The international construction fair buildwhich is held between May 23 and 25 in Barcelonahas granted this Tuesday the TOP3 Sustainability award still municipal building of officially protected housing that Barcelona City Council is finishing construction at 487 Pallars street, in the Besòs area.
The award recognizes the sustainability of the construction process, with the previous preparation in the factory of the wooden elements and panels, and the speed of assembly, which allows speeding up deadlines and reducing environmental costs. Its construction can be seen in a video that the consistory has made public, in ‘timelapse’ format (fast camera).
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The award-winning building is a promotion promoted by the Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation of Barcelona (IMHAB), which consists of 7 floors and 42 houses, designed by the architecture teams Oikosvia Arquitectura, SCCL and Fabregat & Fabregat, SCP, while the work is carried out by Constraula Ingeniería y Obras, SAU. The 42 homes in this development will be used for rent protected and the forecast is that they will be available in 2024.
At this time, all the floors of the building have been built, but there are still some works in the interior of the houses and facades. In total, the forecast is that the works last little more than a yearwhen a traditional work of this volume can last “up to two years”, has detailed the consistory, which has added that, “in addition to the reduction of deadlines, the environmental impact of the work is improved, since the tasks that are carried out generate a lot less noise and dust“. The expected cost for this promotion is €5,034,960.