sadurní that allows access from La Rambla. There are two access points: one on the façade on Carrer Sant Rafael and the other at the pedestrian crossing. This report is about one of the central buildings in the project.
Vila Olímpica Nursery and Primary School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Construction of a new school building to accommodate a two-form-entry Nursery and Primary School for 450 pupils, with a total gross floor area of 3,600 m². The initial proposal for the orientation of the “Vila Olímpica” Nursery and Primary School project has taken into account the aim of achieving a high-quality architectural design that can contribute to the overall quality of education, based on rigorous construction criteria that will facilitate both the building of the school and its subsequent maintenance. The project is based on the following principles: • To locate the building approximately at the existing ground levels in order to avoid earthmoving costs, and because the difference in level between the site platforms and the gradients of Avinguda Salvador Espriu and Carrer Jaume Vicens i Vives allows optimisation of protection from sea winds and traffic noise from the Ronda ring roads. • To propose a two-storey building in order to free up land for playgrounds and sports areas, and to reduce construction costs by minimising foundation and roof areas. • To organise the building on an L-shaped plan, opening diagonally towards the south and therefore turning its back on Carrer Carmen Amaya. This provides protection from traffic noise on this street, which is significantly increased by lorry traffic and engine noise caused by two sets of traffic lights positioned on a steep incline near the Abraham Centre. • To locate the sports field to the north, away from the classroom areas, in order to avoid distractions during teaching hours and to allow for independent use if required. • To incorporate the nursery school within the overall educational complex, placing it on the ground floor of one of the building wings and sharing the same structure. The aim is twofold: to create an integrated centre, which is pedagogically beneficial, and to reduce construction costs. • To ensure proper orientation of all classrooms. No large classroom faces north or west. All classrooms have direct access to the garden and playgrounds: nursery and infant classes because they are on the ground floor, and primary classrooms via an internal street and shared staircases. • To position the main entrance on Carrer Carmen Amaya, as this provides level access for the infant and nursery sections. The administration offices are located nearby on the ground floor. • To place the specialised primary classrooms (music and audiovisuals, art, and IT) on the upper floor, in a location well connected to the other classrooms. • To organise the north-east wing of the building —the tail of the L-shape— with the dining hall and kitchen at ground level and the gymnasium above. This ensures the gym is on the same level as the primary classrooms. A ramp system connects the gymnasium to the sports field. The dining hall may be used for other activities if required and can be extended into the entrance hall if necessary. • To locate a covered porch area for leisure activities, sheltered from sun and rain, adjacent to the sports field, without interfering with classroom teaching activities. • Given the building’s proximity to the sea and beaches, to design a structure in which horizontality predominates, despite being composed of volumes at different heights. The roofs, although flat, are designed with a sufficient slope (5%) to ensure optimal rainwater drainage and to provide a satisfactory appearance from an aerial viewpoint. • The external enclosure walls will be insulated externally and finished in render. The lower sections will be faced in glazed brick, and the upper part will be finished with an overhanging eaves detail for protection and durability. • To use interior materials that are resistant to the wear typical of a primary school environment, acoustically appropriate, durable over time, and easy to maintain, even if they are not the least expensive option. We believe in the long-term economic value and effectiveness of ease of maintenance.
Ciutadella Campus of the UPF

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Rehabilitation of an old military barracks to locate a university building with a capacity for 3000 students and 200 teachers. This is one of the buildings on the Ciutadella Campus of the Pompeu Fabra University set in several buildings scattered in Ciutat Vella. The original perimeter building is used for service classrooms and the dean's office. The two new bodies of classrooms and departments, located in the large central courtyard, have been treated with current styles. The classroom is a parallelepipedal building with a concrete structure and a very smooth and tense curtain wall façade - with no visible metal elements - facing the courtyard. The department building, in contrast, is a floating prism with a façade finish of wooden planks, left over from sawing, and continuous horizontal linear windows interrupted every two departments by a projecting fold of white aluminum. The large central courtyard is covered by a sawtooth roof with glass to the north, and will constitute the privileged space for the collective life of the students.
Premio Década

Award-Winner / Winner

Olympic Village and Olympic Port Development Plan
FAD Award

Finalist. Category: Architecture

Ciutadella Campus of the UPF
El Corte Inglés (Francesc Macià)

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina
Habitatges Parc del Migdia

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
Parc del Migdia

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
Mossos d'Esquadra Central Police Station

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This is the building that will house a police station (Mossos d’Esquadra) and the offices of the Catalan Traffic Service. It is located in Plaça d’Espanya, at the junction of Gran Via and Paral·lel, two important avenues in the Eixample. The proposal is based on two autonomous bodies, each aligned on the two perimeter avenues and a central space that acts as a large lobby. The façades are structured with a modular system that allows them to be modified according to the variation of internal needs. Continuous bands of photovoltaic panels extend over this modulation. The location is very significant and will be the reason for an urban reconsideration of the whole of Plaça d’Espanya.
Office Building for the UGT

