Bilbao 18-Sep-16 Adrian Kaufmann, Bern, Switzerland Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Housing at Ortutxueta Bilbao Metro Stations Regional Library of Bizkaia

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1 Bilbao Projects 7 Created 18-Sep-16 By Adrian Kaufmann, Bern, Switzerland Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao, Gehry Partners landmark, library, museum, tourism Bilbao Metro Stations Sondika Airport 3 Offices Osakidetza Housing at Ortutxueta 6 Regional Library of Bizkaia 7 Bilbao, IMB arquitectos library 4 Bilbao, Santiago Calatrava airport Bilbao, Belzunce, DMauriño, G Millán housing Bilbao, Foster & Partners subway station 2 Palacio Euskalduna 8 Bilbao, S&Aa congress centre, music theatre 5 Bilbao, coll-barreu arquitectos office 1

2 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Abandoibarra Etorbidea Bilbao The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one of the most important ingredients in the plan to redevelop the city of Bilbao The plan, involving a number of major projects conceived by some of the world's most prestigious architects, includes the work now in progress to increase operational capacity at the city's port, the revamping of the city's airport, a new Conference and Performing Arts Center, the construction of a metropolitan railway and a new footbridge crossing the river at Uribitarte The unique Museum is built on a 32,500 square meter site in the center of Bilbao On one side it runs down to the waterside of the Nervión River, 16 meters below the level of the rest of the city of Bilbao One end is pierced through by the huge Puente de La Salve, one of the main access routes into the city The building itself is an extraordinary combination of interconnecting shapes Orthogonal blocks in limestone contrast with curved and bent forms covered in titanium Gehry Partners Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation krukkic photo: João Morgado Tuesday to Sunday: 10 am-8 pm Monday: closed Metro: Moyua station Streetcar: Guggenheim stop Bus (Bilbobus): Lines 1, 10, 13, 18, stopping at the Fine Arts Museum Square Lines 13, 27, 38, 46 & 48, stopping at Alameda de Recalde no 11 & 12 Lines 11, 71 stopping at La Salve Square Rail: RENFE: Bilbao-Abando station ET/FV: Atxuri station FEVE: Santander station Airport: Bilbao's airport is just 15 km from the city center 2

3 photo: HJ Imhoff photo: HJ Imhoff Bilbao Metro Stations Plaza Circular Bilbao The curved glassy structures - or Fosteritos - that announce the inner-city Line 1 stations at street level are as unique to Bilbao as the Art Nouveau Metro entrances are to Paris, their shape evocative of inclined movement and generated by the profile of the tunnels themselves The canopies admit natural light by day, and are illuminated at night, forming welcoming beacons in the streetscape On Line 2, where deep-cut stations made it impossible to use escalators, banks of large-capacity lifts are grouped in threes to create iconic and easily recognisable entrance points [text from architect's website] photo: HJ Imhoff 2010 Foster & Partners Basque Government, Dept of Transport and Public Works, Vitoria HJI 3

4 photo: HJ Imhoff Sondika Airport Errementeri Kalea E Bilbao The steel and concrete structure, nicknamed La Paloma (the Dove) because of its resemblance to a giant bird about to take flight, is integrated into the hilly green landscape in the Txoriherri Valley in close proximity to Bilbao The aluminium skin of the Central Terminal sweeps across the 140 meter long terminal entry, providing cover for multiple levels of arrival and departure The layout was designed to limit the impact of auxiliary buildings on the vista of the main building An elegant four-storey parking structure, with a skylit walkway leading to the Terminal Building, is tucked into a grassy embankment Floor area/size m² Santiago Calatrava Aeropuertes Nacionales de Bilbao HJI From Bilbao city centre you can reach the airport most easily by Bizkaibus A-3247 within 30 minutes 4

