Arquitectura Viva 226. Roldán + Berengué Must-Have

Linked to Barcelona, where they have their studio set up and also teach, Miguel Roldán and Mercè Berengué think of architecture as a search for possibilities that serves both as a perusal of the different layers of reality and an opportunity to transform it. Their buildings address the demands specific to each and every context, over and above personal styles. This issue features three new works in the city of Barcelona: 46 social dwellings built in a fomer Fabra & Coats plant; Espai Bombers, an exhibition and information center made out of a 1929 construction; and Rambla 124, the result of turning a historical hotel into a retail, office, and residential building.