For the purpose of mitigating its visual impact, a building raised in the historical quarter of the town maintains the scale of neighboring constructions and uses traditional materials. Connected by an open gallery, two volumes are composed in terrac
An open block presents a low volume and a tower connected by a bioclimatic atrium thanks to which all the apartment units, meant to be rented out, face two directions. The artisanal bricks baked with biomass provide inertia to the inner void – which
The Barcelona practice of Marta Peris and José Manuel Toral was commissioned by the Balearic Housing Institute (IBAVI) to build this residential complex in Ibiza. It is designed to get the best in terms of sunlight and sea views as well as to harness
Born out of the Cheap Housing Law of 1929, the Bon Pastor neighborhood went up with 784 one-level homes. Impelled by the Barcelona City Hall's IMHAB (Institut Municipal de l'Habitatge i Rehabilitació), the Bon Pastor Redevelopment Plan involves demol
The project consists of 85 social housingunits on a plot previously occupied by the emblematic Cinema Pisa in the city of Cornellà de Llobregat. It is a five-story freestanding building with a wood structure, resting on a ground level with a concrete
The information point, of 300 m², which is part of the provisional urban plan for Glòries, is built with a removable and reusable scaffolding system and surrounded by a triple skin of polycarbonate, shading mesh, and metal mesh. It has an exhibition
Distribuyéndose en tres cuerpos posados sobre un zócalo de usos mixtos, las viviendas organizan una parte de su programa en torno a un núcleo y abren el resto a una terraza.
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named 85 Social Housing in Cornellà de Llobregat (Barcelona), an 85-unit timber-framed social housing development designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes, as the winner of the RIBA International Priz
Against market fevers, housing in Barcelona has in recent years found the protection of public policies whose effectivity is partly due to the know-how of its architects. Marta Peris and José Toral have contributed to this promising panorama through
The Barcelona everyone looks up to because of its exemplary talent for city-making is also the benchmark for housing. Against market fevers, what is considered a basic need has in the Catalonian capital found the protection of public policies whose e