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1 barcelona Projects 44 Created 27-Oct-11 By Mariana Duarte, Lisboa, Portugal Gas Natural Headquarters Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT office Forum Building Barcelona Pavilion CCCB Santa Catarina Market Esplanade and Photovoltaic power plant 7 Hospital Militar Police Station 8 9 Collserola Tower 15 Biomedical Research Park 16 Botanical Garden 17 Subcentral Eléctrica 22@ 18 Equipamientos Londres-Villarroel 19 Barcelona, Coll-Leclerc Arquitectos housing, primary school 10 Illa de la Llum 20 Barcelona, Lluis Collet & Ignacio Aparicio housing 11 Casa Camper 21 Barcelona, Jordi Tió hotel 12 Barcelona, vora arquitectura fitness club, leisure, renovation, sport, swimming pool Diagonal Mar Park Barcelona, Victor Rahola Aguadé energy centre Barcelona, Mestura arquitectes police station Can Ricart Sport Complex Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater garden, park Barcelona, Martínez Lapeña - Torres Arquitectos canopy, energy centre, landmark, square 14 Barcelona, Manel Brullet laboratorium Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 6 Barcelona, Albert Viaplana auditorium, exposition space Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT park Barcelona, Josep Llinás Carmona library 5 Barcelona, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion Jaume Fuster Library Barcelona, Josep Lluís Sert museum Barcelona, Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square 4 Municipal Sailing School 22 Barcelona, MBM arquitectes sport 13 Barcelona, Foster & Partners control centre, landmark, watch-tower Umbracle 23 Barcelona, Josep Fontsere pavilion 1

2 Ciutat de la Justicia Barcelona, David Chipperfield s court building, office Can Framis Museum Court of Sant Boi Mestre Nicolau 19 Príncep de Girona Gardens Banco Sabadell Atlantico Entrance and Awning ME Barcelona Hotel Association of Catalan s 28 Mediapro Tower Civic Center Sagrada Familia 35 Media-TIC 36 Roca Barcelona Gallery 37 Penthouse Plaza Cataluña 38 Barcelona, YLAB apartment 29 L'Estel Ferit 39 Barcelona, Rebecca Horn art, sculpture 30 Capdevila apartment 40 Barcelona, vora arquitectura apartment 31 Can Toda City Sports Centre 41 Barcelona, AIA Salazar Navarro fitness club, sport, swimming pool 32 Barcelona, Xavier Busquets Sindreu office, shop Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater exposition space, information centre Barcelona, Dominique Perrault hotel 27 Barcelona, Mateo Arquitectura office 34 Barcelona, Cloud 9 control centre, meeting room, office Barcelona, Jordi Farrando park, promenade 26 Barcelona, b720 arquitectos office Can Jaumandreu Barcelona, Ruisánchez Arquitectes community centre, library, market, mixed-use development El Prat de Llobregat, Carlos Ferrater airport 25 Barcelona, BAAS Jordi Badia court building, office Intermodal building Barcelona Airport Barcelona, Josep Llinás Carmona atelier, education, office Barcelona, BAAS Jordi Badia gallery, museum 24 Infant and primary school Badalona 42 Badalona, AIA Salazar Navarro nursery, primary school 33 Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater office, recording studio Offices Hines D Barcelona, Dominique Perrault office 2

3 Pujades Office Building 44 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes office Mercado de la Barceloneta Puppet Theatre in Tibidabo Amusement Park 46 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes theatre, theme park 45 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes market Loft in Poble Nou 47 Barcelona, YLAB apartment 3

