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1 BCN xbaaso Projects 36 Created 22-Feb-12 By Oscar Brito, London, United Kingdom Barcelona Pavilion Barcelona, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion Film theatre of Catalunya Els Encants de Barcelona Santa Catarina Market Reception desk Can Ricart Palau de la Musica Extension CCCB 7 Civic Center Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Ruisánchez Arquitectes community centre, library, market, mixed-use development Biomedical Research Park 14 Fundació Joan Miró 15 San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library 16 Roca Barcelona Gallery 17 Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater exposition space, information centre 8 Casa de la Marina 18 Barcelona, Josep Antoni Coderch housing, social housing 9 Plaça Vila de Madrid 19 Barcelona, BCQ arquitectura fence, square 10 Jaume Fuster Library 20 Barcelona, Josep Llinás Carmona library 11 Barcelona, Albert Viaplana auditorium, exposition space Barcelona, RCR Arquitectes community centre, library Barcelona, Richard Meier museum 6 Barcelona, Oscar Tusquets Blanca music theatre MACBA 13 Barcelona, Josep Lluís Sert museum Barcelona, vora arquitectura fitness club, leisure, renovation, sport, swimming pool 5 Barcelona, vora arquitectura fitness club, sport, swimming pool Can Ricart Sport Complex Day centre for the elderly Barcelona, Manel Brullet laboratorium Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 4 Barcelona, b720 arquitectos canopy, market Barcelona, BCQ arquitectura community centre, leisure Barcelona, Mateo Arquitectura auditorium, cinema 3 Mercado de la Barceloneta 21 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes market 12 Gas Natural Headquarters 22 Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT office 1

2 Can Framis Museum Barcelona, BAAS Jordi Badia gallery, museum Can Jaumandreu Media-TIC Pujades Office Building Torre Agbar Subcentral Eléctrica 26 Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT park Marina Barcelona Forum International Convention Center (CCIB) 33 Esplanade and Photovoltaic power plant 34 Barcelona, Martínez Lapeña - Torres Arquitectos canopy, energy centre, landmark, square 27 Can Toda City Sports Centre 35 Barcelona, AIA Salazar Navarro fitness club, sport, swimming pool 28 Historical Station of Tibidabo Funicular 36 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes funicular, tourism, train station 29 Barcelona, Victor Rahola Aguadé energy centre Diagonal Mar Park 31 Barcelona, Mateo Arquitectura congress centre, exposition space, meeting room Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater office, recording studio 25 Barcelona, Jean Nouvel landmark, office Mediapro Tower Forum Building Barcelona, BCQ arquitectura bridge, commercial space, leisure, mixed-use development, promenade Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes office 24 Barcelona, Cloud 9 control centre, meeting room, office Barcelona, Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square Barcelona, Josep Llinás Carmona atelier, education, office 23 Court of Sant Boi 37 Barcelona, BAAS Jordi Badia court building, office 30 Igualada Cemetery 38 Igualada, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT cemetery, chapel 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: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Film theatre of Catalunya Plaça de Salvador Seguí Barcelona The new film theater building presents a façade on Plaça de Salvador Seguí, at an angle to Carrer de Sant Pau Together with the existing constructions, it forms Carrer d'espalter It is very close to the mythical Carrer de Robador, in an area which, despite the major clean-ups still going on and the change in population, is still a popular, built-up, oppressively Mediterranean/port neighborhood m² Mateo Arquitectura CIC (Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals) corbu photo: Adrià Goula 4

5 photo: Michela Sala photo: Michela Sala Els Encants de Barcelona Av Meridiana Barcelona The new market Els Encants de Barcelona, designed by study b720 Arquitectos - Fermin Vazquez, was inaugurated in 2013 It is one of the oldest and most loved flea markets of the Catalan city The new building is located not far from the market, at the confluence of Avenida Meridiana and Plaza de las Glorias and in the background you can see the Agbar tower, not far from the site The main objective of the project is to maintain the open character of the informal market About 8,000 square meters for a project that wants to avoid the construction of a building on the kind of multi-level shopping centers The result is a commercial space which is continuous, with slightly sloping floors creating a ring path, seamless, between the stores and small shops, in an experience similar to walking on a pedestrian street A great cover, suspended like a sail nearly 25 meters high, is to protect dealers and users from sun and bad weather condition and gives the market "urban" recognizability 2013 b720 arquitectos michela_sala photo: Michela Sala Línia 1 Glòries, Línia 2 Encants & Monumental Línies T4, T5 & T6 Glòries H12, V21, 7, 92 &