5 Offices Osakidetza Calle Licenciado Poza Bilbao The river of Bilbao is not the only area where urban renewal is taking place In the center of the old town, the Basque Government has commissioned the young Basque architect Juan Coll-Barreu to design a 'vital' building, dominantly present on the corner of Calle Licenciado Poza with La Alameda de Rekalde The works of this architect are characterized by their adaptive nature, like a glove fits to a hand All conditions and circumstances are taken into account: first the urban context, the client's wishes, the functions of the building, the climate, and finally the project itself After winning the design competition, this was the first project for him in a complex urban situation: 'In this design process, everything was a challenge' The building is bold and transparent, to express the healty image of Bilbao, and the vital works of its occupants: the Department of Public Health A double glazed facade functions as a warm blanket in the winter, and a natural membrane in summer Project is not public! 2007 coll-barreu arquitectos Basque Government Departamento de Sanidad y Osakidetza hansbrinker The office is located at the corner of Licenciado Poza street, with the Alameda de Rekalde 5

6 Housing at Ortutxueta Calle Ortutxueta Bilbao This proposal, winner of the competition Europan IV, involves the recovery of the lands of a disused mine next to a very densely populated working class neighbourhood It is part of a zoning operation of the authors who then afterwards break up into different tasks, according to the division of the plot This intervention is very directly connected to the project of the adjacent plot, which is the one that can hold the highest population density The project is adapted to the slope and creates a block with no access to traffic On this block, the buildings wind over a well-cared collective space It tries a type of row house which also takes advantage of the difference in elevation to regulate the heights and places emphasis on the decks which, in this case, become a fifth spectacular façade The scarce variety of types of homes is the least notable aspect Project is not public! Floor area/size m² Belzunce, DMauriño, G Millán Dirección de Vivienda del Gobierno Vasco aplust photo: Miguel de Guzman 6

7 photo: Patrizia Zubieta Regional Library of Bizkaia Diputación Bilbao _Codigo=294 The origins of the Regional Library of Bizkaia can be found in the personal library of Fidel de Sagarminaga, a politician, writer and owner of an outstanding library of nearly 12,000 titles, on Basque themes The Library, bursting at the seams due to lack of space, and outdated in its services, underwent a new overhaul, extension and conversion of the physical space in the 1980's; however, the continuous growth of the rich bibliographical and newspaper collections once again pushed the facility to the limit of its capacity As a consequence, an ambitious project for the extension and upgrading of the building was undertaken under the direction of IMB architects (Gloria Iriarte, Eduardo Múgica and Agustín de la Brena) The result was a Library adapted to the cultural reality of Bizkaia, providing new services to meet the challenges posed by the society of the 21st century Opened after four years of construction, while at the same time, the building was never closed from the public IMB arquitectos hansbrinker * Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 20:30 * Saturdays from 9:00 to 13:30 During the summer (mid June to mid September), the Regional Library closes to the public one hour earlier foru_liburutegia@bizkaianet call them at The Regional Library offers guided tours, which must be arranged in advance by phone, through the web site, or in person at the Library Tours take place on: * Tuesdays, from 10:30 am to 12 pm * Thursdays, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm It s near of "Moyua" subway station 7

8 Palacio Euskalduna Avda Abandoibarra Bilbao Designed by architects Federico Soriano and Dolores Palacios as a vessel permanently under construction that stands in a dock on the site of the former Euskalduna Shipyard, the Conference Centre received the 2001 Enric Miralles award at the 6th Biennial of Spanish ure It is a 53,000 m2 multi-purpose centre that stands in the heart of the city of Bilbao designed to host many different kinds of corporate, financial, institutional, social and cultural events It is also the venue of the ABAO opera season, a major event in and Europe and home to the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, a magnificent ensemble whose first concert dates back to 1922 The building offers a perfect co-ordination of areas open to the public such as its Auditorium, numerous halls, meeting and board rooms, offices, foyers, exhibition lobbies and services areas featuring warehouses, workshops, changing rooms, dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, etc Floor area/size m² S&Aa hansbrinker Shows info phone: , info@euskaldunanet Guided tour days: Saturday Time: 1200 hours Number of visitors per group: 30 people maximum Price: 2 euros/person Children and pensioners 1 euro/person Tickets sold by: The Conference Centre guide You can also make a special appointment and book you own guided tour, call or fill in this form: City bus lines 26, 56,