Wood In Architecture Issue 1, 2023

DESIGN
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cane, also scientifically known as
Arundo Donax, typical of Mediterranean
riverbeds, as a nod to the Riera of
Paseo Mallorca opposite the building.
The green wall leads them out onto the
inner courtyard, where they are met by
an oasis of vegetation and calm. The
inner courtyard, with its different levels,
acts as an inner lung of vegetation and
trees that continues upwards until it
reaches the landscaped terraces with
pools on the fourth, sixth and eighth
floors of the building.
The courtyard garden features a
waterfall that cascades to the floor
below, cooling the courtyard in the
summer through evapotranspiration
and creating a relaxing sound. This
courtyard also connects with below,
providing lighting and vegetation to the
basement which houses the residents’
pool, gym and spa, transforming it into
a unifying vertical axis that links the
building’s vegetation, and allows crossventilation
through the garden for all
the homes.
The residents’ spa area, with walls
and floors finished in natural stone,
includes a heated indoor pool, steam
bath and changing rooms. Next to the
pool is the gym, with large windows
overlooking the courtyard garden.
The outside of the building is defined
by two types of facades. A permeable
skin made of wooden slats filters the
sun and plays with the light and shade
in the day areas of the homes. Another,
more solid, stone facade protects the
bedrooms.
The first type of cladding is on the
side overlooking Paseo Mallorca,
which is the sunniest part, where the
day areas of the homes are located.
This area has a double facade with
1 The penthouse
2 Full view of the
building with its
wooden facade
3 Entrance
mailboxes
4 Entrance
intercom
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