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5 years of ON-A talks

5 years of ON-A talks

As we return from summer holidays, we are celebrating 5 years of ON-A talks. These Friday sessions have been attended by more than 50 professionals from the worlds of architecture, construction, and art. Synergies, inspiration, and creativity flow continuously.
Parc Blau in the</br>MODEL. Barcelona Architecture Festival

Parc Blau in the
MODEL. Barcelona Architecture Festival

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.
ON-A InnovatiON-Architecture, </br>in Catalunya Ràdio

ON-A InnovatiON-Architecture,
in Catalunya Ràdio

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-A. InnovatiON-Architecture

ON-A. InnovatiON-Architecture

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 (...)

GREEN NEST HOUSE<BR/> IN CASA VIVA MAGAZINE

GREEN NEST HOUSE
IN CASA VIVA MAGAZINE

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 (...)

WEBINAR “Digitalization in construction” organized by Grupo Vía.

WEBINAR “Digitalization in construction” organized by Grupo Vía.

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 (...)

ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona –  2021 Edition

ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2021 Edition

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 (...)

REVISTA CASA VIVA  Nº287

REVISTA CASA VIVA Nº287


“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 (...)

VIA CONSTRUCCIÓN N147, Grupo Via – 2019

VIA CONSTRUCCIÓN N147, Grupo Via – 2019

“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 (...)

You’re ON! Competition 2020

You’re ON! Competition 2020

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 (...)

Sustainable Building at Talent Garden Barcelona

Sustainable Building at Talent Garden Barcelona

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 (...)

You’re ON! Competition 2020, The Jury

You’re ON! Competition 2020, The Jury

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:

  • Emotion for the continuous search for a surprise in the spaces we design, for always trying to surprise the client and their users.
  • Innovation for the continuous search for new (...)
Corporate video, our history (2005-2020)

Corporate video, our history (2005-2020)

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 (...)

ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2020 Edition

ON-A opened its doors at the 48H Open House Barcelona – 2020 Edition

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, (...)

Sustainable urban planning and new forms of occupation on the planet.

Sustainable urban planning and new forms of occupation on the planet.

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”.

 

Watch in (...)

Nou Parc in El Periódico de Catalunya

Nou Parc in El Periódico de Catalunya

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 (...)

ETERIC RESIDENCIAL IN LA VANGUARDIA

ETERIC RESIDENCIAL IN LA VANGUARDIA

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 (...)

You’re ON! Competition 2020

You’re ON! Competition 2020

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 (...)

ON-A. EMOTION-ARCHITECTURE: WORKS & PROJECTS

ON-A. EMOTION-ARCHITECTURE: WORKS & PROJECTS

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 (...)

Constructed: Torre El Rengle Mataró

Constructed: Torre El Rengle Mataró

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 (...)

WORKING PROCESS OF TOWER THE RENGLE. FINISHED WORK

WORKING PROCESS OF TOWER THE RENGLE. FINISHED WORK


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). (...)

“BIM EXPERIENCE” CONFERENCE AT BBCONSTRUMAT 2017

“BIM EXPERIENCE” CONFERENCE AT BBCONSTRUMAT 2017

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 (...)

JURY IN A MOSCOW METRO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

JURY IN A MOSCOW METRO INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

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 (...)

CASA VIVA N235

CASA VIVA N235

The extensive report in the December issue of Casa Viva on the Pre-Fab House was designed by ON-A. 16 pages with all the photos of the project, plans, and description. You will also find a detailed explanation of the design process with BIM technology and a complete list of all the technicians and industrialists who participated in the process.

Related link: Casa Viva magazine

NEW PROTOTYPES OF PARAMETRIC FACADES

NEW PROTOTYPES OF PARAMETRIC FACADES

In our research, we have conducted further studies of parametric facades developing diferent prototypes of patterns that can be applied in projects. Following various parameters, the implementation of these models are subject to the program and use of the building and the location where they can play not only the role of the skin, but extend the design to new lines of innovation where there (...)

ON-A INTRODUCES THE BREAAM SUSTAINABILITY ASSESMENT METHOD

ON-A INTRODUCES THE BREAAM SUSTAINABILITY ASSESMENT METHOD

Inside the research and application of new tools and technologies, ON-A has established the BREEAM certification platform. This method of evaluation and certification of sustainability of the building is listed as the most technically advanced and has maintained leadership worldwide with extensive experience, consolidating its presence in Spain. In this way, are unified in the office the (...)

ON-A AT ÁGORA BARCELONA’S FORUM

ON-A AT ÁGORA BARCELONA’S FORUM

On april 19th at the Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza, Grupo Vía organized the conference “Agora: New projects of residential architecture” in which was discussed the activity in the housing sector at present. The event was attended by Jordi Fernández who presented as an example the new housing complex, trade and offices “el Rengle Residential” next to the Passeig de la Marina in Mataro, (...)