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This is project of an office building of 9,238 m2 with an L-shaped floor plan and different heights, located on a plot that is part of the "Urban Project of Robador Street’s block and its surroundings" promoted by Foment Ciutat Vella. It faces the streets of Sant Rafael, Sadurní, Sant Josep Oriol, the Rambla del Raval and a new square located between the building and the hotel. There are 2 floors of parking in the basement which occupy the perimeter of the office building, as well as that of the new square and the hotel. The building has been designed to be able to have many uses, from occupation by a single institution to a more fragmented subdivision of the space. The ground floor is interrupted by a hole that acts as a pedestrian passage between the new square and Sadurní Street, which allows direct communication from the Rambla del Raval to the housing block and the shops on the ground floor as well as in the new building of the Filmoteca de Catalunya in Salvador Seguí Square.
Extension of Costa i Llobera Primary School

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

Prior to the expansion, the school was a set of three rectangular buildings located around a common space, a large open-air roof overlooking Barcelona, which serves as the centre of the school and leisure space. The extension consists of a fourth building of similar volume to the existing ones, designed using the same compositional and constructive criteria as the current buildings, in order to obtain a set with volumetric and topographical coherence that will accommodate a total of 910 students from 3 to 17 years old (from kindergarten to Senior High School). The new building is distributed on the ground floor, two floors and a basement – a multipurpose room and a gym – which match the levels of the current floors. On the ground floor, a bridge that connects (piercing the new building) the current courtyard with that of the extension is built, and it forms a large free space around the buildings. This floor is divided by the connection step. The first and second floors are connected on one side to the nearest existing building by glass bridges and on the other by the outdoor garden via metal stairs and a bridge. The ground floor and the first two floors are connected by a glazed staircase similar to the other school buildings. In the basement, at the same level as the main entrance of the current school, there is the multipurpose space / gym, with the corresponding changing rooms, which is partially developed under the playground.
Auditorium and Gaudí Hall at Milà House

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The adaptation of the basements of La Pedrera for Auditorium and Sala Gaudí, tries to be very neutral and respectful of what remains of the original work. This is not a restoration that tries to return everything to its origin. It is about not adding, being neutral and discreet and avoiding imitations of Gaudí. It was necessary to assume the required structural reinforcements, the passage of the installations and comply with the current regulations. Caixa Catalunya Auditorium: 185 seats, side boxes for 78 seats extendable to the 110 m² outdoor patio, two simultaneous translation booths, a control room, three screens for cinematographic and audiovisual sessions, and a stage with a technical platform for conferences, with talks and theatrical or musical shows in a small format. Sala Gaudí: 92 seats, a control room interconnected with the translation and control booths of the Auditorium, a screen and a space for multipurpose shows and events without a fixed stage. General spaces: an entrance ramp/lobby, a gate, two cloakrooms, eight toilets, a toilet for the disabled, two dressing areas with toilets, showers and changing rooms, a kitchen-office and a guest room.
Line 3 Metro Station: Liceu

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The project aims to design a very bright and clean station considering that it is a collective space with a very high density of daily circulation. The walls and ceilings of the platforms are covered with illuminated glass panels printed with the banana leaves that cover La Rambla. The aim was to translate the spatial and environmental virtues of the urban environment into the underground.
La Casa dels Xuklis

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

This building is designed to accommodate families with children from outside the city suffering from cancer who are undergoing treatment in Barcelona. La Casa dels Xuklis is a pioneering project in Europe led by the Foundation of Children With Cancer and born from the AFANOC's initiative. It goes one step further than Maggie's centres in Scotland by adding a ground floor residence with patio. The construction of the residence is based on the typology of the courtyard – the Greek house, the Roman atrium, the Islamic courtyard, the Christian cloister – which responds to different cultural and social customs. We have identified the four pavilions with the four seasons of the year and the four orientations of the day. The residence provides accommodation for 25 families in "individual houses" of 30 m2, located around the courtyard. Each home has an articulated pitched roof to ensure cross ventilation which eliminates the dangers of air conditioning for these sufferers. It also has an independent Day Centre that allows non-resident families to enjoy a more domestic space where they can relax and communicate with the other families, patients and professional caregivers of the centre and where they receive specialised medical assistance and support. The 1,989 m2 building is located on land handed over by the Barcelona Council and is surrounded by gardens.
La Torre Blanca

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

It is a building with 19 floors and two basements with different types of housing: single or duplex flats and one, two, three and four bedrooms. The dwellings are grouped around a vertical street and are articulated through three "urban squares" located one at street level, another one in the centre of the tower and along four floors, and the third at the top of the building with a stepped "skyline" at the top, without mechanical installations because they are located on each floor to provide service to the respective homes. The building is treated as a pure geometric figure: the prism, with specific exceptions where voids are produced that correspond to spaces of communal use: lobbies, duplex housing, community terrace, swimming pool and solarium so that they have natural lighting. The façade is composed of a series of repetitive horizontal elements that are only interrupted in the intersections with voids and elements of the building's general stairs.
RBA Office Building