6 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst 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 photo: Naomi Schiphorst 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 Sardà photo: Adrià Goula Sardà Reception desk Can Ricart Carrer Sant Oleguer Barcelona The proposed reform for the reception hall of the Can Ricart Sports Centre is determined by a set of functional requirements that have been demonstrated over the past two years, and by the desire to give more prominence to the reception desk, ameliorating its visibility from the entrance To respond to these demands in a complex space as the lobby, where the confluence of several buildings make up the sports centre, we opted for a simple solution A large circular desk (4 meters in diameter) of a single-section meets the requirements and gives a new image, draws the visitor's attention and resolves effectively the circulation The choice of the colour was made with special care: the counter and the front (outer side) is a corporative and bold color, while the interior is all in black, creating a vacuum As for the construction, the furniture was raised with the utmost simplicity, virtually without joints, without skirting, to enhance the abstraction of the object The finish is reduce photo: Adrià Goula Sardà m² Services engineer vora arquitectura Alessandro Cozzo vora_arquitectura Monday through Friday Metro: L2-L3 Paral lel; L3 Liceu BUS: 20, 24, 36, 57, 64, 91, 120, 157 NITBUS: N0, N6 7

8 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,

9 photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Palau de la Musica Extension Calle Palau de la Música Barcelona The Palau de la Música Catalana, originally built in 1908 by the architect, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, as a headquarters for the Orfeó Català and funded by popular donations, constitutes a symbolic and sentimental heritage of an entire city that identifies with its history It is one of the most representative buildings of Catalan Modernist style The façade of Domènech i Montaner s Modernista concert hall, with its bare brick, busts and mosaic friezes representing Catalan musical traditions and composers, is impressive enough, but it is surpassed by the building s staggering interior The old Palau has been bursting under the pressure of the musical activity going on inside it, and an extension, restoration, remodelling and renovation project by Oscar Tusquets and Carles Díaz in 1989 is being followed by further alterations by the same architect In 1997, the Palau de la Música Catalana was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with Hospital de Sant Pau photo: Hans Brinker Project is not public! 1989 Main designer, Oscar Tusquets Blanca Lluís Domènech i Montaner Palau de la Música Catalana MatthijsvanderSluis The Palau de la Música Catalana organises daily guided tours of the Modernist Concert hall and, when available, Lluís Millet Hall and the Chamber Music Hall Tours can not be reserved, and tickets can be purchased as of one week before the day of the tour Advanced ticket purchase is recommended Ticket office opens at 9:30 Buses: Lines 17, 19, 40 and 45 Metro: Lines I and IV Urquinaona station 9

10 photo: Naomi Schiphorst 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 photo: Naomi Schiphorst 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) 10

11 photo: Ferran Freixa photo: Ferran Freixa CCCB Montalegre Barcelona The Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona is a dedicated to cities and the phenomena they generate; because they have become the social, urbanistic and cultural catalyst of our times and organizes exhibitions, music, dance, courses, debates, lectures, city walks It is The CCCB is in the old but renovated Casa de la Caritat, located in the Raval district The architects: "By changing just one of the sides of the courtyard and using the basement to improve communication and access, we have a very negotiable layout" The sheer glass wall off the courtyard comes as something of a rude shock The left-hand side of the wall is of dark glass; the right-hand side, very slightly offset, is light The wall cants out over the courtyard at an angle of 60 degrees It s part of an impressive cultural belt, near the Ramblas, which runs from the University of Barcelona, past the Biblioteca de Catalunya and the Gran Teatre del Liceu, to the Pompeu Fabra University and next to Meier's MACBA m² Albert Viaplana Helio Piñon Barcelona Municipal Council MI_MOA photo: Ferran Freixa From Tuesday to Sunday: 11 am to 8 pm Closed: Non-holiday Mondays, 25 December and 1 January Special Opening times: 24, 26 and 31 December, 5 and 6 January, 11 am to 3 pm Metro: lines 1, 2 and 3 (Plaça Catalunya and Plaça Universitat), and the FGC and RENFE railways Bus routes: 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 24, 38, 41, 50, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 64, 66, 67, 68, 91, 120, 141, L94, L95, Tombús, Aerobús Car parks: Pl Castella, Calle dels Àngels, Pl Catalunya 11

