Our proposal was born from the concept of "permahealth": a more balanced, holistic and constant vision of health, one that considers health as much more than not being sick, rather a lifestyle affected much more than purely physical: it is a state of well-being. This is how we came to our name: ABIBA (Barcelona Welfare Agency, “Agencia del Bienestar de Barcelona” in Spanish) and our strategic concept:

CULTIVATING WELL-BEING

A constant, holistic and sustainable vision of the common good

Once we defined the concept and design principles, we began to build out the project at different levels, starting with the name and the brand image. We defined our main colour as: “soft green” – bringing the concept of culture and nature; and “tile red” in reference to the earth, what is human and warm. Finally, we defined our logo, which can be read in various ways: two hands about to embrace, a circular shape that represents sustainability, or two natural shapes intertwining...

We also defined the look and feel of signs and other graphic elements, including a complete digital ecosystem of screens that would accompany users, providing them insights on wellbeing, milestones achieved by the team or reminding them of events.

GROUND FLOOR AND MEZZANINE
We started looking at the project from the outside, in the following images you can already see some of the interventions that we carry out such as the setback of the facade. This intermediate space allows us to locate a bicycle parking lot in addition to allowing for disinfection and taking people's temperature before entering the building. On the left side we have a video wall in which we show information about the building as well as health news, the weather report or info about events.

Upon entering we have the reception and registration area and a cafeteria in front. This entire area is a common and social space open to the entire community, we call it "La Plaza". Here we can see the new location of the staircase, in a strategic point that invites people to make use of it instead of the elevators. We want to encourage workers to use the stairs as much as possible and that meant making the staircase one of the nicest, best lit places of the whole building, always surrounded by nature.

STAIRCASE
The staircase is one of the most important areas of our proposal. We make it light and wide and we open windows on both sides so the user can remain in contact with the vegetation of the patios while going up or down. We can also see the signage to mark access to the bathrooms, the information on each floor in front of the elevators, as well as the arrows on the internal walls of the staircase that help the user to better locate themselves in the space.

PRODUCTION AREA
The first, second and third floors are dedicated almost entirely to "production", actual day-to-day work. In the left area of the first floor is the only one with mixed uses we have a multipurpose room that can be used for training both for medical personnel or the community on health-related issues such as healthy eating, health campaigns, vaccination etc. This room is right next to the terrace, which can be used for workshops on organic farming and to grown a medicinal garden.

On the exterior facade, due to its west orientation, we have blinds with a home automation system on all floors that open and close them to take better advantage of natural light and control the temperature of the spaces. The distribution of the floors is designed to be able to have an alternate circulation in bathrooms and stairs to ensure users keep interpersonal distances.

Here we can also see the wooden slats on the ceilings, that give continuity and rhythm to each floor while providing acoustic improvements and warm tones. We also see the meeting booths, some larger than others, that change along each floor to add dynamism. And we can also appreciate how light and vegetation enter through the central courtyards.

CONCENTRATION AREA (FOURTH FLOOR)
We call this area "the Forest and the Oasis", a place where we invite the user to lose themselves so they can find themselves. Once inside this space, the user finds a labyrinth of semi-translucent fabrics with images of vegetation on them. In the images below we can see the effect we intend to create with the lighting, the images on the textiles and the carpet. In the center of this space, the user will find mirrors that reflect the images of the textiles and their own image. It is here where the person discovers himself and where he will find access to the next room: a space for contemplation and introspection where the user can sit and be comfortable, isolated from the noise of life and where they can enjoy the serenity and harmony they have found with themselves.

DINING AREA (FIFTH FLOOR)
The dining room is strategically closed with glass and located on this floor to avoid bad smells but still maintaining visibility towards the patios. We propose an open kitchen of a good size so that there is an external catering service that brings semi-prepared food, thus supporting users to eat healthily and take advantage of what is grown in the orchard on the sixth floor. We propose natural material like wood and warm tones to give the user the feeling of being in the kitchen of their own home.

TERRACE
Following a holistic concept of health, the 6th floor has orchards in which users can grow edible plants. This allows for a bette use of natural resources the building enjoys such as sunlight an location. On the right side of the terrace we find an area with tables so that workers can go up to eat their lunch, and on the left side we've created a space with a high table where workshops on urban gardening and other topics can be held.