What is Sustainable Architecture for ON-A? CIC ARCHITECTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY Magazine invited us to participate in its first selection of “Sustainable Architecture Studios 2022-2023”, a space for reflection and opinion of more than 100 architecture studios on sustainability, a debate of interest that is gaining more and more strength every day. Building in a sustainable and responsible (...)
Every Friday, we host a private ON-A talk, during which a guest shares their vision of a topic of interest. We have invited not (...)
During the celebration of MODEL. Festival de Arquitecturas de Barcelona, Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández (ON-A’s founders) talked at the “Tour with the Press” to explain the concept of the Parc Blau project which proposes to re-naturalize the port area of Barcelona and turn it into a large park that would connect the sea and the city.
The Parc Blau project portraits an opportunity (...)
The book “ON-A InnovatiON-Architecture” was presented on Thursday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m. at the Col-legi d’Architects de Catalunya – COAC, an event organized by the Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Cooperativa Jordi Capell.
The authors, Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández (ON-A’s founders), and the editor Ricardo Devesa (Actar Publisher) exposed that the main objective of the book was to (...)
Interview of our book, ON-A InnovatiON-Architecture, about the perspective of architecture in Catalunya Ràdio.
Radio Catalunya’s online program “Perspectiva”, a space for debating architecture and urban planning, interviewed Eduardo Gutiérrez, Jordi Fernández (ON-A founders and principals) and Ricardo Devesa (editor).
The reason for this interview is that ACTAR published a new monograph on (...)
InnovatiON-Architecture compiles ON-A’s work philosophy: a constant search for innovative ad hoc solutions for each project, using the most updated technologies and design research at the service of ideas, with criteria based on their professional career, but always going beyond the conventional. The book’s contents have been organized to illustrate the four conversations held between (...)
ON-A architecture studio introduces the Green Nest House, a sustainable house design that has been inspired by nature. Using circular economy principles, the house was designed to focus on two main objectives: first, maximizing people’s well-being and, second, enhancing ecosystem and environmental health.
100% SUSTAINABLE The Green Nest House is 100% sustainable and it is presented to (...)
Saúl Ajuria, project leader of ON-A, has participated as a speaker at the webinar “Digitalization in construction” organized by Grupo Via.
The talk has revolved around BIM and the position of ON-A regarding this methodology. The aim was to provide an internal vision of the work carried out within the office. For this reason, the talk has shown the different processes and workflows from the (...)
Events ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2021 October 24, 2021 Last Sunday, October 24, 2021, ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona. The festival is held every year in Barcelona and is a special occasion to visit private and public buildings that are normally not accessible. According to the motto of the Open House BCN 2021 this year, the focus was on (...)
Our project Hermeticity in “Design for Living” in the International Competition Book Launch by Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), is a global reflection on the rethinking of the human habitat that includes more than 120 projects and proposals.
Hermeticity is an experimental study consisting of a vertical city capable of providing the basic necessities for human life (...)
Last September, ON-A had the opportunity to be present at REBUILD’21, the National Congress of Advanced Architecture and Construction 4.0, which took place in MADRID at the IFEMA. We there collaborated with WES, WOOD ENGINEERING SYSTEMS, a leading builder in the sector of efficient and sustainable construction.
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“To ON-A it is very important that our projects broadcast emotion, this house is oriented in a way that conferes a high value to the landscape, treating it as if it was an architectural element (…)”“The structure is made out of concrete and has been conceived from its basement to the roof. (…) The almost 5 meters overhang has been made with a post-tensioned structure, which is commonly (...)
ON-A wishes you a happy and peaceful 2021!
Big projects and more are coming up this year. Thank you to our collaborators and partners during 2020.
“We materialize into architecture everything we are able to imagine.”
“Innovation, Emotion, and Sustainability”
We present the latest edition of 2019 of Via Construcción magazine. Proud to be home and share our experience and vision of architecture.
“In our work team, research has been a part of our DNA since the beginning.”
“We have always been aware that technological developments are essential to our discipline and that digital tools do not limit (...)
We have the winners!
We are happy to announce the winners of the first edition of the ideas contest You’re ON!, an initiative that aims to encourage innovation and discover new talents among architecture and design students.