4 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,

5 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 5

6 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 6

7 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,

8 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 8

9 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) 9

10 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 10

11 photo: Diego Barazza photo: Enric Duch Hospital Militar Police Station Avenida Hospital Militar Barcelona This police station, part of a spatial masterplan for the entire Hospital Militar area, is the most striking of the three already realized buildings The top section on the street side projects five metres beyond the lower part, by means of a steel structure The resulting portico ushers the visitor inside At the rear, a set-back equal to the projection at the front provides a counter movement to the green embankment Emblazoned in man-sized letters on the recessed, ground-floor street façade is the word MOSSOS (The regional police force) It was done using the same pixel technique that Salvador Dalí employed in 'Lincoln in Dalívision' Inside, the building concentrates on its function as a work environment: open and light, clearly organized and indifferent to the question of whether it conforms to a particular image This is most apparent in the cells which are painted pink and have no sharp angles 2006 Mestura arquitectes Departement d'interior / Generalitat de Catalunya photo: Enric Duch Sander_Laudy 11

12 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,

13 photo: liliana sousa Collserola Tower Carretera de Vallvidrera Barcelona The telecommunications tower was built in the Tibidabo Hill, on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Barcelona, 1992 With its 288 meters high, is the tallest building in the city Is the hub of telecommunications in Catalonia, broadcasting 100% of the Television and 95% of radio we hear in Barcelona and its metropolitan area The tower itself consists of three parts: a concrete shaft of only 45 m diameter for a total of 205m height, a tubular steel mast of 38m and culminating the total, a stretch of lattice of 45m The bold structural design has required a very unique construction process, based on the construction of different ceilings on the ground, which had to be hauled by the central axis of concrete, previously built up its site to more than 70 meters above soil The 13th floor is open to the public allowing a panoramic perspective of the city If weather conditions are good your eyes can reach the Pyrenees m² Foster & Partners Torre de Collserola SA li photo: liliana sousa The timetable changes between the different months of the year For more information check the website The best way is to go with the Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), getting off at one of the following stations: Peu del Funicular, Baixador de Vallvidrera or Les Planes 13

14 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 14

15 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

16 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 16

17 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

18 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 18

19 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 19

20 photo: João Sousa photo: João Sousa Illa de la Llum Passeig de Garcia Fària Barcelona This project forms part of one of the most important recent urban planning operations in Barcelona, the extension of the Diagonal all the way to the sea This brought about a considerable improvement to the quality of life in an until then marginal neighbourhood and the recovery of a declining industrial area As compensation, the vertiginous rise in the price of land has turned these promotions into exclusive areas, available to very few buyers and with a dubious wish of integration in the social and urban fabric The merit of the project is, above all, its capacity to hold a respectable number of high rise housing units and ability to maintain its dynamics This not only happens because of its strategically placed voids but also because of its exterior closure which dominates the façade and creates constant variation Project is not public! m² Lluis Collet & Ignacio Aparicio Espais & Landscape Diagonal Mar aplust photo: Lluis Casals Underground stops: Maresme / Forum, Selva de Mar, Besós-Mar Bus stops: Lines 7, 36, 41, 43, 141, N

21 photo: Casa Camper photo: Casa Camper Casa Camper Carrer Elisabets Barcelona Casa Camper is a genuine 100% Camper product and not a licensed brand extension Twenty two years after opening the first shoe shop in Barcelona, Camper now open their first hotel in the Raval district Camper created this new unique hotel with the intention of providing its guests with an oasis of tranquillity in the middle of a district quite the contrary, Raval is crowded and bustling with city life If one didn't notice the aged illuminated H-O-T-E-L sign, and simply passed by the gallery windows, or walked into the hall, one might think they were in a bicycle store or art gallery Looking up, there are 10 bicycles hanging from the ceiling waiting to be used by visiting guests All intentionally provoking confusion to the passer by, looking in on to this unique space, from the busy street photo: Casa Camper 2004 Main designer, Interior architect Graphic designer Graphic designer Jordi Tió Fernando Amat Albert Planas América Sánchez Camper MI_MOA Casa Camper is an outstanding building strategically located at the busy cross section between the Ramblas and the MACBA museum in Barcelona + (34) barcelona@casacampercom 21

