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In Barcelona, a factory-turned-funeral home offers space for healing

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In Barcelona, a factory-turned-funeral home offers space for healing
  1. Architects Xavier Ramoneda and Pau Millet have repurposed a landmark factory in Barcelona into a striking, light-filled funeral home. - Del Rio Bani
  2. Minding the Listed status of the former Germans Climent factory – a 1925 brick building in Barcelona’s Sants District – Xavier Ramoneda and Pau Millet charted a structure-in-structure strategy for the funeral home. - Del Rio Bani
  3. Modest Feu Estrada’s original design, reflective of Catalonia’s noucentista style, finds no competition with the new structure. - Del Rio Bani
  4. A counterpose to the building’s industrial form, the sinuous white addition by Ramoneda and Millet celebrates the landmark through contrast. - Del Rio Bani
  5. Situated along the nave – with a public corridor lining the south façade – the funeral home embodies four family spaces and a ceremony room, as well as the necessary administration and technical areas. - Del Rio Bani
  6. Slatted white walls correspond to the geometries of the original timber-and-metal roof. - Del Rio Bani
  7. Equally pristine white flooring and landscaped inserts balance the ceiling’s warmth. - Del Rio Bani
  8. While offering an entirely fresh look, the new elements are also all constructed from wood and can easily be dismantled. - Del Rio Bani
  9. The light-filled architectural volumes were envisioned to evoke a sense of spirituality in visitors. - Del Rio Bani
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  1. Architects Xavier Ramoneda and Pau Millet have repurposed a landmark factory in Barcelona into a striking, light-filled funeral home. - Del Rio Bani
  2. Minding the Listed status of the former Germans Climent factory – a 1925 brick building in Barcelona’s Sants District – Xavier Ramoneda and Pau Millet charted a structure-in-structure strategy for the funeral home. - Del Rio Bani
  3. Modest Feu Estrada’s original design, reflective of Catalonia’s noucentista style, finds no competition with the new structure. - Del Rio Bani
  4. A counterpose to the building’s industrial form, the sinuous white addition by Ramoneda and Millet celebrates the landmark through contrast. - Del Rio Bani
  5. Situated along the nave – with a public corridor lining the south façade – the funeral home embodies four family spaces and a ceremony room, as well as the necessary administration and technical areas. - Del Rio Bani
  6. Slatted white walls correspond to the geometries of the original timber-and-metal roof. - Del Rio Bani
  7. Equally pristine white flooring and landscaped inserts balance the ceiling’s warmth. - Del Rio Bani
  8. While offering an entirely fresh look, the new elements are also all constructed from wood and can easily be dismantled. - Del Rio Bani
  9. The light-filled architectural volumes were envisioned to evoke a sense of spirituality in visitors. - Del Rio Bani
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Location
Map pointer Carrer dels Comtes de Bell-Lloc, 76-78, Sants-Montjuïc, 08014 Barcelona, Spain
Design, Architecture
Mirag
Client
Tanatorio
Floor Area
1,200 sq-m

Architects Xavier Ramoneda and Pau Millet of Mirag have repurposed a landmark factory in Barcelona into a striking, light-filled funeral home. 

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