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The office building of 19,000 m2, 17 floors and 4 basements is located in the new 22@ district of the Poblenou district. It has a pedestrian crossing that crosses the building on the first three floors, two low silver entrances and two cores of vertical access. On the intermediate floors, there are the most public spaces, with an auditorium and terrace for the social activities of the publisher and the management offices and the library are located on the upper floors. The building exhibits two grammatical currents, one related to the shape and scale of the building, and the other to the detail of its chameleonic façades. The first one has to do with the irregular shape of the volume of the building that was predetermined by the planning of the site. Based on this, we realised that by projecting a simple rectangular composition on the main façade facing west in the style of the painter Piet Mondrian, the rectangle of the upper floors could float on the base. The terrace that remained between the two rectangles could become an ideal space for the company's outdoor social activities. The lower rectangle, on the other hand, could be detailed on a more human scale in contrast to the metropolitan scale of the upper rectangle. The second one raises the various solutions that could be adopted in terms of the orientation of the façades. The narrow north-facing façade, which overlooks Diagonal Avenue, did not require any protective elements and could be made entirely of glass. On the other hand, the long west-facing façade had to be protected from the heat and the intense light of the afternoon sun. For this, brise-soleils were placed on each floor, and screen-printed glass screens, which protect the slightly tinted glass of the horizontal windows, which introduce a more human relationship with the street. On the narrow south façade, horizontal terraces prevent the vertical penetration of the midday sun. The east façade, sheltered by the office building located ten metres away, did not need solar protection. Another factor that was taken into account was the reference to the industrial past of the neighbourhood, expressed through the simple structural frame with white aluminum profiles and light-coloured ceramic panels, alluding to the few brick factories still existing today.
Disseny Hub Barcelona

MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Oriol Capdevila i Arús, Francesc Gual i Traginé, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina

The building is made up of two parts: one which is underground (taking advantage of the change in level caused by the urbanisation of Les Glòries Square) and another one that emerges above the +14.50 m level. The latter is a parallelepiped cut on biases with the same width as Àvila Street, so that it acts as an end and an indicator of the relations between the Eixample and the square without closing the views of the large central park. The underground deck has the treatment and use of public space, related, therefore, to the future Les Glòries Square project. The green carpet is one of the primary components and has been made with natural elements that guarantee sustainability and easy maintenance. The luminous graphics and the pergola complement the urban square located on the other side of the building, next to Meridiana Avenue. The bar restaurant is exteriorised at level +6.98 m, and offers an attraction to the public space. The lake is a compositional underline that links the various levels. The Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN), once the building has been processed, has issued the energy qualification certificate with an A classification.
Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)

Shortlisted. Category: Edificis d'Habitatges Plurifamiliars de Promoció Privada

La Torre Blanca

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Còpia Acolorida d'Alçat de la xemeneia del recinte dels Habitatges Can Folch.

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbossos de Planta, Façana, Persectives i Detalls dels Habitatges Costa 59

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Reproducció Paper fotogràfic

Perspectiva Parcial Lateral de la Casa Amil Cornudella.

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Drawing

Esbós de Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de Perspectiva Exterior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Plan

Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Plan

Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Esbós de Planta de Zona Ajardinada Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Esbós

Esbós de Planta de Zona Ajardinada Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva del conjunts del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic.

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectica Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Paracial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Croquis

Croquis General del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Croquis de Planta Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona

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On life and architecture / David Mackay.

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Book

MBM 60 anys d'arquitectura i ciutat 1951-2011 : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila, Francesc Gual, Lluís Pau.

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MBM 1993-2006 : obras y proyectos / prólogo: Deyan Sudjic = MBM 1993-2006 : works and projects / prologue: Deyan Sudjic.

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Footprints in the city ; Lost architecture / MBM Arquitectes (Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Capdevila, Gual) ; [coordination exhibition and catalogue: Maria Bohigas, Martha Mackay, MBM Arquitectes].

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Museu del Disseny de Barcelona = Barcelona Design Museum / MBM Arquitectes (Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila, Francesc Gual).

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Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay : MBM : fiaschi.

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Espacio y sociedad en la arquitectura de MBM / fotografías: Eugeni Bofill, Francesc Morera, Roser Puigdefàbregas ; texto: Antoni Marí.

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Graphic Material

MBM arquitectura : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Albert Puigomènech, Lluís Pau / [exposició organitzada per la Fundació Joan Miró i el Ministeri d'Obres Públiques, Transports i Medi Ambient, Direcció General d'Habitatge i Arquitectura].

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Audiovisual Recording

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La Realidad del espacio : la arquitectura de Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Puigdomènech / Philip Drew.

Barcelona [etc.] : Gili, 1993.
Book

La Villa Olímpica. Barcelona 92 : arquitectura, parques, puerto deportivo = The Olympic Village. Barcelona 92 : architecture, parks, leisure port / Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Puigdomènech.

Barcelona : Gili, 1991.
Book

Incontri internazionali di architettura : Oriol Bohigas, Paul Chemetov, Enric Miralles-Carme Pinos, Gustav Peichl, Boris Podrecca, Jurgen Sawade / saggi di Aldo Aymonino ... [et al.] ; introduzione di Carlo Aymonino, Antonino Terranova ; a cura di Vincenzo Calabrese ... [et al.].

Pescara : Associazione culturale AR & A, 1990.
Book

Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay : der Baublock 1958-1988 : Ausstellung vom 15. September bis 11. Oktober 1988 / Aedes, Galerie für Architektur und Raum.

Berlin : Aedes, Galerie für Architektur und Raum, 1988.
Book

Transformación de un frente marítimo : Barcelona, la Villa Olímpica, 1992 / Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Puigdomènech = Transformation of a seafront : Barcelona, the Olympic Village, 1992 / Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Puigdomènech.

Barcelona : Gili, cop. 1988.
Book

6 ideas para una problema : Ricardo Aroca, J.M. Gallego Jorreto, Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay, L. Peña Ganchegui, J. Saen de Oiza, A. de la Sota.

