Located in the innovation center of the city and created to unite Barcelona's industrial past with its technological future, this project emphasizes the relationship with the exterior. For this reason, all offices have access to terraces that function as a space for both professional and leisure socializing.
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SeaTowers is designed by GCA Architects with the aim of optimizing its energy resources and promoting wellness programs for its future users. Responding to the principles of biophilic design, the connection of the offices with the outdoors and nature are protagonists in the project. The design of the new complex is designed so that users can work or even hold a meeting on the terraces. The Mediterranean climate allows these spaces to be enjoyed freely, achieving a hybridization between indoors and outdoors.
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The two towers that make up the project have accessible green terraces on the roofs to provide people with daily wellness and relaxation spaces, with 360-degree views of the sea and the city. All the vegetation in the buildings is native and has low water consumption.
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The roofs have a part destined to the location of photovoltaic panels, but the fact that a high percentage is located on the façade has allowed the rest of the surface area to be used by the building's tenants. The SeaTowers complex has measures to promote sustainable transport, such as preferential parking for electric vehicles and bicycle parking spaces, contributing to a city that is inclined to be more environmentally friendly. A public area in the center of the block provides the neighborhood with a green lung and the neighbors with a space for socializing and well-being. The project has LEED Platinum and Well Gold certification, thanks to the fact that it provides significant energy savings, around 52%, and water savings, around 66%.
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The unique design allows all the workspaces in the complex to enjoy outdoor views and natural lighting, which improves people's quality of life and enhances levels of well-being and productivity. On top of the two white volumes of the buildings, a second skin is applied on the lower floors to pick up the scale of the industrial pre-existence. The slats of this second skin are placed perpendicular to the street facade or parallel to the staggered pattern of the neighboring building, giving privacy to it.
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Open-plan and flexible, the different offices of SeaTowers are designed to adapt the spaces according to the needs of the tenants. Each floor is divisible into 3 areas in order to accommodate 3 possible tenants adapting not only to current needs, but also to those of the future.
Located in the innovative 22@ District, created in 2020 in Barcelona as an initiative to transform a former industrial quarter in Poble Nou, the new Sea Meridia building by Meridia Capital rises up in the skyline with a contemporary, geometric and light image thanks to its open structure. It is a mixed-use building, intended for both office and residential use. ‘It consists of two volumes of 13 and 7 storeys whose façades are made up of Dekton cut-outs at 45 degrees, which are replicated in the ceilings and floors as a whole,’ explains the GCA architecture studio in charge of the project.
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The multiple applications of Dekton in this architectural design make it the main material in this project, which provides order and balance while blending in with its surroundings. Furthermore, the architects decided to use the same colour for all applications, creating a unified and harmonious look, both inside and outside, and adding an extra touch of sustainability.
At the forefront of sustainability The complex features solar panels on the roof and façade, preferential parking for electric vehicles and bicycle racks to encourage sustainable transport, as well as landscaped roof terraces with spaces for socialising and enjoying spectacular views. All the vegetation on the terraces is indigenous and requires little water. For all these facilities with a sustainable approach, plus the use of environmentally friendly materials such as Dekton (a carbon neutral product throughout its life cycle), the building has been certified as LEED Platinum (the highest in its category), thus obtaining the highest score in Spain and ranking among the only 3% of buildings with the highest score in Europe.
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Multiple applications and versatility ‘Dekton offered a versatile material in its applications with the same shade playing with many different formats, thicknesses and finishes, resulting in diamond shaped cut-outs at 45 degrees,’ explains the studio. This greatly facilitated the use of this material in the façade and the suspended ceiling, with a grooving system on the reverse of the pieces (DKBG) allowing mixed fixing by means of hanger profiles and adhesive.
Cosentino supplied from its factory all the pieces cut to size and including this fixing system, which ensures high performance and greater efficiency in on-site installation.
The colour chosen for the façade was Dekton Nayla, whose off-white, vein-free pattern enhances the sense of balance that permeates the entire design. This Dekton shade was used for the cladding, the ventilated façade with suspended ceilings, the floor fronts, the raised access floor, the terrace floor, the outdoor floor and the furniture.
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Dekton’s advantages The advantages of using the same material in the same shade in so many different applications was one of the reasons why this architecture firm went for Dekton. But it was not the only one. ‘The hardness of the material and the large working format, which allows for a minimum number of joints with a more precise design,’ were also other advantages the architects found. In addition, Dekton is the ideal technical solution for use on façades, as it is resistant to extreme temperatures, its colour is unaffected by exposure to the sun and it is very easy to maintain, ensuring that its appearance remains impeccable over time.
