Prefabricated concrete

An atypical duplex apartment in the Prague quarter Podolí stands out with its ground-plan shape, building structure and the unconventional entrance from the outdoor gallery. Clients approached us with a desire to fully reconstruct the apartment from the early 90's and to adjust its space for maximal usage. In the original layout, the owners didn’t use one of the most beautiful rooms with a balcony due to its position in the apartment, so it only served as a laundry and storage room. The 98m 2 apartment lies on two floors, each floor is 3.3m wide and 14.9m long. The construction of the apartment building is a reinforced concrete frame completed with prefabricated concrete panels. The idea of the design was to clean these or... More

To raise an office building of uncertain ownership, in a place of little allure, at least one of few clear references, where there are no examples to look at, no other buildings worth commenting on or establish a dialogue with. In such circumstances, the main reflection governing the project has to do with the typological and constructional aspects of offices, in particular of offices in the climate and reality of Madrid. Almost all the buildings in this part of Madrid are characterless glass boxes, anonymous, as if office buildings had no rightful place in the world of representation.   What we have to do here is raise a building that, independently of the people who will be renting the spaces, permanently expresses what it does, ju... More

Perhaps more than anything, what guided us in the design of this project, are the Erdre and the Loire, nearby, and their estuary winds, these winds with changing skies, loaded with gray, blue. It is this Nantes climate, unstable with constant variations, that the project invites in an active part.   Also determining the contact with the major structuring lines: exit boulevard, tram / train rail, which places the project in the urban rumor, which must be defended.   Lastly, the question posed by an open program which at the outset of the competition required, rather than an environmental guarantee obtained from an Excel spreadsheet, a reflection that unmistakably associates architecture and thermal performance, architecture and... More

The old demands for urban accessibility of the Echavacoiz neighborhood with the rest of Pamplona was one of the main objectives of this project that also creates a pedestrian link with the  University campus  giving continuity to the upper promenade with the lower Elorz river walkway. A mixed intervention of ramps and elevators that ties marginal public spaces increasing the mobility of pedestrians and cyclists to endow the area with an element of identity. Due to its topographic configuration, with a drop of approximately 30 meters, the environment of Concepción Benítez Street presents a series of architectural barriers that prevent and hinder the movement of people living in a group of 630 homes from the sixties a... More

With the idea of unity in mind, two blocks of 90 social dwellings are arranged to appear as clean, pure prisms, clad in prefabricated concrete over a solid plinth of in-situ reinforced concrete. The in-between space is where the most fundamental urban stage is established: an interior communal garden where all entrances are linked to reinforce its character of centrality and public interaction. As a primary choice that gives dignity and functionality to the apartments, the private and community zones are clearly separated. To this end, all bedrooms are orientated toward the external streets whilst the living rooms and kitchens give onto the interior space that constitutes the lively focus, shared by the community, where each family has a v... More

This housing is an exercise of integration into the landscape. It is located overa sequence of crop terraces,surrounded by a leafy pine forest. Built with local stones, those walls contained in the terraces are the result of the course of many generations of farmers in an effort to gain ground on the mountain. The data lead us to conclude that those rural architecture structures are of prehistoric origin (18th century BC). They were used as a room and shelter for farmers in the mountain of Alicante as they were cattle checkpoints between valleys.   The chosen position for the house is given by the presence of two stunning views: the one over the Tibi swamp(the most important in Europe during the 16th century) and overthe valley until... More

New quarter within the framework of BUGAThe winner of a competition proceeding is a building which is an important component of the so called‚ Quarter of variaty‘ of BUGA 2019. The building located at the southwest corner of the construction site, represents one of the most prominent locations within the urban quarter because of its orientation towards the lake. The new building provides collective communication and service offerings as well as semi-public/public functions.   Public use and short term accommodationThe entrance level is withheld to public use of a quarter-café, run by the charitable foundation Lichtenstern which is employing people with and without disabilities. Connected is a laundry for residents... More

