Poble nou Design Hub

This project was a design hub located in the Barcelona design destrict. This hub is a place for the community to learn, relax, play, explore socialize amongst other things. As part of the on going rehabilitation of the area the existing factory on site was preserved and the project was oriented along the old grid of the city.
The idea behind the project was to create a mini mordern city within the area where different age groups and careers could walk around and discover of various parks and plazas like in the old city of barcelona. The city contains mainly shops, restuarants/cafes, labs for textile making, pottery, multimedia, painting, fashion design and galleries for these works to be exhibited. The hub also include a public library , a multipurpose hall and an auditorium.
The external and internal materiality of the buildings in the project help serve as way finding.