22 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Municipal Sailing School Moll del Gregal Port Olímpic Barcelona This project was part of a larger masterplan for the Olympic Port of Barcelona, and urban plan which balances between the needs for a leisure port and a centre of new urban activities, forming a new 'wet' square for the city The sailing school's main premises are situated beneath the raised north-east promenade The school's boathouse, sited in the building, acts as the termination of the raised north-east promenade and the linchpin of the connection with the linear system of breakwaters The building is composed of two volumes with brilliant white façades, crowned with a total of 24 pyramids which resolve the problems of permanent lighting, ventilation and protection from the water The group of pyramids articulates a relatively private square intended for warm-up exercises prior to sailing, with direct access to the sea by means of a slipway, which makes unnecessary to leave through the harbour mouth 1991 Main designer, MBM arquitectes Albert Puigdomènech Naomi photo: Naomi Schiphorst Tel , cmv@fcvcat From Monday to Friday: 10:00 h 19:00 h Metro: L4, Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica or Bogatell Bus: 6, 36, 41, 92 and 141 Tram (T4), Ciutadella-Vila Olímpica 22

23 photo: Lutz Hirschmann photo: chaland Umbracle Passeig de Picasso Barcelona The Umbracle (shade house) was part of the buildings designed for the Universal Exhibition and was build in 1883, being used through the exhibition as a pavilion After the event the building recovered its original function, and it is one of the few structures that still prevail from the original exhibition Many other buildings from important architects of the time disappeared after the exhibition was closed This shade house is formed of bare brick façades and wooden louvres to sift the light through the inside The structure in the interior is sustained by slender iron columns, leaving a closed space that produces a suitable thermal and humidity conditions for the implantations of vegetal species from tropical origins photo: Marta Muñoz 1888 Josep Fontsere Naomi 23

24 photo: Davide Pellegrini photo: Davide Pellegrini Ciutat de la Justicia Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes Barcelona On a border site between Barcelona and l'hospitalet, this new sqm City of Justice has been completed in 2008 Bringing together legal departments that were previously located in 17 buildings that were scattered across the two cities, this precinct comprises eight new buildings that are formally and compositionally unified in an apparently haphazard arrangement In form and disposition, the City of Justice breaks down the huge programme of accommodation into four judicial buildings, clustered around a linked concourse with four independent buildings set on the periphery The central cluster of buildings contains courtrooms at the ground level, and uses the concourse as a filter to gather people at the beginning and end of their judicial visit The remaining four buildings provide accommodation for judicial support services, such as forensic sciences, and include two commercial buildings with retail at grade photo: Davide Pellegrini Project is not public! m² Associate architect David Chipperfield s b720 arquitectos DavidePellegrini 24

25 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 25

26 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 26

27 photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Intermodal building Barcelona Airport Autovia Castelldefels Aeropuerto de Barcelona E El Prat de Llobregat This is the interior of the check-in hall of the new intermodal terminal lobby building, which joins terminals A and B on Barcelona Airport The hall has several auto check-in machines and offers the access stairs to the boarding area The check-in lobby is part of the Terminal B building In 2007, the intermodal building connecting terminals A and B was inaugurated, aligning the front façades of the various airport terminals, which will give continuity to the check-in desks located between the Olympic terminal and the future configuration of terminal A photo: Naomi Schiphorst 2007 Main designer, Carlos Ferrater Josep M Casadevall Ramon Artigues Ramón Sanabria aena Naomi Barcelona Airport is located to the south-west of the city, between the towns of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi It is only three kilometres from Barcelona Port 27

28 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 28

29 photo: Jordi Farrando photo: Jordi Farrando Príncep de Girona Gardens Carrer de Lepant Barcelona photo: Jordi Farrando Cerdà's design for the Eixample included a series of green areas as facilities for the area However, the new city gradually became more and more built up Nowadays, no parks can be created in this area without first demolishing large buildings on sites which are turned to other uses and transformed into public spaces This is the case of the Jardins del Príncep de Girona, on the site of a former military barracks With a surface area of just over two hectares, the project for the new gardens was based around the tree-lined space that was the central courtyard of the barracks The original square court has been enlarged appreciably, maintaining the existing plane of trees and creating a large central esplanade for all kinds of future activities The esplanade contains a 1900 m2 stretch of water which, with its changing interplay of light and reflections, becomes the focus of attention for both the gardens and the neighbourhood m² Building costs consultant Jordi Farrando Elpidi Pedreny Barcelona Town Hall farrando 29

