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Recognition for the future ICTA and ICP building

Edifici de l'ICTA i de l'ICP
The future building housing the headquarters of the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) and part of the Catalan Institute of Palaeontology Miquel Crusafont (ICP) received recognition from the Plataforma Arquitectura, the most important web in Spanish on architecture and one of the most visited in the world, as one of the best architectural projects of 2011.

24/01/2012


The future ICTA and ICP building was designed by H Arquitectes + dataAE, winners of the ?Adaptable? contest held in mid-2011. The building, with a surface area of 7,500 square metres, will be located next to the Eureka building in front of the A-7 motorway and will become a reference in sustainable architecture.

The building was designed to reach maximums in energy efficiency, with the outer shell of the building serving as a greenhouse and regulating temperatures indoors. The architects created an almost cubic facility, totally reversible, demountable and adaptable to different uses, with a semitransparent front - built with greenhouse technology - and plants inside the building.

The building's exterior will house an experimental farming area, with greenhouses and pergolas. The interior will be made up of demountable, closed and temperature regulated modules. It will also contain four small covered patios through which to let in the sunlight and regulate temperatures inside the building.

Image: H Arquitectes + dataAE