vora arquitectura fitness club, leisure, renovation, sport, swimming pool 8 Barcelona, Spain Josep Lluís Sert

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1 Barcelona Projects 9 Created 11-Jun-09 By Tomasz Grzyb, Mikolow, Poland Forum Building Barcelona, Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square Barcelona Pavilion Unicorn Theatre MACBA Santa Catarina Market Can Ricart Sport Complex 7 Fundació Joan Miró 8 Barcelona, Josep Lluís Sert museum 4 Sondika Airport 9 Bilbao, Santiago Calatrava airport 5 Barcelona, Richard Meier museum 3 London, United Kingdom Keith Williams s theatre Barcelona, vora arquitectura fitness club, leisure, renovation, sport, swimming pool Barcelona, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion 2 Equipamientos Londres-Villarroel 10 Barcelona, Coll-Leclerc Arquitectos housing, primary school 6 Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 1

2 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 2

3 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 3

4 photo: Hélène Binet photo: Hélène Binet Unicorn Theatre Tooley Street 147 SE1 2HZ London United Kingdom Unicorn Theatre is one of the leading producers of professional theatre for children in Britain Founded in 1947, their mission is to create amazing shows for children which are fun, challenging and exciting shows which rise to the challenge of a child s imagination The radical new project, a result of a 5 year collaboration between Keith Williams s, and the Unicorn team, is the most far reaching theatrical base for young pleople s drama anywhere in the UK It has been widely celebrated for its dramatic architecture and spaces, and the skilful handling of its complex formal programme on a very tight urban site The new building contains 3 theatres, rehearsal and education studios, foyer, café and bar, as well as the normal back stage spaces as green room, dressing rooms and the like On the south bank of the Thames, this new theatre will enrich the lives of over 100,000 children, their families and teachers every year m² Interior architect, Theatre consultant Contractor Theatre consultant Structural engineer Keith Williams s MI_MOA Theatre Projects Consultants Mansell Construction Services Charcoalblue Arup Unicorn Theatre photo: Hélène Binet By underground: London Bridge: Northern (Bank branch) and Jubilee Lines Tower Hill: Circle & District and DLR (Tower Gateway) By Bus: 47, RV1, 381 Buses to London Bridge: 17, 21, 35, 40, 43, 48, 133, 141, 149, 343, 521, 705 Buses to Tower Hill: 15, 42,

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

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

7 photo: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Can Ricart Sport Complex Carrer de Sant Oleguer Barcelona The building completes the urban block bounded by two different public open spaces urally the project strategy starts from the existing conditions that made it especially complex ie the integration of two buildings with strong identities, the sports pavilion (from the nineties) and the industrial building of the 19th century The main effort of the architects was to arrive at a compact and coherent functional whole that volumetrically maintains the reading of the three bodies that form it: the two existing buildings and the new construction that contains the swimming pool, all formally autonomous The new building is materially and formally austere The façade is made from exposed in-situ concrete, giving a texture that is a homage to the start of the textile industry in Catalonia in this area of the city The texture has come from a specially combined formwork of timber planks of different characteristics photo: Adrià Goula m² vora arquitectura Foment de Ciutat Vella thomas metro: L2-L3 Paral lel, L3 Liceu bus: 20, 24, 36, 57, 64, 91, 120,

8 photo: Pere Pratdesaba photo: Ferran Freixa Fundació Joan Miró Parc de Montjuïc Barcelona Set up by Miró, the Foundation is a dynamic centre where art experts and the public in general come in contact not only with his own work but also with the main currents in 20th-century art Josep Lluís Sert created an open-plan structure where interior communicates with the exterior, producing a perfect balance between architecture and landscape The basic material is reinforced concrete painted white On the outside, the marks left by the shuttering are combined with prefabricated panels of a granular texture, while the white interior walls create a restful atmosphere Other features such as the terracotta tiles, the wooden edgings to the steps, are, like the colour, typical of vernacular architecture in the Mediterranean The austere yet pleasing forms of Sert s designs are of similar origin: the central patio, the apertures and the shallow vaulted ceilings Distinctive features are the octagonal tower housing the Auditorium, the Library and an exhibition room photo: Pere Pratdesaba Main designer, Josep Lluís Sert Jaume Freixa Fundació Joan Miro boeboe Tuesdays to Saturdays: October-June: July-September: Thursdays Sundays and public holidays: Mondays (except public holidays) Closed Special rate for groups of over 15 persons Group reservations: education[at]bcnfjmiroes or (34) Special tours through the building on the first Saturday of every month at 1230 h (From 6/10/07 til 28/6/08) The tours are free, but in Spanish or Catalan only! Bus 50 "Trinitat nova-parc de Montjuïc Bus 55 "Pl Catalana - Parc de Montjuïc" Funicular de Montjuïc (Metro Paral lel) Parking outside the Foundation The museum is situated on the Avinguda de Miramar Close to the Barcelona Pavilion by Mies van der Rohe 8

9 photo: Dirk Verwoerd photo: HJ Imhoff Sondika Airport Errementeri Kalea E Bilbao The steel and concrete structure, nicknamed La Paloma (the Dove) because of its resemblance to a giant bird about to take flight, is integrated into the hilly green landscape in the Txoriherri Valley in close proximity to Bilbao The aluminium skin of the Central Terminal sweeps across the 140 meter long terminal entry, providing cover for multiple levels of arrival and departure The layout was designed to limit the impact of auxiliary buildings on the vista of the main building An elegant four-storey parking structure, with a skylit walkway leading to the Terminal Building, is tucked into a grassy embankment photo: Dirk Verwoerd m² Santiago Calatrava Aeropuertes Nacionales de Bilbao HJI From Bilbao city centre you can reach the airport most easily by Bizkaibus A-3247 within 30 minutes 9

10 Equipamientos Londres-Villarroel Calle Londres Barcelona This project is an intervention whose goal is to clear a saturated residential fabric The incorporation of a varied programme on this block, such as subsidised housing for young people, a primary school and sports fields, allows a reinterpretation of the typological possibilities of this block in the urban development by Cerdà with a direct relationship between inside and outside and a break in the buildings that does not impede the view of the original urban elements However, the façade of the buildings creates a proportion and space rhythm whose relationship with its actual surroundings is open to discussion Regarding the advantages that this type of programme contributes to the context, not only are the community facilities very much worth noting, but the revitalisation of the population of 19th century bourgeois urban developments with a type of user that is becoming scarcer and scarcer Project is not public! m² Coll-Leclerc Arquitectos City of Barcelona aplust photo: José Hevia The project is situated in the area of l'eixample in Barcelona 10