12 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Civic Center Sagrada Familia Carrer Provença Barcelona The project is sited at the Eixample district, which is characterised by the urban grid of Plan Cerdá and its uniformed square blocks This project means a redefinition of a complex already existing through the recycling of a unused building to convert it into a library The entrances to the buildings are rearranged by placing them in the corner, at the same time a new element, housing the fire escape, is set up into this place; these two operations emphasizes the importance of the chamfer in the Cerda's grid The library building is based on two ideas; first, allowing the light penetrates in the library by transforming the walls into glass, a light aluminium mesh provides sun protection; the second idea is the removal of the central bay of the former building, this idea generates a three floor high patio that allows the reading of the building as a unique space photo: José F García Martín m² Technical engineer Structural engineer Ruisánchez Arquitectes Joan González Gou Robert Brufau Proeixample Jose_Garcia 12

13 photo: Carles Climent photo: Carles Climent Day centre for the elderly Jardins del Príncep de Girona s/n Barcelona The project's main aim is to create a pleasant building for senior citizens, a space where they feel comfortable and one they can identify with The construction materials and finishes used are therefore familiar, warm and comfortable, such as ceramic and wood The building is designed to respond to the park, partaking in its language, materials and function; a vantage point from which users can survey everything going on around them, both in the park and in the street The ground floor is permeable, with a hallway that runs right through the building The building itself represents a new entrance from the street, leading into the park One of the park's esplanades, currently paved in wood, will have a new entrance via the building The tiled roof slopes down the smaller façades to the ground, creating the impression of a great doorway The larger façades, with great picture windows and timber framework, pick up the motif of the park?s wooden paving and street furniture photo: Carles Climent m², Landscape architect, Urban planner BCQ arquitectura BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Barcelona City Council, Horta-Guinardó District 13

14 photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Biomedical Research Park Dr Aiguader 88 E Barcelona PRBB building has a total surface of more than m2 and is located at a 9000 m2 site at Barcelona's seafront by the beach, between Hospital del Mar (with a connection to it) and Arts hotel in the Olympic Village It is a 117x74 meters building of 9 floors above and 3 floors under ground with an elliptical shape and a high level of functional poly-valence The building project has been carried out by a team of two prestigious architects: Manel Brullet and Albert de Pineda, to create a building that adopts the specific objectives of PRBB Facade covered in red cedar controlling the incidence of light and sun, as well as lightening the structure photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Project is not public! m² Main designer, Manel Brullet Alberto de Pineda Ayuntamiento de Barcelona & Universidad Pompeu Fabra MVar Metro Station: Ciutadella Vila Olimpica or just walk the Passeig Maritim and you will find it 14

15 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 15

16 photo: Hisao Suzuki photo: Hisao Suzuki San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library Carrer del Comte Borrell Barcelona es The varied brief recovers the interior space of a block to make the urban setting more dynamic The library, used as a gateway, filters the light through the reading room boxes inserted between the two lateral units This way, sunlight is allowed to enter through the space running from the street into the garden The centre for the elderly configures the public space of the inner block with its frontal wall and its rear courtyard It becomes an element of social cohesion by encouraging interaction between the children playing in the courtyard and the elderly people who come and go The garden, with its trees and earthen paving, is presented as an extension of the library's reading rooms 2008 Structural engineer Technical engineer RCR Arquitectes Blazquez-Guanter Grau-Del Pozo Enginyers SC Proeixample Jose_Garcia photo: Eugeni Pons 16