The project is located within the French Ambassador Residence in Ghana. This site is remarkable due to the architecture value of the Building, rare colonial architecture from the 50’s, and the quality of the 3ha Park’s landscape. The architectural language of the new Embassy finds its inspiration in the respect of these two major components of the site.   The new Embassy is designed as a sober and compact architecture. The volumes, pierced by 2 patios, are rationally stacked to offer a unique and coherent entity. The relationship between the existing and the new building is reinforced by the use of similar architectural features such as cantilevers and terraces. Theses cantilevers creates pedestrian alleys along the build... More

Four courtyard houses and a long bar are the elements to create a new intrinsic urban identity. In this dense environment, an in-between street is distributing all the five buildings. The courtyard houses have open centres with animal-like concrete sculptures down beneath to play with, set in a feathering rubber tartan play-surface.    The typology of the apartments around this centre has a lay out where all the kitchens are orientated towards this semi-public void to enable more intern social contacts. The long-stretched building has on the ground floor one distributive gangway to reach all the staircases, spatially rhythmed by lightwells.   Concerning the two upper levels, the buildings have double offset attics. This i... More

In the so-called suburban area at the gas boiler in Stuttgart, on a typical radial highway of the big city, the new headquarter of an online wine shop has been established. Three previously separate companies were merged at this location. In addition to the classic wine wholesale business and a wine agency, the online business branch, which was created a few years ago, played the most important role in the planning. Therefore, the basic questions were on the one hand how something virtual can be physically experienced and on the other hand how an added value can be created for the customers and the company.   Surrounded by different-sized commercial buildings, car dealers, power stations and city railway lines, it reflects the typica... More

Background_ The intervention aims to respond to a growing demand for the hiking route and the recreational area and lookout over the rivers Miño and Deva in O Valiño, and at the same time order the place and complement the existing environment with a space capable of responding to the needs and demands from visitors and local citizens. For the execution of the toilets, we opt for a polished concrete platform with raised metal perimeter of the natural terrain of MacAdam and on it a container formed by prefabricated reinforced concrete modules and facades composed of a bioclimatic skin of corten steel and glass, placed with different dispositions like outer skin and defensive anti vandalic, having inside a facade of laminated g... More

Prototype Preparatoria Polytechnic UDEM for marginalized areas The UDEM Santa Catarina Polytechnic High School is a collaborative project between the University of Monterrey, the state and municipal governments, and the companies in the area to provide excellent quality education with technical specialties and human training to low-income young boys, so that they become agents of change in their own marginalized community, ensuring their incorporation into the labor market through agreements with companies in the area.   The building is a prototype of a project for 10 similar schools that will be located in low-income areas of the metropolitan area of Monterrey and that will offer a high school program with technological specialties... More

Provencher_Roy signed the architectural work of the Montreal Tower and the interior design of the new spaces of Desjardins, one of the largest financial institutions in Quebec. Montréal, Canada, 2020-02-04 -  During the summer of 2018, Desjardins Movement’s online services' office spaces moved to the Montréal Tower, once know as the Olympic Tower of Montreal. Unoccupied since 1987, the tower has transformed into an office space, following the design work carried out by Provencher_Roy. Desjardins is becoming the first site’s tenant for the next 15 years. Its call and administrative centers occupy seven of the twelve floors of this mythical place, representing 80% of the rental space available. During the work... More

Two international clients, a vacant Gründerzeit building in Berlin's Mitte district and SEHW. That makes for an interesting mixture. For a couple from London, SEHW has built a modern nest above the rooftops of Berlin. The run-down and vacant apartment is located on the 4th floor, and the corresponding part of the not yet developed attic could be integrated in the planning and fitted out. The lower level has an open-plan layout, with enlarged door openings allowing views into the neighbouring rooms. The whole level is perceived as a spatial continuum, an impression reinforced by the continuous oak parquet flooring. The upper floor accommodates the couple's private retreats, a bedroom with en-suite bathroom and dressing room. Since the... More