CUBICS - LA PALLARESA RESIDENTIAL AND TERTIARY CENTRE

Project details

Technical Data

  • Number of buildings: 3
  • Maximum height: 100 m (80 m above ground level)
  • Total floor area: 65,000 m2

Description

The Cubics building complex in the Avenida de la Pallaresa in Santa Coloma de Gramanet is composed of a large basementarea from which three high-rise buildings emerge. Their reinforced concrete structure is a tube-in-tube system where the outertube, which is formed by the load-bearing facades, is partially interruptedat ground level.

The architectural pattern of staggered window holes determinesthe formal insertion of the triangular grid which ensures theload-bearing capacity of the facades.

The propped construction process, which is typical for cantilevering structures thatdo not develop their load-bearing capacity completely during the first erection phases, demanded a detailed evolutionaryanalysis of the building’s construction process.