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barcelona Projects 12 Created 06-Mar-16 By leandro lingeri, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gas Natural Headquarters Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT office Forum Building Barcelona Pavilion 3 4

development, promenade 6 Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 8 b720 arquitectos office Richard Meier museum Botanical Garden BAAS Jordi Badia gallery, museum Ludwig Mies van der

1 barcelona Projects 12 Created 06-Mar-16 By leandro lingeri, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gas Natural Headquarters Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT office Forum Building Barcelona Pavilion 3 4 Santa Catarina Market 5 Torre Agbar Jean Nouvel landmark, office Can Framis Museum 9 Mestre Nicolau Marina Barcelona Forum BCQ arquitectura bridge, commercial space, leisure, mixed-use development, promenade 6 Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 8 b720 arquitectos office Richard Meier museum Botanical Garden BAAS Jordi Badia gallery, museum Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion MACBA Carlos Ferrater garden, park Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square 2 South-East Forum Coastal Park 12 Foreign Office s garden, tourism, urban plan 7 Library Sant Gervasi - Joan Maragall 13 BCQ arquitectura library 1

photo: Martino Zegwaard photo: Gas Natural Gas Natural Headquarters Carrer dels Pinzón 1 08003 Barcelona http://wwwgasnaturalcom The most striking feature of the 20-storey glass tower is the variety

result of both its location and its architectural singularity have made it a landmark on Barcelona's skyline With the arrival of the company in Barceloneta, this district now has a new public square

supplemented by a low-emissive top layer, all provided by Glaverbel This makes a highly energy efficient façade combining excellent insulation (U value: 14 W/(m²K) with the protection needed to cope

2 photo: Martino Zegwaard photo: Gas Natural Gas Natural Headquarters Carrer dels Pinzón Barcelona The most striking feature of the 20-storey glass tower is the variety and originality of its volume, which lends a completely different appearance when observing it from the city, the sea or from the coastal ring-road It has spectacular horizontal jut, which as a result of both its location and its architectural singularity have made it a landmark on Barcelona's skyline With the arrival of the company in Barceloneta, this district now has a new public square called Plaza del Gas at the gas company request, located on the site where the first gasworks in the history of were located 160 years ago The façade is clad in 18,000 m2 solar clear control glass, supplemented by a low-emissive top layer, all provided by Glaverbel This makes a highly energy efficient façade combining excellent insulation (U value: 14 W/(m²K) with the protection needed to cope with solar light and heat (solar factor: 21%) Enric Miralles died shortly after winning the tough design competition photo: Martino Zegwaard Project is not public! m² Supplier Structural engineer Services engineer Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT Glaverbel Group MC2 Estudio de Ingenieria PGI Grup Grupo Gas Natural Naomi There is no acces inside the buiding, but the public square is open for everyone to visit Metro: L4 Barceloneta Bus: 17, 36, 40, 45, 57,

Forum Building Avinguda Diagonal 1 08019 Barcelona http://wwwbarcelona2004org/ The Forum Building is a triangular measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height, located within the

symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the serious flaws that arose during its construction were widely covered in both the Spanish national and foreign press It has lain

upper part is suspended from the triangular superstructure measuring 180 meters per side that covers the plaza, and rests on 17 pillars From it, the exhibit hall and the roof of the auditorium are

3 Forum Building Avinguda Diagonal Barcelona The Forum Building is a triangular measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height, located within the triangle formed by the surrounding streets It is considered by some to be an icon of the "New Barcelona " However, local opinion on its aesthetic and functional merits is deeply divided It was the symbol of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures and the serious flaws that arose during its construction were widely covered in both the Spanish national and foreign press It has lain empty since the Forum and is beginning to show marked deterioration The building is structured around an auditorium with a capacity to hold 3,200 people The seating is below the Forum Plaza level The upper part is suspended from the triangular superstructure measuring 180 meters per side that covers the plaza, and rests on 17 pillars From it, the exhibit hall and the roof of the auditorium are suspended The exhibition hall covers nearly 5,000 m Herzog and De Meuron Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004 Naomi photo: Francisco Nogueira Metro: L4 - Stop "Maresme/Fórum" Bus: Lines NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambesós: Fórum 3

photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Barcelona Pavilion Avinguda del Marquès de Comillas 08038 Barcelona http://wwwmiesbcncom/ A work emblematic of the Modern Movement, it has been exhaustively

Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of along with the German authorities

4 photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Barcelona Pavilion Avinguda del Marquès de Comillas Barcelona A work emblematic of the Modern Movement, it has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects It was designed as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of along with the German authorities After the closure of the Exhibition, the Pavilion was disassembled in 1930 As time went by, it became a key point of reference not only in Mies van der Rohe's own career but also in twentieth-century architecture as a whole Given the significance and reputation of the Pavilion, in 1980 thoughts turned towards its possible reconstruction Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original site in 1986 photo: Kevin Louage 1929 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Germany Naomi every day (including holidays) Metro: L1 and L3 (Espanya), Bus: Placa Espanya, FFCC: Espanya, Bus: lines 13 50, Tourist Bus: Caixa Forum Pavelló Mies van der Rohe 4

photo: Luca Pitasi MACBA Plaça dels Angels 1 08001 Barcelona http://wwwmacbaes/ Built on a previously monastic enclave near the historic Casa de la Caritat -the area near the Ramblas, in the Old

help regenerate Clad in white enamelled-steel panels, the plaza elevation is animated by the horizontal louvers of the ramp-hall and by two plaster sculptural elements, a cut-out plane above the

5 photo: Luca Pitasi MACBA Plaça dels Angels Barcelona Built on a previously monastic enclave near the historic Casa de la Caritat -the area near the Ramblas, in the Old Gothic QuarterMeier's Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona appears massive, bright, white, pristine and inviting, contrasting starkly with the rather down-at-heel surroundings it is intended to help regenerate Clad in white enamelled-steel panels, the plaza elevation is animated by the horizontal louvers of the ramp-hall and by two plaster sculptural elements, a cut-out plane above the entrance and a free-form, top-lit special exhibitions gallery set in advance of the building at the eastern end of the main facade The sculptural elements of the main facade show themselves to full effect in the Mediterranean sun in the square, while effectively filtering the sunlight entering the building Inside generous circulation space and ramps benefit from the sunlight, while allowing a more subdued light level to permeate through to the rather plain exhibition spaces m² Contractor Lighting designer Richard Meier COMSA Renfro Design Group Consorci Museu d'art Contemporani MI_MOA September 25th to June 23th: Weekdays 11 am to 730 pm Saturdays 10 am to 8 pm Sundays and holidays 10 am to 3 pm June 24th to September 24th: Weekdays 11 am to 8 pm Thursdays 11 am to midnight Saturdays 10 am to 8 pm Sundays and holidays 10 am to 3 pm Closed on Tuesdays (except holidays), December 25th and January 1st MACBA is a short walk to the west from La Rambla and Plaça de Catalunya Metro lines 1 and 3 (Catalunya station) 5

Santa Catarina Market Avinguda de Francesc Cambó 16 08003 Barcelona http://wwwmercatsantacaterinacom/ Wonderful Mercat Santa Caterina strikes a magical balance between local producers and consumers,

square within sight of the gothic cathedral The canopy consists of a mosaic of 325,000 vividly multicolored hexagonal Spanish tiles set in mortar, "whose various colors recall a sill life of produce"

