SUSANA FARGAS Economist - Interior Designer
“La Ricarda” family house Architect: Antoni Bonet. Construction: 1963. Location: Barcelona, Spain. University PROJECT: Turn “La Ricarda” into a Hotel with 6 rooms and different common areas. PHILOSOPHY: Bonet’s heritage, preserving the original architecture.
COMPOSITION SYSTEM: Wooden panels. In the common areas these panels are used to create exempt furniture, allowing free movement. In the interior and at the entrance the furniture is made of oak wood, while the porches outside are in white corian, creating a contrast between the in and the out areas. The rooms are arranged against the wall, creating different heights according to usage. Current state picture Rooms
Floorplan proposal
Exterior
Lighting floorplan proposal
“Car Race” University INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT (Product, Graphic and Interior design) in groups of 4 students. PROJECT: Create a team and make a “car” to win a race.
KEY WORDS: romanticism, german forces, battlefield, knights. LIMITATIONS: Use at least three wheels, a braking system and some protection for the pilot. BLOG SITE: valldaurapaddock.wordpress.com
TEAM IMAGE/NAME: “RÖTEHRGEIZ” (Rot,red and Ehrgeiz,ambition). The Moodboard shows our caracter using images. Moodboard
Logo Final photographs
Vehicle floorplans
Two-sided poster
Car model (like a horse)
“Paseo de la Cantera” This specific avenue has a special tourist interest because it’s a part of the Camino de Santiago. Location: Jaca (Huesca), Spain. University PROJECT: Design of a bench including an interpretive landscape center. Currently the promenade has three different types of benches, from the oldest
to the newer ones. The project aims to create a unique bench type that meets the requirements of both citizens and tourists who are just passing. COMPOSITION SYSTEM: A concrete platform of great dimensions and a wall that separates both spaces (contemplation and relaxation). The bench consists of a single continuous piece of Corten steel affixed to the concrete wall.
Floorplan
Technical details
Interpretive landscape centre
“Fashion vending machine” University INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT. PROJECT: Create a new brand (showroom, promotional product & event for customers). BRAND NAME: “BEBOP” To a new way of living, a new way to buy. Every day is frenetic, rushing all the way. At any moment something could happen: stain your work shirt, sudden rain,
you break a heel, etc. BEBOP provides basic design products to meet these contingencies. KEY WORDS: design, urban, solution. TARGET: young, student, professional, worker. Whoever lives the hectic daily life. LIMITATIONS: Use a fluor color. BLOG SITE: lapajareriaescocesa.tumblr.com
Showroom
Promotional product for another European city. Product: new BICYCLE SEAT DESIGN. City: AMSTERDAM, a very important cicling city that represents the brand’s target.
Promotional event for customers: FOOD EVENT. Concepts: Food prêtà-porter, good food, TUPPERWARE, rhythm, independence.
“New concept of banking office” UNIVERSITY DEGREE TESIS. ABSTRACT: The bank branch is a very particular type of office, as it offers both public and private service. So the design must take into account the two main agents involved in the space: customers and employees. The Banks, like all companies, are focused on getting profits and, for this reason, BANK BRANCH TYPOLOGIES: The following diagram explains, through five key points, the design evolution of the banking offices in order to determine its future design.
SPACE FACILITIES
have given priority to customer needs, forgetting those of their employees. The design evolution of banking offices has been slower (every 10 years) because it has occurred at the same time as the technological advances and the new social needs have appeared. SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS that influence the design of bank branches:
general offices
- Technological advances: e-banking. - The efficiency of online banking. - New generations: representing a new type of customer who demands a different relationship with the Bank. - Changing customer habits. - Relationship client-bank: the products the Bank sell are intangible, for this reason the relationship with the customer is an important added value.
OBJECTIVE: to introduce the common areas for employees, creating separate areas for customers and employees, without giving priorities. PROPOSAL: SHARED OFFICE, characterized by the differentiation of spaces for the client and for the worker gradually and equitably.
banking offices
CELL
OPEN CONCEPT
COMBO
REVERSIBLE
OF PRODUCTS
OF CUSTOMERS
MIXED
SHARED
Cubicles
Transparent
Free+Cubicles
Multifunctional
Armored desks
Free+Cubicles
Multifunctional
Customers/employees
Individual control
No individual control
Individual control
Importance of technologies
Individual control
Individual control
Importance of technologies
Importance of technologies
Customized attention
Customized attention
COMMUNICATION directors employees
PRIVACY DISTURBS
According to the space
According to the space
PROJECT LOCATION: 530-532, Diagonal Avenue (Barcelona, Spain) between the streets Tuset and Moià. This office is a bank branch of “La Caixa” Bank and it is a very important location because it is the former headquarters of the Bank.
Framework
According to the space
CURRENT DESIGN: The current division of the office has been made taking into account the different services offered, with all areas intended to customer service. Therefore, the whole office space is intended for customers. (CUSTOMERS AREA) The common space for workers is very small, which hardly fit two people. It also shares the space with the bathroom, only one for the entire office. (EMPLOYEES AREA) The access zone is located in the middle of the floor around which are distributed the different spaces. (ACCESS/PASS AREA)
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL: The project proposes a gradually space division. The first is intended for customers and it is the most exposed area to the outside. It is a meeting area, where there are the personal attention offices and other services. (CUSTOMERS AREA) The farthest zone from the entrance and so the most private, is exclusively for workers. The project included this space as a key point of the new bank office design. (EMPLOYEES AREA) The middle zone has the function of connecting and passage space between the other two main areas. (ACCESS/PASS AREA)
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL Main facade and construction details
Main facade (Diagonal Avenue)
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL Entrance and Customers area
Customers area
Entrance
Offices/Customer service
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL Access/Pass area
Access/Pass area
PROJECT DESIGN PROPOSAL Workers area and back facade
Employees working area
Employees common area
Back facade
SUSANA FARGAS Economist - Interior Designer
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