• Location: Barcelona, ES

• Customer: ACTIV-GROUP

• Operator: Vincci Hoteles

• Area: 4.600 m²

• Date: 2012-2014

Description

Architecture and refurbishment project for 4-star hotel Vincci Gala with 78 rooms, restaurant, meeting rooms situated in a period building from 1914 in Barcelona´s Eixample district. The design is marked by the conservation of the facade and the large white marble staircase in the inside building. Therefore, the old cataloged facade of neoclassical style is restored and a new 3-storey extension, consists of a curtain wall and a layer of panels of expanded metal that creates a dynamic facade with a composition of openings, the golden shade and vertical openings creates a unit with the existing facade. The Vincci Gala Hotel is one of the first hotels in Barcelona labeled with the building energy rating "A". In collaboration with J. Campreciós, architect.