arquitectura
Peris+Toral Arquitectes
Barcelona, España
Barcelona studio founded by Marta Peris and José Manuel Toral, specialising in public housing and urban space. Their best-known work is the 85 social housing units in Cornellà de Llobregat, a five-storey building with a timber structure raised above a concrete ground floor and organised around a communal courtyard. The project, known as Modulus Matrix, received the RIBA International Prize 2024 and the Premio Construmat 2024 a la Sostenibilidad (Construmat Sustainability Award), and was a finalist for the Mies van der Rohe Award. They work with timber and a matrix of equal-sized rooms as tools to reduce emissions and make domestic use more flexible.
- Category
- Architecture
- Region
- Barcelona, España
- Official website
- peristoral.com
Why we chose it
Because they show that timber social housing can be affordable, decarbonised and of the highest architectural quality, with international recognition.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Peris+Toral Arquitectes located?
- Peris+Toral Arquitectes is based in Barcelona, España.
- Why is Peris+Toral Arquitectes in the Descarboniza directory?
- Because they show that timber social housing can be affordable, decarbonised and of the highest architectural quality, with international recognition.
