Bcn2014 Projects 17 Created 01-Nov-14 By Nina Ruiz, Valladolid, ME Barcelona Hotel Barcelona, Dominique Perrault hotel Roca Barcelona Gallery Intermodal building Barcelona Airport Offices Hines D123 Mercado de la Barceloneta Fabrica Moritz Tickets Restaurant BASF Building Rehabilitation Fundació Joan Miró Jaume Fuster Library 12 MACBA 13 Palau de la Musica Extension 14 Barcelona, Oscar Tusquets Blanca music theatre 6 Diagonal 197 15 Barcelona, David Chipperfield s office 7 Mediapro Tower 16 Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater office, recording studio 8 San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library 17 Barcelona, RCR Arquitectes community centre, library 9 Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater housing, shop 5 Barcelona, El Equipo Creativo restaurant 11 Barcelona, Richard Meier museum Barcelona, Jean Nouvel cafe, restaurant 4 Barcelona, MiAS Arquitectes market Diagonal Mar Park Barcelona, Josep Llinás Carmona library Barcelona, Dominique Perrault office 3 El Prat de Llobregat, Carlos Ferrater airport Barcelona, Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT park Barcelona, Carlos Ferrater exposition space, information centre 2 Ciutat de la Justicia 18 Barcelona, David Chipperfield s court building, office 10 Barcelona, Josep Lluís Sert museum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 1
photo: Ariel Ramírez photo: Ariel Ramírez ME Barcelona Hotel Carrer Pere IV 272 286 08005 Barcelona http://wwwme-barcelonacom/ 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 Floor area/size 1-2009 29334 m² Main designer, Associate architect Dominique Perrault AIA Salazar Navarro Corada Figueras Arquitectos Habitat Inmobiliaria Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 2
photo: Marjolein Dekker Roca Barcelona Gallery Joan Güell 211-213 08028 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 3
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Intermodal building Barcelona Airport Autovia Castelldefels Aeropuerto de Barcelona E-08820 El Prat de Llobregat http://wwwaenaes/barcelona 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 4
photo: Ariel Ramírez photo: Ariel Ramírez Offices Hines D123 Avinguda Diagonal 121-125 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 5
photo: Adrià Goula photo: Adrià Goula Mercado de la Barceloneta Carrer del Baluart 23 08003 Barcelona http://wwwbcncat/mercatsmunicipals "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 Floor area/size 2006 5200 m² MiAS Arquitectes miasarquitectes Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays: (700-1500 h) Tuesdays: 700-1500 h and 1700-2000 h Fridays: 0700-2000 h Saturdays: 0700-1500 h L4 Barceloneta Metro Station http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 6
photo: Jean Nouvel photo: Jean Nouvel Fabrica Moritz Ronda Sant Antoni 41 08011 Barcelona http://wwwmoritzcom/ Moritz Brewery a gastronomy and cultural centre designed by Jean Nouvel It comprises an ongoing postproduction strategy to transform the former Moritz beer factory into a marvelous space for enjoyment photo: Jean Nouvel 2013 Jean Nouvel Fàbrica Moritz GonzaloHerreroDelicado 6:00am - 3:00am http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 7
Tickets Restaurant Avinguda Paral lel 164 08015 Barcelona http://esbcn50org/ Tickets restaurant by Albert & Ferrán Adriá, located on Avinguda del Paral lel and outfitted with a fresh and bizarre design by El Equipo Creativo, a Barcelona- based firm photo: Adria Goula 2011 El Equipo Creativo Ferrán & Albert Adrià GonzaloHerreroDelicado http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 8
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín BASF Building Rehabilitation Passeig Gracia 99 08008 Barcelona The project faces the rehabilitation and change of use of a building which sites on a chamfer of the Paseo de Gracia, the most emblematic via of Barcelona The former offices of BASF on Barcelona are transformed into a residential building with commercial space on the ground floor The most meaningful point of the project is the total substitution of the façade Ferrater designs a new plane façade that delete the former cantilevers The façade is thought as a several layers filter, 50% transparent-50% opaque, composed by fix panels of translucent marble, sliding panels of wooden slats and glazed bays The composition of the façade alternates the position of the different kinds of panels reaching a great formal dynamism, at the same time the different possibilities of the sliding panels allow optimal conditions of natural light into the dwellings photo: José F García Martín Project is not public! Floor area/size 2007 10357 m² Structural engineer Carlos Ferrater S4 Arquitectes Renta Corporación Jose_Garcia http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 9