6 Santa Catarina Market Avinguda de Francesc Cambó Barcelona Wonderful Mercat Santa Caterina strikes a magical balance between local producers and consumers, contemporary architecture and tourism The redevelopment retains its original use as a retail food market A huge, undulating canopy covers an existing, former rundown neo-classical market in a large square within sight of the gothic cathedral The canopy consists of a mosaic of 325,000 vividly multicolored hexagonal Spanish tiles set in mortar, "whose various colors recall a sill life of produce" It is a view that will be particularly appreciated by the residents of the neighboring apartment blocks The roof is supported on three primary clear-span trusses that cut through, up and over the roof But, from below, it reads as an organic timber assembly At the opposite end from the retained arcade, an irregular latticework of timber slats brings to mind an Indonesian village hall - a typically offbeat Miralles invention and a reminder that he worked on this design before his death in m² Services engineer Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT PGI Grup Foment de Ciutat Vella MI_MOA Barcelona's daily food markets are all in covered halls and are open daily between 8am and 3pm and 5pm till 8pm, though times may change in summer and winter Metro : Jaume I (Line 4) 6

photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Torre Agbar Avda Diagonal 211 08018 Barcelona http://wwwtorreagbarcom/ "This tower might be a distant echo of old Catalan obsessions,

with the power and lightness of a geyser The tower consists out of 3 non-concentric oval cylinders The inner cylinder holds the vertical traffic nucleus and the installations Between the central axis

7 photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Torre Agbar Avda Diagonal Barcelona "This tower might be a distant echo of old Catalan obsessions, carried on the winds that blown in from Montserrat" said Jean Nouvel Inspired by the architectural legacy left behind by Gaudi and by the hills of Montserrat, the Agbar Tower rises from the ground with the power and lightness of a geyser The tower consists out of 3 non-concentric oval cylinders The inner cylinder holds the vertical traffic nucleus and the installations Between the central axis and the exterior there are 31 spacious floor without internal columns Its first skin covers the concrete walls, is a layer of polished aluminum in earthy tones and blues, greens and greys The second skin is made up of sheets of clear an translucent glass A LED system is used for the night lights The leds are orientated toward the interior skin of the sheet plating, bathing it in uniform light, without projecting the light outwards m² Associate architect Jean Nouvel b720 arquitectos Layetana Inmuebles MatthijsvanderSluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis The Agbar Tower is located at the Placa de Les Glòries, the meeting point of the city's three most important communication arteries: La Diagional, La Gran Vía and la Meridiana Located at the entrance to the new technological and business district know as 22@ Take the subway to Glòries, Line 1 Bus: 7, 56, 60, 92, 192, B21, N2, N0, N7 tram: 4 comunicacion@agbares or call (34)

photo: Hans Brinker Botanical Garden Carrer del Doctor Font i Quer 2 08038 Barcelona http://wwwjardibotanicbcnes Barcelona s Botanical Garden was designed by a team: architects Carlos Ferrater and

8 photo: Hans Brinker Botanical Garden Carrer del Doctor Font i Quer Barcelona Barcelona s Botanical Garden was designed by a team: architects Carlos Ferrater and Josep Lluís Canosa; landscape architect Bet Figueras; horticulturalist Artur Bossy and biologist Joan Pedrola First was considered how the vegetation was structured It was important to plan the layout according to geographic criteria, grouping the plants in the world s 5 Mediterranean regions And within these regional groupings, the plants should be combined according to ecological affinity, thus recreating landscapes as found in nature Secondly the mountain itself provides the topographic conditions for establishing the different plant areas This entailed designing the network of paths around the natural relief and avoiding large earth moving operations The result was a triangular-shaped network adapted to the available space and the mountain slopes This mesh of paths marked out the 71 spaces containing the principal plant communities found in Mediterranean climate regions all over the world photo: Hans Brinker Main designer, Landscape architect Landscape designer Landscape designer Carlos Ferrater Bet Figueras Josep Lluís Canosa Artur Bossy Joan Pedrola Monfort City of Barcelona hansbrinker November, December and January: from Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm February, March and October: from Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 6 pm April, May and September: from Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 7 pm June, July and August: from Monday to Sunday, from 10 am to 8 pm closed January 1 and December 25 admission is free on the last Sunday of the month Metro Espanya (L1 and L3) and bus Parc de Montjuïc Buses: Parc de Montjuïc or 50 and 55 Free tours at weekends (except August), visits by arrangement, audioguide, OCCM scientific media library, disabled access, public parking area, loan and hire of facilities call

photo: Pedro Pegenaute photo: Fernando Guerra Can Framis Museum Carrer Roc Boronat 116-126 08018 Barcelona http://wwwfundaciovilacasascom/en/museums-and-art-gall eries/can-framis-museum-barcelona/

premises with light service industries It is now primarily a high-rise, heavily built-up area housing service/hi-tech industries With Can Framis we aim to play on contrasts, with a surrounding garden

