9-Square site plan and precedents most of which were visited in Portugal and Spain while  studying in Barcelona. This includes the gate at MACBA, the Gulbekian museum, and various moments designed by Harquitectes and Alejandro de Soto.

Poble Nou the historically industrial area of Barcelona is still full of factories while simultaneously being revitalized into the tech startup area called 22@. The site of the housing project aimed for recent arrivals to Barcelona is located in one of these long, narrow industrial sites.

The Grain In order to cantilever over the site, one set of trusses buttressed laterally, brace and aid the trusses running longitudinally above in order to cantilever over the site. This makes the grain of the apartments on the first floor oppose the ones at the second floor.