17 photo: Marjolein Dekker Roca Barcelona Gallery Joan Güell Barcelona wwwrocabarcelonagallerycom Exhibition Space in Barcelona designed by Carlos Ferrater for the bathroom brand Roca It contains a showroom with the newest Roca models designed by architects, a learning centre about the history of water and a contemporary exhibition area The building's façade is made of massive glass strokes, which are illuminated by LED lights, which can be switched on and off in 5 different rhythms 2009 Carlos Ferrater Roca Marjolein photo: Marjolein Dekker Monday-Saturday: 10am-8pm; Sunday 10am-2pm Close to metro stop Maria Cristina (L3), behind the Corte Ingles 17

18 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Casa de la Marina Passeig de Joan de Borbó Barcelona This building was the first urban apartment block carried out from start to finish by Coderch and Valls The urban context of the building in the 1950s was not valuable property, namely Barceloneta's narrow streets and Barcelona's industrial port For this reason, Coderch and Valls designed an introverted housing block where the exterior views are always conditioned by fixed venetian-type blinds The construction has affinities with the Italian avant-garde of the time, especially with Ignazio Gardella's work The building has a classic composition in three blocks: a two-storey zocalo for commercial use, combining large glazed areas and small-scale masonry; a six-storey body of apartments, composed by vertical strips of glazed ceramic tiles and the aforementioned white venetian blinds, and the coronation with a big eave of wooden boards Project is not public! m² Main designer, Josep Antoni Coderch Manel Valls Vergés Instituto Social de la Marina Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín 18

19 photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Plaça Vila de Madrid Plaça Vila de Madrid s/n Barcelona The design sets out to revitalize the square as an urban pedestrian space, celebrating its archaeological site The project proposed a central stretch of grass on the same level as CCanuda and the eastern side of the square The grassy surface slopes gently down to the level of the Roman necropolis Before the Palau Sabassona building, a strip of pavement with a portico provides a platform from which to view the tombs A walkway projects over the archaeological remains, joining up with the prolongation of CDuc de la Victòria, which connects with the Rambla via a shopping arcade This walkway houses a flexible system of retracting sliding doors, constructed to control access to the archaeological site The outer edge of the square is developed using the construction materials and street furniture habitually found in Barcelona's old town Grass, basaltic stone and Corten steel are introduced into the centre, however, the latter being used in walls to protect the existing trees photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona m², Landscape architect BCQ arquitectura BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Foment de Ciutat Vella, Barcelona City Council 19

20 photo: Ron Westland photo: Ron Westland Jaume Fuster Library Plaça Lesseps Barcelona Designed by Josep Llinas and Joan Vera in Barcelona, the Jaume Fuster Library was awarded the 2006 FAD ure Prize, the most prestigious contemporary design prize to receive in The project was honoured for its delicate implantation in the urban context and the way it opens up new perspectives on the plaza on which it is situated The expressive volume of the exterior and de abundance of its interiors is richly appreciated It is one of the most modern and biggest public libraries of the city with an auditorium, amphitheatre, exposition room and special kids-spaces According to the magazine Descobrir Catalunya the Jaume Fuster library, the Gas Natural headquarters, the Fórum building and the Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel are some of the new symbols of Barcelona architecture Even though this public project is highly praised, some critics do say that the human scale of the irregularly faceted library seems out of step with its urban context Go see it yourself photo: Ron Westland m² Main designer, Structural engineer Josep Llinás Carmona Joan Vera Garcia ACS Group Ayuntamiento de Barcelona Ron_Westland Monday and Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and 16:00 to 21:00 h From Tuesday to Friday: 10:00 21:00 h Sunday: 11:00 14:00 h Metro: Lesseps (L-3) Bus: 22, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, 74, 87,