9 photo: Pedro Pegenaute photo: Fernando Guerra Can Framis Museum Carrer Roc Boronat Barcelona eries/can-framis-museum-barcelona/ The new Fundación Vila Casas museum is located in the District, an area where Barcelona City Hall has promoted a full redevelopment of a former factory/heavy industry zone by substituting premises with light service industries It is now primarily a high-rise, heavily built-up area housing service/hi-tech industries With Can Framis we aim to play on contrasts, with a surrounding garden providing a tranquil breathing space away from the hubbub of speed and time The mainly-paved garden will have many trees and winding paths which will embellish the cloak of ivy which already covers the environs and in the future will enshroud the building and trees The two buildings to be preserved have little architectural worth and are currently derelict Their main interest lies in the contrast of their location, based on the former agricultural sketches prior to the implementation of the Cerdà plan at a level of 15m below the current road photo: Fernando Guerra m² BAAS Jordi Badia Fundació Vila Casas BAASarquitectura Hours: Tues - Sat: 1100 to 1800 Closed: Mon, Sun and holidays Closed Easter: Thurs and Fri Closed Summer: August take Metro L1 to Glòries or L4 Llacuna Bus: 7, 192, 6, 40, 42, 141, B25 Tel Fax canframis@fundaciovilacasascom 9

photo: Rafael Vargas photo: Rafael Vargas Mestre Nicolau 19 Carrer del Mestre Nicolau 19 08029 Barcelona The complete refurbishment of this office building with serious structural problems allowed

modern corporate building, using colour as a differentiating tool On the façade, transparent, coloured glass slats form a plane in front of the enclosure The set changes gradually in colour and

10 photo: Rafael Vargas photo: Rafael Vargas Mestre Nicolau 19 Carrer del Mestre Nicolau Barcelona The complete refurbishment of this office building with serious structural problems allowed its transformation into a corporate building It took into account the need to achieve a high level of flexibility and required services, as well as designing a new façade that identifies it as a modern corporate building, using colour as a differentiating tool On the façade, transparent, coloured glass slats form a plane in front of the enclosure The set changes gradually in colour and density Horizontally, the gradation of colour varies from yellow to orange tones, borrowing awnings on the balconies that surround it Vertically, the density of the slats is determined by the solar radiation and the size of the street that makes protection on the higher levels more necessary The forging of the ground floor was rebuilt to the street level elevation, while the forging of the basement was raised to obtain an underdevelopment of the parking ramp Project is not public! m² b720 arquitectos Layetana Inmuebles b720_arquitectos photo: Rafael Vargas 10

photo: Pedro Madueño photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Marina Barcelona Forum 2004 Port Forum Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930 Barcelona A marina should be memorable for its activity rather than for its

commercial constructions without façades produced by tectonic manipulation of the site The roofs of the commercial premises were turned into public space, prime vantage points overlooking the harbour

simplified to the maximum; a single element provides a range of functions: lighting, seating, railing, table and housing for ventilation ducts, and port architecture uses concrete in generous,