Madrid : Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria de Ordenación del Territorio, Medio Ambiente y Vivienda, DL 1986.
Audiovisual Recording

Martorell Bohigas Mackay [enregistrament de vídeo] / presentació: Ignasi Solà Morales ; producció executiva: Junta Directiva, Demarcació Barcelona, Col.legi d'Arquitectes Catalunya ; producció: Demarcació Barcelona CO.A.C. ; realització: Varna Visual S.A.

Barcelona : COAC, cop. 1985.
Book

Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay : 30 años de arquitectura 1954-1984 / Kenneth Frampton ; edición a cargo de Adolf Martínez.

Madrid : Xarait, DL 1985.
Book

Bohigas, Martorell, Mackay : 30 anni di architettura 1954-1984 / Kenneth Frampton ; a cura di Adolf Martínez.

Milano : Electa, c1984.
Audiovisual Recording

Oriol Bohigas [enregistrament de vídeo] / guió i presentació: Josep M. Carandell ; producció: Guillem Guarro ; realització: Ramon Marcet.

[Sant Cugat del Vallès?] : TVE, cop. 1983.
Book

Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay : arquitectura 1953-1978.

Madrid : Xarait, 1979.
Book

Temas de arquitectura escolar, 1972 / Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

[s.l.] : [s.n.], 1972.
Journal Article

MBM [recurs electrònic] : Iglesia del Redentor 1968 / fotografía histórica: Eugeni Bofill ; fotografía actual: Joan Massagué.

HIC> Gen. 2017.
Journal Article

La arquitectura escolar de Martorell, Bohigas y Mackay : el modelo concentrado como oportunidad educativa / Isabel Durà Gúrpide.

Ra : revista de arquitectura Nº 18 (2016) 1138-5596
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Conarquitectura Nº 57 (enero 2016) 1578-0201
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Hotel Claris. Barcelona : J. Martorell, O. Bohigas, D. Mackay y A. Puigdomènech, arquitectos.

On diseño No 138 (1992), p. 108-119
Journal Article

Hotel Melia en Puerto Vallarta, México.

Architécti Ano III, n. 9 (Mai.-Jul.), p. 28-60
Journal Article

Centro Deportivo de Ordino, Andorra : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay, arquitectos, y Lluís Pau, interiorista.

On diseño No 180 (1997), p. 122-139
Journal Article

Manzana Klein Circus en el Ceramique Project. Maastricht, Holanda : MBM Arquitectos, Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay.

On diseño No 228 (2001), p. 244-255
Journal Article

7 x 70.

Area N. 70 (sett.-ott. 2003) 0394-0055
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Presentación del Canal + en Barcelona : Lluís Pau, Martorell-Bohigas-Mackay.

On diseño No 123 (1991) p. 176-179
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Oficinas en Barcelona : Lluís Pau, Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay.

On diseño No 134 (1992), p. 170-175
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Lluis Pau, 25 años en esto : entrevista / texto: Anatxu Zabalbeascoa.

Diseño Interior N. 67 (1997), p. 48-53
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Ceremonia de los Premios Laus '92. Barcelona : Lluís Pau, diseñador, y Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay/Puigdomènech, arquitectos.

On diseño No 153 (1994), p. 108-111
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La Satisfacción social de la arquitectura / David Mackay.

On diseño No 141 (1993), p. 178-201
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Casa de renta en Barcelona : arquitectos: José Ma Martorell, Oriol Bohigas.

Revista Nacional de Arquitectura N. 200 (agosto 1958), p. 20
Journal Article

Maó : la ciudad sobre el puerto : propuesta para una cornisa.

Arquitecturas Bis No 50 (jun. 1985), p. 20-27
Journal Article

Actualidad de la arquitectura catalana / por Oriol Bohigas.

Arquitecturas Bis N. 13-14 (Mayo- Jul. 1976), p. 2-26
Journal Article

El Arte de construir? / Oriol Bohigas.

On diseño No 141 (1993), p. 144-167
Journal Article

Centro escolar, Sant Adrià del Besós, Barcelona.

Croquis N. 17 (1984), p. 46-51
Journal Article

Diez años de exposiciones : interiorismo efimero : Pau, Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay / texto: Lluís Pau.

Diseño Interior N. 8 (Oct. 1991), p. 20-33
Journal Article

Exposición Dennis Hopper : Lluís Pau, diseñador y Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay/Puigdomènech, arquitectos.

On diseño No 153 (1994), p. 112-115
Journal Article

Ampliación de edificio comercial. Barcelona : MBM Arquitectes: Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila y Francesc Gual, arquitectos y Natialia Santafé, arquitecta

On diseño Nº 264 (2005)
Journal Article

Disseny Hub : Springboard to Barcelona's future / Frank Kaltenbach.

Detail No. 4 (2015) 1614-4600
Journal Article

El Centro de Diseño de Barcelona / Ricardo Llago Acero, Patricia García Rodríguez.

Hormigón y acero Nº 275 (enero-abr. 2015) 0439-5689
Journal Article

Treball d'artesania : execució del voladís en la construcció de l'edifici DHUB de la plaça de les Glòries de Barcelona / Montse Jorba Calsina, Josep M. Badosa i Sanuy.