21 photo: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Mercado de la Barceloneta Carrer del Baluart Barcelona "When I was a student at the Barcelona School of ure (ETSAB), Barceloneta was the subject of much conversation Restaurants on the beach which later disappeared narrow streets, cramped flats, the clothes hanging out on the balconies, the shops, the artisans' workshops and its people, who talked, and still talk, fast and loud The project meant a chance to go back to the neighbourhood in an interested manner; it was no longer a trip down there for fun, to discover its people, its bars, its smell but rather a survey of the place with the object of identifying what would enable us to reveal its qualities and to describe it accurately for the purposes of a project An attempt, ultimately, to explain a reality, to offer a new and fuller meaning to an architectural project, beyond resolving a programme or commission" Text by the architect photo: Adrià Goula m² MiAS Arquitectes miasarquitectes Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: ( h) Tuesdays: h and h Fridays: h Saturdays: h L4 Barceloneta Metro Station 21

22 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,

23 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 23

24 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Can Jaumandreu Carrer Peru Barcelona This block is in the Poble Nou district, a former industrial area of Barcelona Poble Nou remained the urban geometry designed by Cerdà, but the blocks were occupied according to the industrial needs At the start of the project, a building of brickwork (already adapted for school uses) and a very well-built imposing chimney, also in brick, kept in this block The architect thought that these two buildings had the capacity to define the volume and the shape of the new constructions The project creates two new buildings aligned to the plot's borders, which rebuilt the unity of the block and leave a courtyard around the chimney The new buildings use the same construction order as the existing ones, face brick, sloping roofs, regular structure, bays repeated and patterned by the structure, but at the same time, the construction is lightened with aluminium or sun protections mobiles photo: José F García Martín Project is not public! 2006 Technical engineer Structural engineer Associate architect Josep Llinás Carmona grupo JG Jordi Bernuz Roger Subira Barcelona Activa Jose_Garcia 24

25 Media-TIC Carrer de Roc Boronat / Carrer de Sancho de Avila Barcelona The Media-TIC building is located in the 22@Barcelona district, at the intersection of Carrer de Roc Boronat and Carrer de Sancho de Ávila, near the Parc Barcelona Media The building is designed to be a communications hub and meeting point for businesses and institutions in the world of information and communication technologies (ICTs), as well as for the media and audio-visual sectors With this project, Barcelona is transforming an industrial district which was the city's main economic motor for over a hundred years In its place, it is creating a new model of intellectual space that will promote collaboration and synergies between the University, Technology and Business, with the aim of encouraging the development of an innovative culture and fresh talent photo: Iwan Baan m² Structural engineer Project manager Services engineer Technical engineer Cloud 9 BOMA SL CAST PGI Grup Tecnics G3 22@barcelona gonzalezdioslydia 25

26 photo: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Pujades Office Building Carrer de Pujades Barcelona The project has the objective of the construction of a 22@ use building It consists of two plants of parking at low level and a construction, divided in three terraced volumes, that goes from the ground floor to four plants until ground floor more six The arrangements sets out following the irregularity of the block, with a trapezium form, in which IT'S located, which is different from the classic perpendicular FORM OF the Cerda's "new extension" This singularity allows to think about space conditions, geometry and dimensions, in relation to the existing urban diagram, that the project wants to incorporate with the purpose of distinguishing the intervention Project is not public! m² MiAS Arquitectes miasarquitectes photo: Adrià Goula 26

27 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)

28 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Mediapro Tower Diagonal Barcelona This system of steel and glass in this media building provides its own unique sequence of eye-catching geometries from without, and open, broad views from within Situated along the diagonal, the building is constructed such that it turns its head, a movement that in connection with the adjacent tower atrium and overhang over the square shapes the site s front and side elevations The knitting together of these two geometries creates an engaging view of the TMB building Project is not public! m² Technical engineer Structural engineer Carlos Ferrater Dariela Hentschel Pondio Ingenieros Mediapro Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín 28

