portfolio apbailo 2 by Alberto Pascual

2021 2025

hi!

I’m Alberto and this is my portfolio

I was born in Barcelona and have always lived here with my family.

My journey in architecture began in 2015 at ETSALS in Barcelona and I had the amazing opportunity to go abroad to study in Rio de Janeiro for a year. I keep very fondly all my memories from there and all the things I learned. When I came back, I started my first work experience, finished my undergraduate degree and completed my Master’s degree. I finished my studies in 2022, with honours and a prize in the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism. I consider myself a curious and restless person, constantly looking for new challenges and opportunities to learn and grow both personally and professionally. It is very stimulating for me to be able to work in team and contribute with my creativity and organization. I also have a great interest in new technologies and IT.

> A little about me /10-09-1997/ “I am able to build what I design.”

06. 04. 05. 03. 02. 01.

> Fab Lab

/2021/

#lowenergy #woodstructure #impluvium #clayblocks

> Raval Circus

/2022/

#urbanplanning #culture #thesis #assemble

> Miami High School

/2024/

#educational #eco-friendly #expandable #lowenergy

> Youth Center Casa del Sucre

/2024/

#renovation #culture #prefabricated #integration

> Oliveres School

/2025/

#prefabricated #wood #rammedearth #garden

> Architecture collab’s

/2021-2025/

01. fab lab

V year Undergraduate Final degree project

Exterior Impluvium // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop

> Fab-Lab: workshops, fabrication rooms and exhibition spaces.

/2021/

Green and low energy project with a programme of workshops, fabrication rooms, and exhibition spaces. It forms part of an ensemble with a common gallery space, central impluvium and a lightweight sheet metal roof together with polycarbonate panels for the envelope. In the interior space, a glue-laminated-timber structure of pillars and beams, and cross-laminated-timber floor slabs form the interior workshops and the exterior ones above. The interior skin is built with rectified 29 cm thermo-clay blocks, taking advantage of their thickness for both thermal inertia and insulation.

compact gallery impluvium

LEYENDA:

PLANTA BAJA:

PB01.- Fab-lab interior.

PB02.- Espacio polivalente doble altura.

PB03.- Entrada.

PB04.- Oficinas.

PB05.- Cocina.

PB06.- Local de instalaciones.

PB07.- Aseos.

PB08.- Galería común.

PB09.- Impluvium común.

PLANTA PRIMERA:

P10.- Fab-lab exterior.

de la cubierta Estructura de la cubierta

LEYENDA:

ESTRUCTURA:

E01.- Zapata corrida armada HA-25.

E02.- Hormigón de limpieza.

E03.- Bloque rectificado de termoarcilla (29x29x19 cm).

E04.- Pilar de GLT 20x20 cm.

E05.- Jabalcones de GLT 15x15 cm.

E06.- Vigas GLT tangentes 40x10cm.

E07.- Forjado de CLT de 20 cm.

E08.- Viga de GLT 50cm.

E09.- Viguetas de madera entramadas. E10.- Pletina metálica de unión RothoBlaas Postbases F720L

CUBIERTA: C01.- Cubierta ligera tipo Sandwich de chapa metálica ondulada. C02.- Lámina impermeable áltamente transpirable. Transpir 150 Rothoblaas. C03.- Aislamiento: panel de lana de roca Hardrock 391 (150 mm). C04.- Segunda chapa metálica ligera ondulada.

FACHADA: F01.- Panel corredizo de policarbonato ondular de alta densidad con carpintería de madera. F02.- Panel fijo de vidrio con doble cámara y carpintería de madera. F03.- Ventana oscilante con carpintería de madera. F04.- Bloque rectificado de termoarcilla (29x29x19 cm F05.- Lámina de remate horizontal de madera. F06.- Ventana pivotante con carpintería de madera. F07.- Ventana batiente con carpintería de madera. F08.- Panel fijo de policarbonato ondular de alta densidad con carpintería de madera. F09.- Perfil de acero de 10 cm. F10.- Cuerda con vegetación parra.

RECOGIDA DE AGUA: A01.- Lluvia. A02.- Canelón de acero galvanizado apantallado. A03.- Goterón. A04.- Agua tratada para baños. A05.- Agua tratada para Restaurante. A06.- Déposito para tratamiento del agua.

A07.- Panot 2.0 (VORA Arquitectura). A08.- Canaleta de hormigón con rejilla metálica.

A09.- Tubería PVC diámetro 5cm. A10.- Barrera antihumedad horizontal. A11.- Lamina impermeable transpirable Transpir 150 Rothoblaas. A12.- Terreno drenante con gravas. A13.- Tubo de drenaje.

PRODUCCIÓN DE ENERGIA:

Energía solar.

