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Hotel Nuevo Triunfo
Rehabilitation of an industrial building, and conversion into a two-star hotel of 40 rooms, Barcelona
The client named the Hotel Nuevo Triunfo after a Triumphal Arch at Ciudadela Park in Barcelona, which is made using very complex red brick bonds. This client’s desire blends with the area’s highly recreational personality, resulting in a proposal that experiments with the colours of ceramic brick and the possibilities offered by bricklaying.
The new hotel plays on the idea of theatre, with its intense activity in front and behind the curtains, halfway hidden by backdrops…
Inside the lobby, where various activities will take place: checking-in, going to the bar, taking the elevator… the areas are defined by walls that hang from the roof, framing the tourist in these situations, or allowing them to vanish from the scene with striking speed.
| Programme: | Rehabilitation of an industrial building, and conversion into a two-star hotel of 40 rooms |
| Architects: | Flores & Prats Archs, Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats |
| Collaborators: | Els Van Meerbeek, Carlos Bedoya, Eugenia Troncoso, Tanja Dietsch, Nina Leypoldt, Ankur Jain, Merlin Ellis, Silvia Bianchini |
| Photography: | Eugeni Pons, Giovanni Zanzi, Esther Rovira |
| Situation: | Poble Sec, Barcelona |
| Area: | 1.200 sqm |
| Budget: | 480,809.68 € |
| Date of the Project: | October 1999 – August 2000 |
| Date of Construction: | August 2000 – May 2002 |
