Metalocus publishes El Roure Community Centre and La Ginesta Libray


Dr Feist, founder of the Passivhaus Institute in Darmstadt, talked about the Low Energy MZ House (Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas, 2012) in the International Passive House Conference in Leipzig in April 2015.
He said: ‘”überraschend sehr guten Ergebnissen für das Sommerklima”; ‘surprisingly very good results for the summer climate’

The 15th of April 2015, took place the presentation of the book ‘Metropolitan Housing 2004/2014’ at the Architects Association of Catalonia (COAC). Five awarded architects, featured in the publication, will debate about the future of social housing: sustainability, flexibility, technology, social participation processes and public open competition policies for affordable housing.
The architects who participated in the Round Table were: Marc Folch (Calderon-Folch-Sarsanedas arquitectes), Antoni Barceló (BB arquitectes), Claudi Aguiló (DataAE) Joan Pascual Argenté; and Manel Brullet (Brullet-De Luna arquitectes).
Under the tittle “A place for the community” the prestigious italian magazine DOMUS introduces El Roure and La Ginesta
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The design process has crystallised a chain of synergies among organisations, administrations, technicians, citizens and the place itself. It began with the definition of an agreed and adequate functional programme and it culminated in the name’s choice by the citizens of Begues and the cataloguing process of a downy oak for its cultural value. Two main ideas underpin the conception of the new facility: to generate a confluence “inner square” and to tune into the environment revitalising the Stream.
The project outlines a single building which gathers the three services, creating a community space, a place where people meet, which will enhance citizen interaction, cultural synergy and sustainability in its construction and management.

Our project “21 Housing Units in Sant Llorenç Savall” will be exhibited in the Geneva Pavillon SICLI in Switzerland
Date: from the 6th to the 22th of February 2015
Twenty Catalan studios will travel to Geneva (Switzerland), representing a broad cross section of the social housing models that have been built in Barcelona over the last ten years. Twenty selected works will be exhibited in the Geneva Pavillon SICLI under the title _Export BARCELONA ‘Social Housing in Urban Context’ thanks to the collaboration between the Cities Connection Project and the Maison de l’Architecture.

Under the title “El Civismo y La Arquitectura” (The Civism and the Architecture) the Spanish journalist and historian Anatxu Zabalbeascoa introduces the Mies Van der Rohe Award nominated project
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A panorama of the architecture done by Spanish architects beyond the Spanish borders.
The exhibition, curated by Edgar González, shows the Spanish architecture influence and evolution in the international context. Part of the exhibition focuses on biggest international projection Spanish architects.
Place: ICO Museum, Madrid (Spain)
Dates: from the 18th of February to 15th of March 2015
