La Salle AISlab
- Refurbishment
- Education
- Sustainability
La Salle Interactive Arts & Science Laboratory (IASlab) is an immersive building specialising in digital technologies, serving as both a laboratory and a research centre for the development of content in science, art and digital entertainment. The building is part of the La Salle Campus in Barcelona and is designed to be sustainable and energy-efficient.
The project consisted of the partial refurbishment of an existing building to create classrooms and sound laboratories, with works carried out across different levels while academic activity continued on the upper floors. The intervention included the renovation of spaces with demanding acoustic requirements, the addition of a second skin on the façade with a metal structure and polycarbonate, and improvements to the energy efficiency of all building services.
- Year: 2022-2023
- Duration (months): 11
- Location: Sant Joan de la Salle 7, Barcelona
- Surface area (m2): 2.795
- Developer: Privat
- Architecture: Josep Ferrando Architecture
- Photography: argotphoto
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Adaptation to new needs
The technological requirements of the building’s new programme required adapting its structure by retaining existing elements and adding new ones.
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Double-skin façade
Addition of a second skin with metallic structure and polycarbonate to the existing façade.
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Functional design
A design focused on versatility and durability for intensive-use spaces.
A sustainable facility
- Improved energy efficiency of renovated building services.
- Reuse of structural elements, optimising resources in interior spaces.
High-performance acoustics
- The sound laboratories and recording rooms required specific interventions to meet high acoustic performance standards.
Cross-disciplinary coordination
- The building’s functional programme required close coordination with the building services team and phased planning to ensure continuous university activity.