Informatiu del Col·legi d'Aparelladors i Arquitectes Tècnics de Barcelona N. 333 (set. 2012)
Journal Article

Banco de España en Madrid : ampliación del edificio central.

Arquitectura Nº 228 (enero-feb. 1981) 0004-2706
Journal Article

MBM : rehabilitación Cuartel Roger de Llúria, UPF / por Jaume Prat : fuente: MBM ; fotografía: Duccio Malagamba, MBM.

HIC> Maig 2017.
Journal Article

MBM : manzana Pallars / fuente: MBM ; fotografía: Jaume Prat, Maspons.

HIC> Juliol 2017.
Journal Article

Centro Deportivo en Ordino / fotografias Lluis Casals.

Diseño Interior N. 67 (1997), p. 54-61
Journal Article

Paseo marítimo Benidorm = Benidorm promenade : 1986-1996.

Via Arquitectura V. 2 (1998), p. 68-75
Journal Article

Àlex Gallego, Jordi Adell, David Tapias, Gerard Puig [recurs electrònic] : ampliación de la escuela Sant Jordi / fuente: GATPA ; fotografía: José Hevia.

HIC> Abr. 2016.
Journal Article

Per amor a l'art : els interiors de l'hotel Claris / [text] de Jordi Gironès, Frederic Callís.

Eben N. 8 (1992), p. 14-21
Journal Article

Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay : la manzana.

Documentos de Arquitectura N. 9 ( Oct. 1989)
Journal Article

Intervención en la iglesia de Santa Eulàlia d'Encamp. Andorra ; Centro escolar en Salt. Girona : MBM, arquitectos.

On diseño No 139 (1993), p. 168-183
Journal Article

Passé et modernité confrontés = Confrontation of the past and modernity.

Techniques et Architecture N. 405 (Déc. 1992-Jan. 1993), p. 67-69
Journal Article

Intervención en la Casa Pedreño. Cartagena : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, arquitectos, y Lluís Pau.

On diseño No 159 (1995), p. 124-135
Journal Article

Cittadella universitaria a Barcellona.

Domus N. 839 (2001)
Journal Article

Aix-en-Provence : Opération Sextius Mirabeau.

Techniques et Architecture N. 395 (Avr.-Mai 1991), p. 100-105
Journal Article

El Puerto olímpico de Barcelona : J. Martorell, P. Bohigas, D. Mackay y A. Puigdomènech, arquitectos, y J.R. de Clascà, ingeniero.

On diseño No 133 (1992), p. 188-199
Journal Article

Parvulari i residència, Ciutadella de Menorca : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay : 1975-1979.

D'a : Revista Balear d'arquitectura N. 7 (1991), p. 52-67
Journal Article

Una bandada de gaviotas : puerto olímpico, recepción y escuela de vela : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay y Puigdomènech.

A V Monografías = Monographs N. 37 (1992), p.34-41
Journal Article

Al pie de la chimenea : unidades de proyecto 6.1/6.2 : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay y Puigdomènech.

A V Monografías = Monographs N. 37 (1992), p. 66-69
Journal Article

Hotel restaurante Claris : cinco estrellas gran lujo.

Casa Viva N. 119 (1992), p. 92-103
Journal Article

Una Historia de MBM / Josep Martorell.

On diseño No 141 (1993), p. 106-143
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Pabellón del Futuro, Expo '92. Sevilla / Peter Rice y Alistair Lenczer.

On diseño No 141 (1993), p. 170-177
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Oficinas para una empresa editorial. Barcelona : Lluís Pau, Martorell-Bohigas-Mackay.

On diseño No 198 (1998), p. 162-173
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Estudio MBM : MBM Arquitectos.

On diseño No 159 (1995), p. 90-101
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[Edificios para viviendas]

Cuadernos de Arquitectura N. 62 (4o trim. 1965), p. 5-22
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Villa Olímpica / texto: Josep M. Fort.

Diseño Interior N. 18 (Sep. 1992), p. 10-25
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Edificio de oficinas y aparcamiento en la Rambla. Barcelona : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay y Albert Puigdomènech, MBM arquitectos, y Joan Margarit, Carles Buxadé y Jordi Frontons, arquitectos.

On diseño No 153 (1994), p. 158-163
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Los pequeños de los grandes : arquitectos reconocidos / Ignacio Paricio.

Quaderns d'Arquitectura i Urbanisme N. 256 (Hivern 2007) 0211-9595
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Ampliación de edificio comercial en Barcelona : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay y Albert Puigdomènech, MBM arquitectos.

On diseño No 153 (1994), p. 164-167
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El Corte Inglés noves façanes = new facades : J.A. Martínez Lapeña, Elias Torres. Edifici d'ampliació = Extension building : MBMP.

Quaderns d'arquitectura i Urbanisme N. 207-208-209 (1995), p. 294-297
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Apartamentos Santa Águeda : MBM Arquitectos / Jaime Sanahuja.

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MBM and the Barcelona school / Charles Jencks.

Architectural Review Vol. CLXI, n. 961 (Mar. 1977), p. 159-165
Journal Article

Martorell Bohigas Mackay : isolato residenziale, Mollet/Barcellona.

Domus N. 695 (Giu. 1988), p. 29-39
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Ampliación edificio de oficinas : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, arquitectos, Lluís Pau, interiorista.

