EcoEspai

EcoEspai

A public building that refuses to hide what it is made of. Ecoespai is proof that bio-based construction meets the full demands of contemporary civic life.

Project Overview

Ecoespai is a 1,000 m² multi-purpose public building commissioned by the Ajuntament de Mont-roig del Camp and completed in 2024 in Miami Platja, Tarragona. Designed by Pepe Milà of OP Team, the building serves as a shared space for municipal administration, cultural programming, and coworking — conceived from the outset as a reference project for sustainable public construction.

The building's organic, hand-shaped form — also known as "the Octopus" — was made possible by digitally controlled precision fabrication of its prefabricated components, combining CLT and 410 m² of EcoCocon straw wall panels with millimetric execution of the foundation.

Wood, straw, clay, and compressed earth blocks are the primary materials throughout — each placed according to its specific structural and environmental properties, and deliberately left exposed. Mechanical installations are equally visible, giving the building an openly didactic quality: visitors can read how the building works simply by being inside it.

PROJECT PARTNERS

Architect: Pepe Milà (Oficina de Projectes Team)

Contractor: COASA

Engineer: Oficina de Projectes Team (OP Team)

Client: Municipality of Mont-roig del Camp

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Working with EcoCocon has been agile, rigorous, well documented, and inspiring.

Pepe Milà

Architect, OP Team

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KEY FEATURES

  • 1,000 m² completed 2024, Miami Platja, Tarragona, Spain

  • 410 m² of EcoCocon prefabricated straw wall panels

  • Hybrid CLT and EcoCocon straw panel structure

  • Primary materials: wood, straw, clay, compressed earth blocks

  • First bio-based public building of this typology in the region

IMPACT

Approximately 47.4 tonnes of CO₂ stored in EcoCocon panels 

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