This award recognizes those students who want to develop exciting and sustainable projects and find new innovative solutions to address the problems of the present and (...)
Eduardo Gutiérrez, the co-founder of ON-A, participated as a speaker at the face-to-face event organized by Grupo Via at the Barcelona Talent Garden.
The event, Sustainable Building, analyses the trends of sustainable construction, circular economy, and energy certifications applied in the field of construction to generate sustainable and efficient buildings.
Speakers
We had the pleasure of (...)
This Monday, November 30th, We have finally reunited to deliberate on our You’re ON competition!
During the jury, we have mainly focused on our principles philosophy, ideas, or concepts that move us when we design:
Video that reveals our history, our philosophy in architecture from the initial phase to our global growth in representative projects. Our architecture studio founded in 2005 by Eduardo Gutiérrez and Jordi Fernández, formed by a creative and multidisciplinary team capable of approaching each project in a unique and personalized way.
We have been developing works and projects efficiently for (...)
Events ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2020 October 24, 2020 Last Saturday, October 24, 2020, ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona. The festival is held every year in Barcelona and is a special occasion to visit private and public buildings that are normally not accessible. Open House BCN 2020 aims to reaffirm the concept of the 15-minute city, (...)
ON-A has been invited to host a conference at the UNIRP XVI Week of Architecture and Urbanism, in Brazil.
The lecture emphasizes the importance of the innovation mindset within our practice and the need to re-design our cities incorporating nature in the built environment.
“Sustainable urban planning and new forms of occupation on the planet: from the Arctic to the Desert”.
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Online program “Perspectiva” of Catalunya Radio, a space for debate on architecture and urban planning, interviewed Jordi Fernandez, co-founder of ON-A. He explained the values of bioarchitecture as a strategy for renaturation, using the proposal of Nou Parc as a case study. The firm plans a large park around Camp Nou for the city of Barcelona, generating quality spaces for (...)
El Periodico de Catalunya echoes the Nou Parc project, a green alternative proposal to the Nou Camp project. A mountain-stadium covered with forest and nature. A brand new 26-hectare park for the city of Barcelona which currently lacks quality green spaces. A new urban lung that maintains all the existing functionality of the stadium and the services linked under its green cloak. In (...)
Unique appartments on the seafront
Our residential project Panoramic House has been published in CASA VIVA’s magazine number 287 (pages 64 to 81).
“(…) A new concept of living has been born, a different way of enjoying leisure and entertainment without needing to leave the block. This is how Eteric Residencial is: two buildings with 119 modern and functional appartments each, which stand (...)
We are pleased to announce the first edition of the “You’re ON” competition call for ideas, developed by ON-A.
We would like to invite the student community related to the design sector (architects, interior designers, industrialists …) to participate in this challenge who, like us, want to develop challenging projects, sustainable and innovative solutions to solve the problems of the (...)
Eduardo Gutierrez, co-founder of ON-A, presented a collection of projects at the event organized by Grupo Via where the future of architecture of the main offices in Barcelona was exhibited.
Related link: www.grupovia.net
Beginning of the construction of the housing development in Sant Just Desvern. The 102 units development is organized in three buildings in one same urban block, with green areas, community spaces, and a swimming pool for the neighbors. Projected by ON-A using BIM methodology.
Related Link:Sant Just Homes III
The book reveals the history of ON-A, its philosophy and emotion in architecture, from the beginning of the studio to its global growth, showing its representative projects.
It is an opportunity to navigate the most varied experiments, processes and creations of ON-A, interviews and awards. The contents are organized in a collection of chapters, each one introduced by an explanatory text of (...)
ON-A co-founder Eduardo Gutiérrez was interviewed by Verdtical Magazine, where he highlights the importance of sustainability in design, new construction techniques and materials of organic fusion.
“Sustainable construction is no longer the future, it’s the present.”
La semana pasada visitaron nuestro jardín inteligente los alumnos del curso de jardines verticales organizado por Verdtical.
El curso está dirijido a profesionales de la jardinería, arquitectos, ingenieros, paisajistas e interioristas.