On diseño No 91 (1988), p. 35-51
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Un Chalet.

Hogares Modernos N. 56 (Mar. 1971), p. 98-104
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Caixa d'estalvis, Mataró, near Barcelona : architects: Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, designer: Lluís Pau.

Architectural Review Vol. CLXVIII, n. 1004 (Oct. 1980), p. 229-230
Journal Article

Progetto per la città olimpica Barcellona : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, Puigdomènech.

Domus N. 702 (Feb. 1989), p. 40-49
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Casa Almirall, La Garriga, Spain : architects: Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

Architectural Review Vol. CLXVIII, n. 1004 (Oct. 1980), p. 231-232
Journal Article

Escuela Garbí.

Mobelart N. 23 (Nov. 1974), p. 25-31
Journal Article

Proyecto de edificio para viviendas : O. Bohigas Guardiola, D. Mackay, J. Ma. Martorell Codina.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura N. 78/1 (1970), p. 32
Journal Article

Una Nube de cerchas : facultad de derecho de la universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona / Vicenç Font, Carme Grau, Enric Ribadulla.

Cercha 3a época. n. 59 (Abr. 2001), p. 32-42
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Casa Arpí [sic] en Le [sic] Figaró, Barcelona.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 41 (Jul.-Ago. 1962), p. 26-29
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Una Casa helicoidal en La Garriga : la casa Almirall.

On No 1(1979)
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Facultad de derecho, Barcelona : Martorell, Bohigas & Mackay.

A V Monografías = Monographs N. 87-88 (Ene.-Abr. 2001), p. 106-109
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Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

Casabella Anno XLIX, n. 513 (Mag. 1985), p. 18-19
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Edifici de vivendes Martí l'Humà.

Quaderns d'arquitectura i Urbanisme N. 156 (gen.-febr.-març 1983), p. [20]-21
Journal Article

Uno Schema per quattro case = A Basic concept for four houses : Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Josep Martorell.

Lotus N. 22 (1979), p. 20-22
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Housing at Eduard Conde : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 163, 04/84 (Apr. 1984), p. 99-101
Journal Article

Grupo de apartamentos en Benicassim, Castellón.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 91 (Nov.-Dic. 1970), p. 17-25
Journal Article

L'Escalier de vie : école "Costa i Llobera", Barcelone.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 216 (Sep. 1981), p. 68-69
Journal Article

Kochstrasse, isolato n. 4.

Casabella Anno XLV, n. 471 (Lug.-Ago 1981), p. 40-41
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Rehabilitación del Cuartel de Roger de Llúria para la Universidad Pompeu Fabra : Barcelona : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas y David Mackay.

Conarquitectura No 6 (oct. 2002), p. 12-20
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Edificio di abitazioni a Barcellona.

Architettura : Cronache E Storia Anno V, n. 46 (Ago. 1959), p. 258-259
Journal Article

Oficina de información y turismo en Lloret de Mar. Girona.

On diseño No 86 (1987), p. 33-36
Journal Article

Groupe d'apartaments, Santa Agueda, Benicasim.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 149 (Avr.-Mai 1970), p. 72-75
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Escuela Sant Jordi en Pineda.

Mobelart N. 23 (Nov. 1974), p. 28-31
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Casa Luján en Palau de Plegamans, Barcelona.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 41 (Jul.-Ago. 1962), p. 30-32
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Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas de la UPF en Barcelona.

Oficinas Año XXXIV, n. 231 (Sep. 2001), p. 57-68
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Escuela Catalunya, Calle Lleida, s/n. Sant Adrià de Besós.

On diseño No 52 (1984), p. 12-15
Journal Article

La Nestlé se amplia.

Arquitectura Viva N. 6 (Jun. 1989), p. 29-31
Journal Article

Deux immeubles a Barcelone : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay, architects.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 220 (Avr. 1982), p. XXXIII
Journal Article

École maternelle, primaire et secondaire, Barcelone / photos: Català-Roca.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 204 (Sep. 1979), p. 50-52
Journal Article

Catalunya en la España moderna : 1714-1983.

On No 46 (1983)
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Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

Progressive Architecture N. 8 (Aug. 1987), p. 88-97
Journal Article

La Feria de las ferias : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay y Lluís Pau.

On diseño No 96 (1988), p. 65-74
Journal Article

Arquitectura joiosa : Bohigas / text: Juan Carlos González.

Informació i Debat (Gen. 2004), p. 52-53
Journal Article

Una Manzana casi-cerrada para unas calles casi-corredor : viviendas en Mollet del Vallés : arquitectos: Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

A V Monografías = Monographs N. 11 (1987), p. 40-43
Journal Article

El parque del Migdia y sus edificios. Girona : MBM. Arquitectes, Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila y Francesc Gual.

On diseño No 239 (2003), p. 158-171
Journal Article

Cierta nostalgia de lo pompeyano.

Casa Viva N. 31(1984), p. 58-62
Journal Article

Una Casa en la comarca del Vallés.

Hogares Modernos N. 60 (Jul. 1971), p. 60-64
Journal Article

Berlin, projecte MBM.

Quaderns d'arquitectura i Urbanisme Núm.145 (març-abr. 1981), p. 5-7
Journal Article

Aportaciones de la cultura arquitectònica catalana : equipo: Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay / Antonio Fernández Alba.