30 photo: Pedro Penguante Banco Sabadell Atlantico Entrance and Awning Pl Sant Roc Barcelona This project consists of a minor intervention in the entrance to an existing bank building The architects have highlighted the intervention at three different levels Firstly, the flooring is a white sheet that touches the ground at either extreme (as a ramp or as a stairway) and floats over it at the centre Secondly, the awning is effectively a large trough that collects rainwater and channels it down to the ground at either end Lastly, the finishes of the doorway (a series of mirrors, doormats and glazed surfaces) seek to break down the image of passage into independent photographic stills, highlighting the singularity of the movement: an interchange between exterior and interior photo: Beat Marugg Public access unknown! Structural engineer Contractor Associate architect Associate architect Associate architect Associate architect Mateo Arquitectura Agustí Obiol G56 Ismael Heras Mariana Castro Miriam Moreno Sara Cardoso Banc de Sabadell MateoArquitectura 30

31 photo: Ariel Ramírez photo: Ariel Ramírez ME Barcelona Hotel Carrer Pere IV Barcelona Initially known as Hotel Habitat Sky, the building was sold in 2008 to Melia Hotels Hence, its name was changed to Hotel ME Barcelona The hotel is thought of as a play of volumes A cubic building acts as a counterpoint behind the tower, which is a rectangular parallelepiped cut lengthwise in two, with one of them half-shifted skywards This rupture of the perfect geometric block creates a movement of form and volume that bestows an urban sense on the insertion of the tower in the horizontal city The shifted half-volume creates the building's reference signs: down, the cantilever at 25 metres height that acts as a gateway; up, the crest in the skyline The hotel's skin is made of micro-perforated aluminium behind a glass curtain wall, which gives the building the image of a bright metal needle m² Main designer, Associate architect Dominique Perrault AIA Salazar Navarro Corada Figueras Arquitectos Habitat Inmobiliaria Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín 31

32 photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Association of Catalan s Plaza Nova Barcelona The project for the headquarters of the Collegi d'arquitectes de Catalunya (Catalan architects' professional body) was selected in the design competition held in 1958 The building stands in a unique setting in the historic heart of the city, opposite to one of the entries to the Roman city and only a few metres from the Cathedral The project uses a modern architectonic language facing the historic environment The building presents two clearly differentiated parts: a low trapezoidal base fitting to the plot form and respecting the street line, and an eight-storey tower set back from the Square and attached to the walls of the neighbouring buildings The base volume houses the public programme and the offices are placed into the tower The construction uses a metal frame and prefabricated panels The graffito in the upper part of the base was designed by Picasso In the basement a great architecture bookshop is located 1959 Artist Xavier Busquets Sindreu Pablo Picasso Collegi d'arquitectes de Catalunya Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín ciutada@coaccat Monday to Friday 08:00-21:00 In the basement the best architecture bookshop of Barca is housed: COOPERATIVA JORDI CAPELL Telephone see also Closest subway is Jaume I, building is located opposite of the cathedral 32

33 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 33

34 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 34

35 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 35

36 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 36

37 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 37

38 photo: Eugeni Pons photo: Eugeni Pons Penthouse Plaza Cataluña Carrer de Fontanella Barcelona Interior refurbishment of a penthouse, located in the very centre of Barcelona, conceived to merge the level of detail, comfort and sophistication of a luxury hotel The project includes a new space layout, new surfaces and fittings and the detailed design of all the furniture Project is not public! photo: Eugeni Pons m² Interior architect YLAB yy 38

