Jesús Granada · Architectural Photographer

PRODIS Centre, Vapor Cortès in Terrassa, Barcelona

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Brick façade with the regular rhythm of original pilasters and openings. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Brick façade with the regular rhythm of original pilasters and openings. (inv. JG1127-16)

Project essentials

Typology
Architecture upon the existing › Adaptive reuse
Materials
ladrillo cerámico · madera · cerchas de madera · teja árabe · muros Trombe
Concepts
industrial rehabilitation · interior public street · social integration · accessibility · passive climate control · interior street · skylights · Trombe walls

The project rehabilitates the warehouses of the former Vapor Cortès, in Terrassa —originally part of the industrial complex known as Vapor Marquès— to house the new headquarters of Fundació Prodis, a social organisation that supports people with intellectual disabilities.

The intervention preserves the character of the complex and articulates the transformation around the recovery of the interior street between the two main warehouses: an open-air pedestrian passage that operates as an extension of the urban fabric and organises access to all the centre activities.

The original wooden trusses are preserved and reinforced with new perpendicular beams; the masonry walls retain their regular rhythm of pilasters and openings, and where no window is needed they are converted into Trombe walls that passively condition the interior spaces.

Aerial view of the rehabilitated industrial complex at the former Vapor Cortès. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Aerial view of the industrial complex (image no. JG1127-40)
Access to the centre from the main street with the original recovered façade. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Access from the main street (image no. JG1127-02)
Brick façade with the regular rhythm of original pilasters and openings. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Brick façade (image no. JG1127-16)
Interior of the workshops under the reinforced wooden trusses. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Workshop interior (image no. JG1127-24)
Interior façade facing the recovered pedestrian passage between the naves. PRODIS Centre in Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes. Photography by Jesús Granada.
Interior façade to the pedestrian passage (image no. JG1127-23)

Complete project description on the Harquitectes website.

Project data

Architect
Harquitectes
Location
Terrassa, Barcelona, España
Client
Fundació Prodis
Quantity surveyor
Carles Bou
Structural engineering
DSM Arquitectes
Services / MEP
M7 Enginyers
Collaborators
Maya Torres, Miquel Arias, Itziar González, Albert Ferraz, Andrea Arasa, Sara Ferran, Mariona Dalmau, Maria Azcárate
Design
2020-2021
Construction
2022-2024
Area
3.842 m²
Photography
© Jesús Granada, 2024

Published in

Photographic report

Inventory number
JG1127
Production date
February 2024
Cameras
Sony α7RII
Lenses
Canon TS-E 17 mm f/4L · 24 mm f/3.5L II · 50 mm f/2.8L Macro · 90 mm f/2.8L Macro
Postproduction
María Arias
Digital archive
TIFF 8-bit · Adobe RGB 1998 · resolución 30 × 50 cm @ 400 ppi
Photographs
40 TIFF files · request license →