1st Prize in IMHAB competition with criteria for reducing the embodied carbon of materials. Housing with a central communicating living and dining room, which reduces circulation and maximizes the space for daily use. The proposal has prioritized the use of natural materials, such as structural wood or cork insulation, the reduction of material used through design optimization, and the efficiency and speed of execution with industrialized systems.
IMHAB 1st Prize Competition. Design Development, Construction documentation and Contract administration
Status: Completed
Location: Sant Martí, Barcelona
Date: 2022 – 2024
Promoter: IMHAB
Architecture: COMA architecture + Martí Sanz Ausàs
Structures: Bernuz-Fernández Arquitectes
MEP: L3J
Technical Architecture: GruArt
Acoustics: Acústics Ambient
Collaborators: Jaime Armendariz, Àlex Coromina
Construction: Grup MAS
Direction of execution: GPCAT+BB: Toni Floriach and Beth Bacardit
Photographs: Adrià Goula
Built area: 2,536.51 m2
Material execution budget: 3,177,073.60€
m3 of wood used – 591.86 m3
Ratio m3 of wood / m2 built – 591.86 m3 / 2,536.51 m2 = 0.23
Environmental impact indicators of the structure and the solid part of the façade per built m2:
99.62 Kg of CO2
340.93 kWh
2.28 kg of waste 801.08 kg of recycled raw material