11 photo: Pedro Madueño photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Marina Barcelona Forum 2004 Port Forum Sant Adrià de Besòs Barcelona A marina should be memorable for its activity rather than for its form Hence the clarity of its forms but also the soft curves of its limits in floor plan and section; hence also the attention to night lighting The process began with the design of a series of commercial constructions without façades produced by tectonic manipulation of the site The roofs of the commercial premises were turned into public space, prime vantage points overlooking the harbour A few premises were built on the waterfront to expand the commercial and spatial potential of the public marina space The use of materials also reflects some restraint: the street furniture is simplified to the maximum; a single element provides a range of functions: lighting, seating, railing, table and housing for ventilation ducts, and port architecture uses concrete in generous, sweeping gestures The weathering Cor-ten steel suggests the image of a great ship washed up on the shore after a storm photo: Andreas Kammermeier m², Landscape architect, Urban planner BCQ arquitectura BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Barcelona City Council 11

photo: Maria José Marcos photo: Maria José Marcos South-East Forum Coastal Park Rambla de Prim 1 08019 Barcelona The southeast coastal park and auditoria project was part of the

the park was borrowed from a frequent model in coastal areas; sand dunes They are a form, a material organisation with little internal structure, merely sand, shaped by wind The park

walking to running, biking, skateboarding and a series of performance and relaxing areas by a network of paths or activity zones Views are deliberately controlled by the demarcation of

12 photo: Maria José Marcos photo: Maria José Marcos South-East Forum Coastal Park Rambla de Prim Barcelona The southeast coastal park and auditoria project was part of the infrastructure that the city of Barcelona had planned as the Host City for the International Forum of Cultures, held in 2004 The organisational prototype that the architect proposed for the park was borrowed from a frequent model in coastal areas; sand dunes They are a form, a material organisation with little internal structure, merely sand, shaped by wind The park provides open air auditoria and spaces for events and activities, wind protection and suitable habitats for vegetation The park allows and encourages sports and leisure activities, from walking to running, biking, skateboarding and a series of performance and relaxing areas by a network of paths or activity zones Views are deliberately controlled by the demarcation of these zones; narrow, focused views broaden to wide open views photo: Maria José Marcos m², Landscape architect Foreign Office s magicarch 12

photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona photo: Ariel Ramirez Library Sant Gervasi - Joan Maragall Carrer Sant Gervasi de Cassoles 85 08022 Barcelona http://w110bcncat/portal/site/biblioteques/ The motto

and well lit spaces The building is shaped by 'light and silence patios' and 'books and knowledge patios' The first, surrounded by glass, light and ventilate the interior while isolating the library

13 photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona photo: Ariel Ramirez Library Sant Gervasi - Joan Maragall Carrer Sant Gervasi de Cassoles Barcelona The motto with which the project was presented in the ideas competition was "Garden of Light", summing up the two main ideas of the project: maintaining and improving the existing garden while providing joyful and well lit spaces The building is shaped by 'light and silence patios' and 'books and knowledge patios' The first, surrounded by glass, light and ventilate the interior while isolating the library from the street The second, concrete volumes filled with books, are part of the supporting structure of the library Inside, the aim has been to recreate a tectonic landscape with a succession of resounding volumes and unexpected transparencies The reading rooms are small, the size of a home living room The structural walls are coated with honeycomb clay blocks, a simple material of great nobility that provides silence, thermal comfort, warmth and a certain relationship to land, appropriate in an excavated building photo: Ariel Ramirez m² Contractor BCQ arquitectura Contratas y Obras Emrpesa Constructora IDP Eginyeria, Medi Ambient i Arquitectura JG Ingenieros Jordi Sánchez Manuel Arguijo Mercadomótika Mika Iitomi Ayuntamiento de Barcelona Sarrià-Sant Gervasi, Barcelona d'infraestructures Municipals - BIMSA Project manager Lighting designer Cooperating designer Structural engineer Lighting designer Landscape designer BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Monday, Wednesday, Friday: h & h, Tuesday & Thursday: h, Saturday h, Sunday closed 13

BARCELONA 16.Projects 9

BARCELONA 16.Projects 9 BARCELONA 16 Projects 9 Created 14-Dec-15 By Thomas Kuhnel, buenos aires, Argentina Communications Tower Santiago Calatrava landmark Hotel Santos Porta Fira Torre Agbar Barcelona Pavilion Forum Building