51 paneles fotovoltaicos.

Controlador de carga.

Grupo de baterias (16 unidades).

Invertidor.

Armario eléctrico.

C01

C03

Interior gallery // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop + AI

02. circus

Master’s Architecture With Honours

XVI BEAU Spanish Biennal Award

https://labienal. es/proyectos/circocontemporaneo-en-elraval-de-barcelona/

EU MIES Young Talent Nominee

https://eumiesawards. com/heritageobject/ raval-circus/

Exterior theatre // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop

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> Contemporary circus in El Raval, Barcelona TFM project /2022/

The Raval is a different neighbourhood from the rest of the city. It’s a harbour area, and half of its inhabitants are foreigners. Most of the facilities are meant for tourists. The project proposes a different point of view, creating a facility to be used by the people living in the area. Considering the great variety of cultures and traditions concentrated in this part of Barcelona, the proposal is to create the “Raval Circus”. For neighbourhood meetings where skills and cultural traditions can be shared. Instead of removing mass in order to create new facilities, this project explores the possibility of using the pre-existing mass and overlaying the intervention with lightweight constructions.

Spatial structures

Training blocks

Runways

Raval Circus (2022)

I. FULL AND EMPTY SPACE. The urban planning that has been carried out so far in El Raval has been based on emptiness and substraction. Removing mass to create an axis of facilities and open areas.

II. FACILITIES AND PUBLIC SPACE. There is an axis that goes across the Raval connecting facilities such as the MACBA, the CCCB, Massana School, and the Boqueria Market, among others with public open spaces. The Western side remains a residential and high-density area.

III. AREA OF INFLUENCE. It is on this axis of facilities where most of the tourists visiting the Raval are concentrated. A map has been made of the influence of the facilities according to the photos posted on the internet.

LUZIA

IV. EMPTY SPACE IN BLOCK’S INTERIORS. The block’s interiors are big open spaces with wasted use.

V. WALKWAYS IN BLOCK’S INTERIORS. A 4-metre-high walkway runs across the urban block’s interiors, attaching itself to the party walls and adapting to the irregular structure of the neighbourhood.

VI. WALKWAYS AND PAVILIONS. Buildings are placed along this path in the empty urban plots and block’s interiors. These buildings are accompanied by spatial structures formed by scaffolding for outdoor activities. Facilities where circus activities take place.

Interior theatre // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop

WINNER - XVI Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial

EU MIES AWARDS Young Talent 2023 Nominee

Circus. Flat or inclined stalls with center stage

Catwalk. Flat stalls with longitudinal stage

Theatre. Inclined stalls with exterior stage

Experimental. Flat or inclined dinamic stalls with center stage

B Sección B

Runway image // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop

03. miami

Professional Work

Catalonia’s Infrastructures Competition

Finalists

w/ Pedro García

aulas aulas

aulas aulas aulas taller serveis comuns admin

franja vertical de serveis i instal·lacions

arbres fruiters en els patis

vestibul + àgora + pati

refugis climàtics a l'entorn escolar espais de trobada i relació

ampliació una linea d'eso

porxo d'accés

espai picnic amb taules i graderies cap al pati

quan plou, es tanca el sostre i s'aconsegueix un espai exterior cobert per a jugar

espai d'horts a sud

> High school with possibility of expansion in MiamiMontroig del Camp, Tarragona /2024/

The building is implemented with a modular system developed on the ground floor, which allows an easy and economical expansion. The proposal consists of three different volumes perpendicular to the street. On one side the classrooms, facing north and with patios and terraces as climatic shelters. Administration workshop classrooms around a courtyard that can be covered and develop common activities. Finally, the kitchen-dining room and gym as a separate body on the other side of the playground. The proposal is based on the desire to create exterior and interior intermediate spaces that allow cross ventilation and a new way of understanding education with collaborative spaces

autoproducció d'energia ventilació creuada

> secció general e. 1/500

reutilització d'aigua

infiltració i recollida d'aigua

zona d'ampliació amb repetició del mòdul

límit parcel·la

secció general

franja vertical de serveis i instal·lacions vestibul + àgora + pati I.

Interior corridor // Image made with 3ds Max + D5 render + Photoshop + AI

04. sucre

Professional Work

Barcelona’s Municipal Infrastructures /BIMSA/ Competition

Finalists

w/ Mª Àngels Negre

obert al parc

> axonometria emplaçament i entorn

> Renovation of a 20th century building to host a youth space /2024/

La nau està situada quasi al final del parc de La Plaça de les Glories. “La Canòpia” arriba fins el carrer Consell de Cent i intersecta amb la Rambla dels Encants. En aquesta posició privilegiada, la façana al parc es converteix en un teló de fons del parc.