39 photo: Dirk Verwoerd L'Estel Ferit Playa de la Barceloneta Barcelona These blocks, tower thing and leaning cubes on Barceloneta beach, which seem to have become a bit of a landmark, are actually an art work called L'Estel Ferit (the wounded star or the injured comet) and was commissioned for the 1992 OlympicsThe Wounded Star pays homage to the Barceloneta borough, originally the sailors' quarters This rusty titled tower conjures up images of an old lighthouse which is no longer in use or needed The sculpture consists of four steel cubes stacked one above the other The material used is iron, glass and light on a big concrete base Inside the bottom cube are sea related things that are lit up at night 1992 Artist Rebecca Horn dirkverwoerd photo: Dirk Verwoerd 39

40 photo: Adrià Goula Sardà photo: Adrià Goula Sardà Capdevila apartment Carrer de Laforja Barcelona Situated in the San Gervasi district of Barcelona, this spacious 2nd floor corner flat dates from the 50's With a single owner and a large flat, there was a desire in this refurbishment, to express the spaciousness of the apartment and there was also a requirement to house the client's large collection of books Therefore an open design was proposed whereby views would be created through different spaces, from one end of the apartment to another photo: Adrià Goula Sardà Project is not public! m² vora arquitectura Ivan Capdevila vora_arquitectura 40

41 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 41

42 photo: AIA Salazar Navarro photo: AIA Salazar Navarro Infant and primary school Badalona Passeig d'olof Palme Badalona Consequently, the architectural conception of this building allows for the school to be imbued with a double educational component On the one hand it acts as a containing space, serving as a traditional place of learning for children, while on the other the building also functions as an educational tool, teaching an understanding of the meaning of a sustainable way of life that one day, in the future, will be the only way for them to approach their relationship with the environment m² AIA Salazar Navarro AIASalazar-Navarro photo: AIA Salazar Navarro 42

43 photo: Ariel Ramírez photo: Ariel Ramírez Offices Hines D123 Avinguda Diagonal Barcelona This building is part of a special plan for urban volumes defined by new landmarks for the city: the ME Hotel and office building Hines D123, conducted by Dominique Perrault and AIA The project consisted of the construction of a building the singularity of which is defined by its height and shape A solid block of rectangular proportions, divided in half and then displaced eight meters forward in an overhang, projected out over the street while at the same time creating a terrace, on the other side, with the pure lineal form being stimulated by the overall balance of the building as a whole photo: Ariel Ramírez Project is not public! 2010 Main designer, Dominique Perrault AIA Salazar Navarro Hines AIASalazar-Navarro 43

44 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 44

45 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 45

46 photo: Jordi Anguera photo: Jordi Anguera Puppet Theatre in Tibidabo Amusement Park Plaça del Tibidabo Barcelona The historical building of Tibidabo Amusement Park has been occupied for years with different uses, having a very subdivided architecture, which hid the real complete space The intervention proposed the recovery of the whole original space, covered with cast iron pillars and lattice beams, and making it compatible with the incorporation of new spaces for public use The new uses for this building consists in a new puppet theatre, a hall for parties, a new souvenir shop, and an auditorium, as well as new access to other attractions The architects have let the historical building breathe, released from all of its partitionings, dropped ceilings and added pavements photo: Jordi Anguera m² MiAS Arquitectes miasarquitectes 46

47 photo: Raul Candales photo: Raul Candales Loft in Poble Nou Cami Antic de Valencia Barcelona This project consists of the interior renovation of a 100m2 apartment with a big terrace in an old building in the heart of a traditional neighbourhood of Barcelona The proposal is an integral architectural intervention of the space with two main goals: to maximize the lighting and ventilation from the facades, eliminating unnecessary partitions, and to obtain a new distribution that contains all the uses required by its young owner Due to the difficult geometry of the housing, all the different functions can only be accommodated through a flexible and unconventional distribution that allows joining and separating spaces and even change their function, depending on the occasion The new distribution consists of a large diaphanous and spacious common area, which runs continuously from façade to façade, and a private semi-closed box formed by the bedroom suite and guest bathroom Project is not public! m², Interior architect YLAB yy private photo: Raul Candales 47