Architects:taller 9s arquitectes

Area :496 m²

Year :2019

Photographs :Adrià Goula

Manufacturers :  Luce&Light, ASVALL, Cortizo, Daisalux, IBERCAL, INTELLICAD, MAYDILIT, RIBA MASSANELL (industrial), RoiLuce&Light

Lead Architect :Oriol Cusidó i Garí, Irene Marzo Llovet

Design Team : Núria Serrano

Client : Ayuntamiento de Sant Pere de Riudebitlles

Engineering : Bernúz-Fernández arquitectes

Consultants : Lluis Duart consulting

Collaborators : Miquel Milia, Ana Bono

City : Barcelona

Country : Spain

To revive. The intervention in the Cal Xerta mill aims to avoid the definitive loss of an old paper mill that was in disuse and in an advanced state of ruin, with the intention of locating  a paper interpretation center in a future, an activity traditional linked to the valley of the Bitlles river. The first phases of the intervention allowed to consolidate the building, rehabilitate the facades and adapt the ground floor and the old workshops. The structural consolidation has allowed to the creation of a new vertical communications nucleus, non-existent until then,  allowing the communication between  floors to be communicated and make the future museum tour possible. The action is born from an approach of minimal actions in order to take full advantage of the qualities of pre-existence and maximize them from the point of view of safety, habitability and energy efficiency.