Heritage is not memory
Heritage is Production + Community
In the dense urban fabric of Sant Gervasi, Casa Tosquella sleeps a Modernista jewel originally conceived as a summer retreat, now stranded in a city grappling with permanent heat. This project explores the tension between heritage preservation and climatic urgency. The proposal views the building not as a static museum piece, but as a living organism in need of metabolic repair. By stripping away the obsolescence of its original function, we reveal the potential for a new climatic role: a thermal oasis and a social condenser. The intervention creates a dialogue between the ornate, heavy mass of the past and lightweight, adaptive technologies of the future. This is an act of surgical affection; preserving the memory of the stone while teaching the building to breathe again. It is a prototype for how Barcelona’s historic fabric can survive—and thrive—in a hotter, more volatile century.
01 – HISTORICAL TIMELINE
02 – ARGUMENT
03 – SITE INTRODUCTION
Introduction of ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
ADDRESSING ISSUES: ARCHITECTURAL AND CLIMATE
04 – DESIGN SOLUTION
DESIGN INTERVENTION [FUTURE] Design Strategies
