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Girona 19: DAMAGE AS A BUILDING.

The building of Girona 19, was built in 1969 and designed by the architect Juan Guardiola Gaya, where he had his studio for many years. Baron also has facades of Finestrat and Elguezábal Caesar, the latter being, the most developed and oriented to the west, which especially in summer, the sun gives full.

building is devoted entirely to offices and shops all fully external. As can be seen in the pictures, the original facade before it, is a wire mesh seen, painted old gold, which also serve as external structure, form a grid which alternates the blind panels, covered with Carrara marble , champagne-colored aluminum windows (and tips) and other squares protruding slightly from the rest with a purpose: to accommodate air conditioning units that were ventilated by side screens, and serve as an advertising medium for companies located there, through the glass surface. The thin outer pillars, extend into the attic to support a pergola original stream with the lower surface of Rajoleta view very similar to others designed by the architect at the same time: the old marquee stop the trenet Villa ADOC and Vistamar pharmacy in the building of the same name.

previous state of the building.

promotional brochure of the building. Courtesy of Reuben.

Time has passed and it has been necessary to make a rehabilitation of the facade for several reasons: firstly both the metal structure as the squares outstanding areas were damaged by rust and also some of them lost their lining glass. But undoubtedly the most influential in the outcome of rehabilitation, has been the change that the systems of air conditioning has been suffering over the years. When he designed the building, the more refrigeration extended at the individual level, were so-called "window" and to that end were projected on the façade coatings. But over time, systems have been changing and now the majority system is the one outside compressor unit and inside the "split" in performance and economy is higher than the previous. This had led the owners to install them chaotically outside compressors, so that more than 40 aircraft, "adorned" the building.

The desire to eliminate the existing anarchy and hide all compressors and also provide an outlet for all possible devices, achieving thereby eliminating the inconvenience of having a bowl to collect the condensed water has led to adoption of the solution appears in the images, far from the first adopted by D. Juan Guardiola Gaya and the result is frankly appalling, completely distorting the balanced front facade, with those grids maroon color! marquee and run on the first cast, which breaks the slim base that previously formed the ground floor and mezzanine. The color change has done the rest.

final score.

And to forget a bit of anger to see become one of the most unique buildings in our downtown, then we will enjoy (almost) with a song some years ago, it is "Air" (conditioned, of course) by Pedro Marin, teen idol of the 80 in which again all girls crazy ...