29 photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Subcentral Eléctrica Carrer de Tánger Barcelona In the newly built office area of in Barcelona, this was one of the first buildings to be completed This newly developed neighborhood is situated between the Torre Agbar by Jean Nouvel and the Forum area where the exposition building by Herzog and De Meuron is located The facade is made out of ochre-died concrete, covered with steel cables, on which plants grow in a pre-designed pattern photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Project is not public! m² Victor Rahola Aguadé MatthijsvanderSluis 29

30 photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Diagonal Mar Park Av Diagonal y Cinturón Ronda Litoral Barcelona It's design favours an interaction with the city It is organised by following a series of paths, which similar to the branches of a tree, spread out in all directions A type of Rambla, a main thoroughfare, connects La Diagonal directly to the nearby beach crossing the Litoral ring by means of a pedestrian bridge and it transforms itself into a series of recreational tracks: to stroll, for skating, cycling, walking etc A large area of water in which there are various fountains, the flow of water and the vegetation on its edges oxygenates the water The presence of the water characterises the vegetation of the zone and the vegetation spreads following the direction of the shores near the sea and the lake It is growing taller and denser until it reaches the adjacent streets Small places are to be found on the edges of the park Places where a series of large ceramic vases join with the existing vegetation, similar to the garden of a house " Miralles Tagliabue" photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Landscape designer Technical engineer Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT EDAW Europroject Consultores Asociados Diagonal Mar / HINES MVar By Car: Access routes to Diagonal Mar include Avenida Diagonal, Ronda Litoral and Rambla Prim and are within a twenty minute drive from the city centre By Public Transport: The Diagonal Mar Centre is connected by a network of ten bus and three underground lines linked to all points of the city Underground Stations: Maresme / Forum, Selva de Mar, Besós-Mar Buses Lines: Lines 7, 36, 41, 43, 141, N-6, N

31 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst 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 31

32 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 32

33 photo: Beat Marugg photo: Beat Marugg International Convention Center (CCIB) Avinguda Diagonal Barcelona This multi-purpose cultural building includes a very large auditorium, a multi-functional performing space, exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, and a restaurant and foyer, in addition to technical services, loading docks, storage spaces, and car parking on two levels It was part of the controversial 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures in Barcelona and has 45 translucent halls, spread over 3 floors, 2 mezzanines and a basement The CCIB and the neighboring building Forum Auditorium (by Swiss architects Herzog and De Meuron), are linked to each other by a 20-meter-wide underground walkway Mateo 'explains': I have gone back to loving the precision of iron: normal, but monstrous, banal but not domestic, superhuman The mega structure is seen proudly in the East façade, opposite the elegant neighbouring triangle The bones are covered in the rest of the building photo: Beat Marugg m² Lighting designer Structural engineer Mateo Arquitectura Biosca & Botey Brufau, Obiol, Moya & Ass Ajuntament de Barcelona MI_MOA Metro: L4 yellow line - Stop "Maresme/Fórum" Bus: Lines NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambesós: Fórum All these stops are located just a few minutes walking away from the CCIB 33

34 photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Wojtek Gurak Esplanade and Photovoltaic power plant Avinguda del Camp de la Bota Barcelona One of the intentions of the Forum 2004 in Barcelona was to take advantage of the area s existing infrastructure So they integrated the existing Besòs sewage treatment plant (total urban renovation area 100 hectares) and covered parts of it with photovoltaics On the plaza, the Esplanade, is a sailing school, also covered with panels The Pergola stands a bit further out towards the sea, on the entrance to the new Port Forum A sculptural concrete structure with a simple plane offers a nice place of shade on its otherwise large, empty and mostly hot area Expected performance ratio of Pergola system: 1250 kwh/kwp (annual yield app 554 MWh/year) The city has 55 projects to establish a more sustainable city model, whilst reducing environmental impact through energy savings, an increase in the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency In order to maximize solar exposure throughout the year, the panel faces south and is tilted at a 35 angle Excellent sea views m² Martínez Lapeña - Torres Arquitectos INABENSA Phönix SonnenStrom Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004 Services engineer Project manager photo: Wojtek Gurak 24/7 MI_MOA If you walk or cycle along the sea from the Port Olímpic for about 3 km, you ll get to this area (also accessible by tram from the city) Well worth a visit 34