SORIGUÉ group proposed us a challenge: we would create a mixed residential building that would also be an architectural reference in the area.
We at ON-A are compromised with those new ways of projecting and building that are modifying the practice of architecture. Because of that, all the information of the building was stored in the same threedimensional model, centralizing all the (...)
Construction works for the residential Sant Isidre in Sabadell, which promotes Sorigué, continue. We have placed the GRC panels on one of the three stairs and we have started the interior finishes by placing carpentries.
In the GRC facade, executed by Planas Ark, you can see the three colors of panels that compose it: white (as the main element and as a frame for the volumes), black (mainly (...)
Final video from the construction process of El Rengle in Mataró carried out by Stupendastic Films and which promotes and builds Sorigué. This video shows us images of the work process with images of the finished work before delivery to customers. We can see fragments of two interviews with Eduardo Gutiérrez (ON-A partner and project manager) and Oriol Giménez (Sorigué project manager). (...)
Nos ha hecho ilusión ver el resultado final del anuncio rodado en ON-A el año pasado. Para los que habéis estado ya veréis que el estudio está muy reconocible. No se han dejado ni una maqueta por mostrar!
PNC Bank – ‘The Cello Lessons’ // TVC from Aaron McLisky ACS on Vimeo.
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Nuevo vídeo del seguimiento de obra del residencial el Rengle en Mataró realizado por Stupendastic Films. En esta ocasión veremos el proceso de montaje de la fachada desde la colocación de los paneles de GRC hasta las carpinterías exteriores. Promueve y construye Sorigué
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Primer premio del Caixaforum Valencia. La propuesta del equipo liderado por Enric Ruiz-Geli y formado por CLOUD9 + ON-A + XPIRAL + JG IngenierosL + BACPLAY-TIME ha sido la ganadora del concurso para la construcción del CaixaForum en Valencia.
El director de la Fundación La Caixa, Jaume Giró, y el presidente de la Generalitat, Ximo Puig, presentaron ayer el proyecto ganador del Caixaforum de (...)
New video during the construction phase of the Single Family House #1510 carried out by Stupendastic Films. In this video, we will see the conclusión of the installation of the GRC façade once the structure is finished.
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New video following the construction of Residential el Rengle in Mataró produced by Stupendastic Films. In this occasion, the concrete structure is being finished as well as the collocation of the GRC façades begins. Promotes and builds Sorigué.
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At the end of May, we finished the structure of this single-family house #1510 by concreting the top slab. At the same time, we started the façades enclosures, the collocation of installations and the execution of the infinity pool.
See more about this project here
On May 25, at the BBConstrumat 2017, Eduardo Gutiérrez (architect and co-founder of ON-A) and Oriol Giménez (head of construction of SORIGUÉ) gave a lecture entitled “BIM experience”. The purpose of the conference was to share experiences lived and shared between the architectural and construction team of the Rengle tower through the use of the BIM applied to the construction process and (...)
New Video updating the construction process of the Rengle Tower in Mataró, carried out by Stupendastic Films. At this time we present the construction of the structure above the ground floor (slabs 1 to 6). A project promoted and built by Sorigué.
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On February 17, started the first building stage of the single family house # 1510 designed by ON-A in the town of Gavà. The forecast of the construction duration, will be 11 months, starting now with the excavation process.
See more about the project here
Video summary of demolition process of the pre-existences on the plot where will be built Sant Isidre’s residential project in Sabadell. Once this phase is completed, the worksite preparation will start this housing promotion designed by ON-A, and promoted and built by Sorigué.
Video produced by Stupendastic
From 23rd to 25th January Eduardo Gutiérrez, founding partner of ON-A, participates as a member of the jury of an international competition for the Moscow metro.
The object of the competition is to find an optimum design and architectural-artistic solution for the interiors of the platforms and halls of the “Sheremetyevskaya”, “Rzhevskaya” and “Stromynka” stations of the Koltsevaya line (...)
Work continues on the Torre El Rengle in Mataró promoted by Sorigué. This time in the video edited by Stupendastic Films we can see the excavation of the basement and the execution of the piloting.
Watch it on Vimeo here