Nueva Forma N. 86 (Mar. 1973), p. 63-64
Journal Article

El Universo. De infinito a infinito : Lluís Pau y Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay.

On diseño No 137 (1992), p. 174-189
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[Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay].

Nueva Forma N. 86 (Mar. 1973), p. 64-141
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L'Olimpico Bohigas : I grandi progetti di Barcellona.

Casabella Anno LI, n. 533 (Mar. 1987), p. 36-39
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Proyecto para Friedrichstadt sur, Berlín, manzana 4.

Arquitecturas Bis No 36-37 (abr.-jun. 1981), p. 12-21
Journal Article

Seis proyectos del estudio M.B.M.

Arquitectura : Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid Año LXIV, VI Época, n. 245 (Nov.-Dec. 1983), p. 35-46
Journal Article

Casa Heredero, Tredos, Valle de Aran, Lerida.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 89 (Jul.-Ago. 1970), p. 8-15
Journal Article

Housing at Martí l'Humà : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 163, 04/84 (Apr. 1984), p. 96-98
Journal Article

Apartment, Barcelona.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 79, 07/77 (July 1977), p. 94-95
Journal Article

Barcelona school.

Architectural Review Vol. CLXI, n. 961 (Mar. 1977), p. [151]-158
Journal Article

Vivienda unifamiliar. Valle de Arán, Lerida.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura N. 73 (3o trim. 1969), p. 27
Journal Article

Escuela "Thau". Barcelona, 1972-1973

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 112 (1976), p. 13-17
Journal Article

Grupo de apartamentos en el Golf de Pals.

Jano No 30 (Sept. 1975), p. 16-21
Journal Article

Ascensores, patios, parkings y livings : cuatro casas de vecinos en Sarrià : edificio de viviendas en la calle Eduardo Conde esquina con la calle Caponata del barrio de Sarrià de Barcelona : Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay.

Arquitecturas Bis No 51 (sept. 1985), p. 13-17
Journal Article

Rehabilitación de un antiguo cuartel militar como facultad universitaria. Barcelona : MBM Arquitectes: Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay.

On diseño No 228 (2001), p. 190-207
Journal Article

Edificio comercial "Serras", Granollers.

Jano No 8 (jul.-agosto 1973), p. 24
Journal Article

Casa de pisos en la calle Valseca, Barcelona.

Jano No 8 (jul.-agosto 1973), p. 27
Journal Article

Zur Barcelona-schule = a propos de l'école de Barcelone = on the Barcelona school / Oriol Bohigas.

Bauen + Wohnen N. 1(Jan. 1978), p. 12-18
Journal Article

Escuela secundaria. Hellersdorf, Berlin : MBM Arquitectos, Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila y Francesc Gual.

On diseño No 247 (2003), p. 154-167
Journal Article

Oriol Bohigas : medalla de oro de la arquitectura 1990.

Arquitectos N. 119 (1990)
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Grupo de viviendas en Riudellots de la Selva (Girona).

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 108 (marzo 1975), p. 24-27
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Edificio de viviendas : barrio de Sarrià, Barcelona.

Croquis N. 13 (Nov. 1983-Ene. 1984), p. 78-80
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Dos agrupaciones de viviendas en Sarrià : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

Croquis N. 9/10 (Mayo-Jul. 1983), p. 24-31
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Pour un urbanisme du pavé et de l'égout : pour un urbanisme de transformation fonctionelle de l'architecture / par Oriol Bohigas.

Techniques et Architecture N. 307 (Dec. 1975-Jan.1976), p. 94-103
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Recent works of Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 225, 06/89 (June 1989), p. 67-130
Journal Article

MBM Recreation : two swimming pool-parks in Catalonia.

Architectural Review V. CLXXXIII, n. 1092 (Feb. 1988), p. [69]-73
Journal Article

Catalans à Berlin : projet d'ordonnancement de quatre îlots, Quartier Friedrichstadt, Berlin : concours IBA : Martorell, Bohigas et Mackay, architects.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 217 (Oct. 1981), p. 26-27
Journal Article

Casa Martí : Sant Jordi d'Alfama, Ametlla de Mar, Tarragona, Spain : 1972-1974.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 82, 09/77 (Set. 1977) p. 67-72
Journal Article

Anteproyecto de edificio comercial : O. Bohigas Guardiola, D. Mackay Goodchild, J.M. Martorell Codina.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 91-92 (sept.-oct. 1972), p. 17
Journal Article

Vivienda unifamiliar en L'Ametlla del Vallés.

Mobelart N. 11 (Set. 1973), p. 45-47
Journal Article

Testimonianze di Martorell, Bohigas e Mackay.

Architettura : Cronache E Storia Anno XIV, n. 154 (Ago. 1968) p. 308-316
Journal Article

Casa de renta limitada en la ronda Guinardo, esquina calle Lepanto.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 62 (Ene.-Feb. 1966), p. 18-23
Journal Article

Grupo de viviendas : O. Bohigas Guardiola, D.J. Mackay Goodchild, J.Ma. Martorell Codina.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 103 (jul.-agosto 1974), p. 40-41
Journal Article

Iluro building : Mataró, Barcelona, Spain : 1974.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 84, 11/77 (Nov. 1977), p. 42-47
Journal Article

Casa Almirall : Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay arquitectes.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 120, 09/80 (Sep. 1980), p. 45-48
Journal Article

Editorial "Destino" en Badalona, Barcelona.

