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D525 Barcelona Office Building by Sanzpont Arquitectura Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
Sanzpont Arquitectura of Sanzpont [arquitectura] honored for architecture, building and structure design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ D525 Barcelona Office Building by Sanzpont Arquitectura of Sanzpont [arquitectura], designed for Inmobiliaria Colonial, has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Architecture, Building and Structure Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The result belongs to the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Silver A' Design Award Means
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About D525 Barcelona Office Building
D525 Barcelona is an office building created through the sustainable renovation of an existing structure from the 1970s. The project covers 7,000 square meters and holds ten levels of offices and networking areas. The main facade combines large windows with photocatalytic Krion three-dimensional modules that help purify the air. Photovoltaic louvers on the south facade give shade in warm months and generate clean energy. A roof garden planted with low-consumption native species adds insulation and improves the local microclimate.
About Sanzpont Arquitectura
Our main interest is creativity and design, from small to large scale projects, whether furniture, interior spaces, or large buildings. Our design hilosophy is based on a constant search for innovation which goes hand in hand with our methodology of applying the latest technologies to our process of design. We believe that architecture is art, but it must have functional utility to the user, be comfortable and adapt to the site. Architecture should provide a variety of human sensations, it must create a connection between the user and the city, between the site and the environment, and it mustbe useful, logical, beautiful and sustainable.
About Sanzpont [arquitectura]
Our main interest is creativity and design, from small to large scale, whether furniture, interior spaces, or large buildings. Our design philosophy is based on a constant search for innovation, but always user-focused and with a great respect for the env
Award Record
With this recognition, Sanzpont Arquitectura of Sanzpont [arquitectura] is a winner of 13 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2013 - 2014 and the 2021 - 2022 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Architecture, Building and Structure Design Award
The A' Architecture Design Award is an international architectural design competition recognizing good architectural designs by best architects worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to architectural design studios, building contractors, structural engineering firms and architecture and design consultants from all countries. Typical entries include skyscrapers, museums, residential buildings, commercial complexes, educational institutions and religious structures. The awarded architectural projects are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/architecture
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/127912
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/127912
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!127912
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/134147
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://bit.ly/3ilAvZ4
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- D525 Barcelona Office Building
- Function
- Office Building
- Category
- Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Discipline
- Spatial Design
- Industry
- Architecture
- Colors
- Royal Blue, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Slate Blue and Steel Blue
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Inmobiliaria Colonial
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Sanzpont Arquitectura
- Country
- Spain
- Brand
- Sanzpont [arquitectura]
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #127912
Credits
- Team
- Sergio Sanz, Victor Sanz, Oriol Vidal, Xevi Prat, Carles Campanyà, Guillem Armengol
- Image Credits
- Sergio Sanz (Courtesy of Sanzpont), David Cardelús (Courtesy of Naturgy) & Dani Rovira (Courtesy of Colonial)
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The building of the new headquarters of Naturgy group in Barcelona, a building owned by Inmobiliaria Colonial, has been designed through the concept of sustainable renovation, recovering a building built with the aim of reducing its environmental impact of use, extending its efficient useful life. Its execution has been carried out with materials of strict respect for the environment and a comprehensive environmental quality management plan, and it has incorporated all construction requirements to achieve LEED Gold certification.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for this project was the concept of recovering an existing building to reform it and reduce its impact, providing greater sustainability and leaving a better tomorrow. The smooth and flowing forms of nature inspired the design of the building, breaking the traditional form of rigid vertical and horizontal lines, so that the building can be perceived as a pure and iconic element.
- Research
- The project has been developed using the latest BIM technology in the cloud for its complete coordination, integrating virtual models of architecture, engineering and interior design, in addition to the urban environment, generating a coordinated digital building.
- Challenge
- The original building, from the '70s, was used for housing in the past and had several structural challenges. It had insufficient, altered pre-existing structure, with minimum floor heights and important deformations on the slabs that led to unevenness in a single floor of the order of 8cm. The current regulatory requirements called for creating new slabs openings for evacuation stairs and facility lines, making it necessary to replace the original stabilization core.
- Realization and Technology
- The project integrates a main facade based on large windows that provide natural light, defined by unique photocatalytic krion 3D modules, which have the ability to purify the air thanks to their photocatalytic material. The design of the south facade integrates a treatment of photovoltaic louvers, that protect from the sun in the warmer months of the year and generate enough clean energy to power 1562 points of light running 4 hours a day for 35 years and avoid the emission of 196 tons of CO2.
- Operation and Interaction
- Naturgy's new headquarters symbolizes the transformation of his company, with new, more sustainable, flexible and collaborative work environments, and it houses the corporate services that the company has. The distribution of the workstations implemented in the building has been carried out according to the open space modality, with flexible, open and connected environments, and with a technology that allows total mobility of the employee. In addition, the new spaces are paperless, in line with the sustainability that the company is implementing in all its business lines.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2020 and was completed in March 2021. It is located in Diagonal 525, Barcelona, Spain.
- Specifications
- D525 Barcelona is a Project of 7,000 square meters with 10 levels of offices and networking areas. All levels have a view of the roof garden located in level 1, which occupy a large part of the building. It was designed as a natural green space, incorporating low-consumption native plant species, which, in addition to providing an extra insulation layer, helps to minimize the environmental impact improving the microclimate and helping to mitigate the heat island effect.
- Keywords
- Office building, restoration, sustainable, krion modules, structure restoration
