Apartment Choice

09/08/2017 - Very close to nature, sustainable planning: Spanish architect Pablo Serrano from DOM Arquitectura in Barcelona wants to lead the way with a prefabricated apartment block . Thanks to their sustainability, efficiency and, not least, their low cost, prefabricated houses are extremely popular. So architect Pablo Serrano (DOM Arquitectura) chose prefabricated construction for his ' Casa de Madera ' project. For Serrano, this is a pioneering project as prefabricated construction is still not very widespread in Spain. The resulting modern apartment loft on the slopes of San Cugat (Barcelona) is a model for energy-efficient and ecological construction in the prefabricated house style . Warm wood is the main building material and was selected thanks to its outstanding thermal properties . Serrano used spruce for the façade and pine for the interior; all wood originated from the Catalonian Pyrenees. The materials used were sourced from the immediate ...