Hogar y Arquitectura N. 78 (Sep.-Oct. 1968), p. 116-121
Journal Article

La Nouvelle Amiens : MBM.

Ur No 2 (Mayo 1985), p. 11-15
Journal Article

Bloque de viviendas.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 118 (nov. 1976), p. 20-21
Journal Article

Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

A+U : architecture and urbanism N. 09/73 (Sep. 1973), p. 84-102
Journal Article

Obras y proyectos : una evolución de la tipología escolar de los últimos 15 años a través de la producción del taller M/B/M.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 89 (mayo-jun. 1972), p. 38-49
Journal Article

Casas Serras : Canovelles, Vallès Oriental.

Croquis N. 5/6 (Nov. 1982-Gen 1983), p. 35-37
Journal Article

Martorell, Bohigas, Mackay.

Architecture d'aujourd'hui N. 177 (Jan.-Fevr. 1975), p. 74-89
Journal Article

Barcelone : rupture et continuité : 1970-19.. : d'après un entretien avec Oriol Bohigas / André Barey.

AAM : archives d'architecture moderne N. 14 (1978), p. 32-43
Journal Article

Grupo de apartamentos en el golfo de Pals, Gerona.

Cuadernos de Arquitectura y Urbanismo N. 99 (nov.-dic. 1973), p. 28-30
Journal Article

Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay : 1974-1988.

Croquis Año VII, n. 34 (Jul. 1988)
Journal Article

La Villa in Gabbia.

Casa Vogue N. 120/121 (Lug.-Ago. 1981), p. 82-87
Journal Article

Unidad residencial Friedrichstadt / Oriol Bohigas.

A V Monografías = monographs Nº 2 (1985) 0213-487x
Journal Article

Josep Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Lluis Pau.

On diseño No 49 (1984)
Journal Article

Architektur im Gespräch : Bericht aus Barcelona = a propos d'architecture : rapport sur Barcelone = on architecture : raport from Barcelona.

Bauen + Wohnen N. 1(Jan. 1978), p. 9-28
Journal Article

Teatro Municipal de Banyoles. Girona : Lluis Pau, Martorell/Bohigas/Mackay y Jeroni Moner.

On diseño No 179 (1997), p. 140-149

Routes & Notes (22)

Rutes 48

‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’
Rutes 28

10 anys de guardonats als premis Década
Rutes 47

Arquitectures per a l’educació a la Barcelona metropolitana
per Paolo Sustersic
Rutes 59

Barcelona: retícules urbanes dels anys seixanta
per Sílvia Martínez Palou
Apunts 8

Cap a un habitar cooperatiu
per Cristina Gamboa
Rutes 101

Cooperatives d’habitatge, la possibilitat d’una alternativa
per Cristina Gamboa
Rutes 78

Els premiats pel FAD entre 1958-1969
Rutes 81

Els premiats pel FAD entre 1970-1979
Apunts 12

Gaudí: una arquitectura col·lectiva, col·laborativa i compartida
per Josep Maria Montaner i Isabel Aparici
Rutes 21

JJOO Barcelona ’92. Edificis singulars a la Vila Olímpica
Rutes 20

JJOO Barcelona’92. Habitatge col·lectiu a la Vila Olímpica
Rutes 74

L’empremta del pas del tren al litoral de Badalona
per Judith Villegas Morral
Rutes 27

L’empremta de Joan Miró a Barcelona
per Dolors Rodríguez Roig
Apunts 10

La domesticitat que habitem
per Laura Bonell
Rutes 80

La primera “Escola de Barcelona” d’Oriol Bohigas
Rutes 110

Les escoles d’MBM, un laboratori per a l’ensenyament
Rutes 14

Nous paradigmes d’habitatge a la Barcelona burgesa
per Jorge Vidal
Rutes 42

Patrimoni modern a la vora de l’Ebre
per Enric Roig
Rutes 73

Regionalisme crític mediterrani
per Sara Coscarelli
Apunts 5

Tornar al GATCPAC, cent anys després
per Carolina B. García-Estévez
Rutes 11

Un segle d’habitatge col·lectiu a Girona
Apunts 3

Una possible “Escola de Barcelona”
per Oriol Bohigas

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Detall de La Torre Blanca
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Detall de La Torre Blanca
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Detall de La Torre Blanca
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Detall de La Torre Blanca
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Perspectives de l'Escola Municipal de Vela
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Esbós de la Coberta de l'Escola Municipal de Vela
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Perspectiva Parcial dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Perspectiva Parcial d'interior dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Perspectiva Parcial dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Prespectiva Parcial dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Perspectiva Parcial dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Perspectiva Parcial dels Habitatges Eduardo Conde 50
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Croquis de Secció d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Esbós de Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Esbós de Perspectiva Exterior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Croquis de Façana d' Edifici d'Oficines per a la UGT
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Perspectiva Interior Parcial Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Esbós de Planta de Zona Ajardinada Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Esbós de Planta de Zona Ajardinada Projecte de 200 Habitatges Socials La Maquinista
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Perspectiva parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Parc del Litoral
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva del conjunts del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic.
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Perspectica Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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Perspectiva Parcial del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic de Barcelona
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