The Wave Rersidential is ON-A’s proposal for a competition to design a residential building alongside Badalona’s new canal.

Badalona, Spain


The Wave Residential

Year
2018

SURFACE
19,959 ㎡
Partner in Charge
Jordi Fernández
Eduardo Gutiérrez
Project Team
Ernest Ruiz
Georgina Morales
Nicolás Millán
3D Visualization
PLAY-TIME

The building is located along the new Badalona canal in the El Gorg neighbourhood. This area has experienced incredible growth in recent years and its value has increased considerably thanks to the new port and the new urban connections to the centre of Badalona, making it an axis linking the city to the sea. It also stands out for the versatility of its uses, its unsurpassed accessibility to the city of Barcelona and its airport, its high mobility, the development of its roads, and the quality of its green spaces.

Functional Programme

The building is located on a plot of 3,077.38 m2. In defining it, we have followed the specific volumetry that allows us a certain flexibility in the interior design. The project consists of 108 apartments with 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms that can be grouped into a total of 10 different typologies.

On the ground floor, there is a commercial space open to the canal, the main access, and part of the building’s car park, which, together with a basement, comprises 154 parking spaces and 108 storage rooms. On the first floor, there is a communal area with a swimming pool, a solarium, a green area, and a children’s playground.

The Wave Rersidential is ON-A’s proposal for a competition to design a residential building alongside Badalona’s new canal.

Unique Design

Given the proximity to the sea and the canal, we opted for a horizontal composition of the facade that evokes the waves of the sea. The white GRC facade framing the terraces and the brown ceramic facade of the apartments are used to emphasise the building’s colourfulness, which is reminiscent of nautical designs.

The Wave Rersidential is ON-A’s proposal for a competition to design a residential building alongside Badalona’s new canal.

The Wave Rersidential is ON-A’s proposal for a competition to design a residential building alongside Badalona’s new canal.