photo: Pere Pratdesaba photo: Ferran Freixa Fundació Joan Miró Parc de Montjuïc 08038 Barcelona http://wwwbcnfjmirocat/ 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 6-1975 Main designer, Josep Lluís Sert Jaume Freixa Fundació Joan Miro boeboe Tuesdays to Saturdays: 1000-1900 October-June: 1000 2000 July-September: Thursdays 1000-2130 Sundays and public holidays: 1000-1430 Mondays (except public holidays) Closed Special rate for groups of over 15 persons Group reservations: education[at]bcnfjmiroes or (34) 934439470 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 10
photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga photo: TomAs Martinez Vallerga Diagonal Mar Park Av Diagonal y Cinturón Ronda Litoral Barcelona http://wwwdiagonalmarcom 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 2-2002 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-8 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 11
photo: Ron Westland photo: Ron Westland Jaume Fuster Library Plaça Lesseps 20-22 08023 Barcelona http://wwwbcncat/bibjaumefuster 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 Floor area/size 11-2005 5636 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, 116 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 12
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Luca Pitasi MACBA Plaça dels Angels 1 08001 Barcelona http://wwwmacbaes/ Built on a previously monastic enclave near the historic Casa de la Caritat -the area near the Ramblas, in the Old 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 Floor area/size 1996 13800 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) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 13
photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Palau de la Musica Extension Calle Palau de la Música 4-6 08003 Barcelona http://wwwpalaumusicaorg 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 14
photo: Duccio Malagamba photo: Duccio Malagamba Diagonal 197 Avinguda Diagonal 197 08018 Barcelona Although this building has a non-continuous front façade on Avinguda Diagonal, at the back it aligns with the axis that is initiated by the nearby Torre Agbar The building has two distinct parts: ten lower floors, irregular and rhomboid-shaped, which are aligned to Avinguda Diagonal and become the basement of the building; and seven upper floors, trapezoidal-shaped, which break the alignment These floors retreat into the interior of the structure, creating a slimmer volume that crowns the building The amount is set on 5665 m2 above ground and 7300 below ground Unique in its composition, the earth-tone façade consists of front-hole, horizontal architraves, which are supported by vertical structures The panels are precast reinforced concrete with fiberglass and coloured mass of GRC (Glass Reinforced Concrete) Project is not public! 1-2008 Main designer, David Chipperfield s b720 arquitectos Layetana Promociones Inmobiliarias b720_arquitectos photo: Duccio Malagamba http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 15
photo: José F García Martín photo: José F García Martín Mediapro Tower Diagonal 175 08018 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! Floor area/size 2008 18232 m² Technical engineer Structural engineer Carlos Ferrater Dariela Hentschel Pondio Ingenieros Mediapro Jose_Garcia photo: José F García Martín http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 16
photo: Hisao Suzuki photo: Hisao Suzuki San Antoni-Joan Oliver Library Carrer del Comte Borrell 44-46 08015 Barcelona http://ajuntamentbarcelonacat/biblioteques/bibjoanoliver/ 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 17
photo: Davide Pellegrini photo: Davide Pellegrini Ciutat de la Justicia Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 642 08007 Barcelona http://wwwciutatdelajusticiacom/ On a border site between Barcelona and l'hospitalet, this new 330000 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! Floor area/size 2008 330000 m² Associate architect David Chipperfield s b720 arquitectos DavidePellegrini http://wwwmimoaeu/users/lunafatal/guides/bcn2014/ 18