35 photo: Ariel Ramírez photo: Ariel Ramírez Can Toda City Sports Centre Calle Ramiro de Maeztu Barcelona The design for the Extension for Club Natació de Catalunya incorporated the latest technologies applicable for this kind of facility, both with regard to the treatment of the water in the swimming pools and in the thermal and the hydrothermal control of the air throughout the facilities, with the installation of a computerised control system that automatically optimises the functioning of the different systems at all times These installations and the control thereof contributes to a minimisation of energy consumptions, adapting needs and production levels and ensuring a better utilization of natural climate control resources, along with the highly sustainable performance of the facilities as a whole photo: Ariel Ramírez m² AIA Salazar Navarro Club Natació Barcelona, City of Barcelona AIASalazar-Navarro 35

36 photo: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Historical Station of Tibidabo Funicular Avinguda del Tibidabo Barcelona The lower station of the Tibidabo's funicular was created as the starting point to come up the Tibidabo's mountain With the birth of the Amusement Park this station simultaneously became the parks' new entrance, maintaining the quality of train station The will of being the new entrance to the Park makes us to present an hazardous but very clear proposal, which is, to be the entrance hall to the magic and the illusion waiting on the top of the mountain The architects tried to understand the place, a surprising place; a house for a train that at the same time is a house without rooms or closed spaces, only a single space as entrance giving the welcome to the Amusement Park This double reality is really amazing: on one hand, the space is perceived to protect the train, but on the other hand the common domestic architecture for a train station is also understood photo: Adrià Goula m² MiAS Arquitectes miasarquitectes 36

37 photo: Pedro Pegenaute photo: Eugeni Pons Court of Sant Boi Carles Martí-Vila Barcelona The building is centred around three vertical bars separated by three courtyards on a plinth Large skylights illuminate the ground-floor entrance hall This hall acts as a focus point for all public areas and their vertical nuclei The hearing rooms and the upper bars, one per room, of the judicial offices are situated on the plinth Four areas in each corner allow access and communication for the public, judges, court workers etc The civil registry office opens out onto the rear street, emphasising the important role it plays in the façade as a whole and the surrounding public area The concrete sheets are placed at different distances and inclinations, giving a certain dynamic feel (a court should appear agile and alive) to the building, while at the same time orienting and framing the visual impact As a result, the image of the façades gradually changes depending on where you look at the building from photo: Pedro Pegenaute m² GISA Departament de Justicia Generalitat de Catalunya BAASarquitectura 37

38 photo: Timo Mecking photo: Timo Mecking Igualada Cemetery Carrer dels Països Baixos Igualada Igualada Cemetery (also known as Cemetery Nou) was built by Carme Pinòs and Enric Miralles after an architectural competition held in 1984 Following the concept of a river of life as a "swirly stream that eroded the smooth curves of the banks of burial niches" (Peter Buchanan), they created a modern city of the dead The cemetery is a site-specific sculpture embedded in the hilly landscape of Catalonia In addition to a sloping link-up road that leads to a central funeral square, the architects provided a (still unfinished) chapel and a mortuary building The emotional impact of the project focuses on visual forces which appeal to the memories of mourners and visitors The dynamic shape of walls, ramps and landscape are used as an expression of life's fugacity Enric Miralles was buried in one of the tombs after his death on July 3rd in 2000 photo: Timo Mecking 1994 Main designer, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT Estudio Carme Pinós City of Igualada timo_mecking Sunday & Monday, 1st of October until 31st of March: 10:00 to 13:00/ 15:00 to 18:00 1st of April until 30th of September: 10:00 to 13:00/ 16:00 to 19:00 Igualada is near Barcelona and can easily be reached by train At Igualada main station just take a taxi to Cemetery Nou because it might be difficult to find and most inhabitants will show you the way to the old graveyard nearby if you ask them where Igualada Cemetery is 38