Remodelling of the La Llauna Factory in the BUP Institute

There was no project time. That makes it special. And the photographs are the drawings, which allow us to rediscover these decisions without mediation. See the inside of this transparent building through the different movements of the entrance door. The ground floor as an outside porch has the dimensions lacked by the street. The door is also protected on the inside, forming a protected enclosure next to the entrance as it moves. This space is reached by ascending the ramps. They stop near the ceiling, where the height of the vision transforms all the existing lattice girders into an openwork plane. From there you can continue climbing up the steps, or go down the slope.

The ramps-stairs take their measurements from the existing joists interaxes. The small ramp-stairs divide the routes that leave from the same starting point to meet again on the ground.

The real foyer, a place for chatting between classes, is on the first floor, a balcony overlooking the entrance.

The elimination of slab sections makes space for the maximum height dimension, just as the floor plan has the same depth. These dimensions are the best quality of this factory.

The two floors, separated from the entrance area, are the school inside the factory. They are connected internally by a ramp-staircase. The classrooms are on the lower level, while on the upper floor, which has better light and a structure of cast-iron pillars, houses the seminar rooms, laboratories, classrooms and drawing room.