La nau es pot travessar des de l'espai central, fluint la comunicació des del parc cap a la ciutat. La nau no es una barrera i passa a ser un pas. El triangle que resulta amb el traçat del rec Comtal esdevé la nostra plaça. Obrim l'edifici a la plaça i la plaça entra dins participant de l'activitat més lúdica. El mirador es consolida amb unes grades sobre el rec que emfatitzen la voluntat d'incorporació de la plaça.

The project opens the building towards the new urban park “Canòpia” and thus, the park participates in the activities that take place, so that it is integrated as a part of the project, forming a plaza. The main access is through this new plaza, through the center of the building and allows reading at once the building, its history and the new proposed reality. The location of the vertical communications frees and complements the circulations, generating dynamic spaces that favor relationships. The different areas of the building can be used independently according to schedule.

> enderroc de volums afegits

I. Demolition of added volumes

> enderroc de volums afegits

II. Affected and deteriorated facade

> façana afectada

> recreació de façana i obertures noves

III. Recreation of facade and new openings to the square and the park

> recreació de façana i obertures noves

Tanquem la porta que deformava la façana a la rambla i fem entenedor des de l'exterior el sentit de l'accés a la nau des de la plaça. Aquesta façana recupera el seu ritme compositiu i és una lluerna des d'on guaitar les activitats interiors. El recorregut incorpora el pont sobre el rec i es dignifica el pas lateral entre la nau i l'escola convertint la façana del tester en permeable.

producció de E

> autoproducció d'energia

IV. Self-production of energy for NZEB building

The volume and most of the existing structure is maintained, the facade of Cartagena St is reconstructed. Inside, the program is organized with prefabricated and removable elements that are grouped according to the needs. The open space flows between these elements allowing synergies of activities. The situation of the vertical communications sectorizes the uses: the polyvalent room is located in relation to Cartagena St and the plaza; the “castellers” space, located at the other end, brings light to the three levels; the rest of the floor is free of organization. The exterior plaza and the relationship with the interiors favor social interaction and climatic comfort.

La gran porta que s'obra a l'espai del circ esdevé un atractiu d'activitat pública, potenciant el valor de la façana y el seu reconeixement històric

Portfolio // Alberto Pascual Bailo

Arribada dels usuaris des de la rambla dels encants. La gran porta que s'obra a l'espai del circ esdevé un atractiu d'activitat

I. Respected heritage II. Optimized itineraris III. New floors using existing beams

> secció transversal (estructura de fusta) e. 1/200

ESQUEMES GENERALS

> patrimoni respectat

IV. Boxes placed on the north facade. Relationship areas on south

V. Independent access for circus and ‘castellers’. Possibility of time zones

> forjats nous (aprofitament de biguetes) per al circ i castellers

> caixes col·locades en

espais de relació en façana

Construction process

PROCÉS CONSTRUCTIU + ACÚSTICA

AXONOMETRIA SISTEMES CONSTRUCTIUS

10 m

AXONOMETRIA SISTEMES CONSTRUCTIUS

ventilació de sala tècnica

ventilació de sala de monitors

coberta ventilada de zinc amb aïllament térmic

no tòxic aïllant acústic resistent a càrregues muntat en sec resistent al foc

façana amb acabat arrebossat

trasdossat interior amb aïllament tèrmic

panells fono absorbents verticals y sota forjat

nova viga fink i reforç de la viga existent

Les façanes tenen fissures i esquerdes causades per la tipologia constructiva, concretament en la transmissions de càrregues vertical de la coberta i de les empentes laterals de les encavallades sobre unes

forjats amb aïllament acústic

planxa metàl·lica semiperforada

reforç estructural de formigó restitució de façana

En el multi espai, l'estructura de suport del forjat superior existent es consolida amb el reforç de la biga metàl·lica també existent amb tensors inferiors i es trava amb una altra biga fink alleugerida en sentit

Casa del Sucre (2024)

Exterior plaza // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop + AI

Entrance hall // Image made with 3ds Max (Vray) + Photoshop + AI

05. oliveres

Professional Work

Catalonia’s Infrastructures Competition

Exterior image // Image made with Midjourney + Photoshop + AI

w/ Pedro García

> School with possibility of expansion in VentallóAlt Empordà, Girona /2025/

The building is implemented with a light wooden roof that provides shelter to the programmatic areas, generating interstitial spaces that allow teaching and leisure activities in semi-outdoor spaces. It is an articulated proposal that guarantees various relationship spaces with different orientations. The volumes provide differentiated accesses for kindergarten and primary school. The internal circulation is fully optimized by a single central passage that has natural light and direct ventilation. The primary classrooms and kindergarten have directly related outdoor spaces for teaching activities.