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CORPORATE BUILDING IN 22@. BARCELONA BY Fermín Vázquez b720 arquitectos A N OFFICE BUILDING ON A TRAPEZOIDAL SITE WHICH FORMS PART OF THE ACTIONS FOR SECTOR 22@ IN BARCELONA. THE 22@ PROJECT IS TRANSFORMING TWO HUNDRED HECTARES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND OF POBLENOU.THIS IS AN INITIATIVE OF URBAN RENEWAL AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE CITY OF BARCELONA, WHERE MANY IMPORTANT COMPANIES ARE FIXING THEIR HEADQUARTERS. INDRA THE SLENDER OFFICE TOWER FOR THE ENTERPRISE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDRA IS LOCATED THERE, WITH A TOTAL HEIGHT OF FIFTY-TWO METERS AND A MINIMUM WIDTH OF ONLY FOURTEEN METERS.THE TOTAL BUILT SURFACE AREA IS 10,375 M2 AND IT CONSISTS OF A GROUND FLOOR PLUS 12 MORE FLOORS. THE HEADQUARTERS IS LOCATED IN A SOLAR TRAPEZOIDAL APPRECIABLY PLANE AND ITS FLOOR IS RECTANGULAR, EXCEPTIONALLY INTERRUPTED BY THE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF STREETS. THE FLOORS LOCATED ABOVE GRADE ARE DEVOTED TO OFFICES, AND THOSE BELOW GRADE TO PARKING FOR 40 VEHICLES AND SERVICE ROOMS FOR PRIVATE USE. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A TOWER RISING ABOVE A MORE SOLID AND COMPACT THREE-STOREY PLINTH, ALIGNED WITH CARRER TÀNGER. THE TOWER SECTION, WITH A RHOMBOID FLOOR PLAN, FOLLOWS THE LINE OF THE CHAMFERED CORNER, WITHOUT SLAVISHLY REPRODUCING IT, TO REINFORCE THE SLENDER COMPLEXITY OF THE RESULTING VOLUME. ITS TEN STOREYS ARE SEPARATED FROM THE PLINTH BY A SERVICE FLOOR, RECESSED WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANE OF THE FACADE, SO THAT IT SEEMS TO FLOAT ABOVE THE BASE, LENDING IT LIGHTNESS. ON THE GROUND FLOOR IS LOCATED THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND THE LOBBY OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS ACCESSED FROM THE CORNER. THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A CORE PILLARS SHIELDED AND WHICH LIES AT THE HEART OF THE PLANT, TRIMMING BACK THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING.THIS NUCLEUS WHICH HOUSES COMMUNICATIONS VERTICAL BUILDING STABILIZES HORIZONTAL FORCES OF WIND AND CONTROLS THE NATURAL EFFECT OF OVERTURNING THE SHEER VOLUME BUILT. THE FACADE IS MADE WITH A GLASS CURTAIN WALL OF PANELS 1.30 METERS THAT ALLOW THE VISION OR OPAQUE IT DEPENDING ON THE AREAS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND. THE INSIDE GLASS SKIN IS HOUSED WITHIN THE CURTAIN WALL OF ANODIZED ALUMINUM PROFILES.THESE PROFILES ARE REDUCED AND THE PANELS ARE LIMITED TO A
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