Barcelona 2016 Projects 14 Created 03-Oct-16 By Alexiane de Champsavin, Rochefort, France Gas Natural Headquarters Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT office Forum Building Barcelona Pavilion 3 4 Santa Catarina Market 5 Esplanade and Photovoltaic power plant 6 Fish Gehry Partners landmark, sculpture Torre Agbar 10 Botanical Garden 11 Marina Barcelona Forum 2004 12 Forum Bathing Area 13 BETH GALI arquitectes boulevard, swimming pool 7 Fabrica Moritz 14 Jean Nouvel cafe, restaurant Martínez Lapeña - Torres Arquitectos canopy, energy centre, landmark, square BCQ arquitectura bridge, commercial space, leisure, mixed-use development, promenade Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT housing, market 9 Carlos Ferrater garden, park Mateo Arquitectura congress centre, exposition space, meeting room Diagonal Mar Park Jean Nouvel landmark, office Ludwig Mies van der Rohe pavilion International Convention Center (CCIB) Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue EMBT park Herzog and De Meuron auditorium, culture, exposition space, square 2 8 South-East Forum Coastal Park 15 Foreign Office s garden, tourism, urban plan http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 1
photo: Martino Zegwaard photo: Gas Natural Gas Natural Headquarters Carrer dels Pinzón 1 08003 Barcelona http://wwwgasnaturalcom 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! 4-2006 30125 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, 59 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 2
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Forum Building Avinguda Diagonal 1 08019 Barcelona http://wwwbarcelona2004org/ 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 m2 2004 Herzog and De Meuron Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004 Naomi photo: Francisco Nogueira Metro: L4 - Stop "Maresme/Fórum" Bus: Lines 7-36 - 41-43 141 NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambesós: Fórum http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 3
photo: Wojtek Gurak photo: Wojtek Gurak Barcelona Pavilion Avinguda del Marquès de Comillas 08038 Barcelona http://wwwmiesbcncom/ 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 1000-2000 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 4
photo: Beat Marugg photo: Beat Marugg International Convention Center (CCIB) Avinguda Diagonal 1 08019 Barcelona http://wwwccibes/ 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 2004 67000 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 7-36 41-43 - 141 NitBus: N6 Tramway: Line 1, Stop Trambesós: Fórum All these stops are located just a few minutes walking away from the CCIB http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 5
photo: Naomi Schiphorst photo: Naomi Schiphorst Santa Catarina Market Avinguda de Francesc Cambó 16 08003 Barcelona http://wwwmercatsantacaterinacom/ 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 2000 5-2005 29596 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) http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 6
photo: Mieke Vullings photo: Wojtek Gurak Esplanade and Photovoltaic power plant Avinguda del Camp de la Bota 1 08019 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 2004 5600 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 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 7
photo: Merijn Neeleman photo: Dirk Verwoerd Fish Carrer de Ramon Trias Fargas 1 08005 Barcelona One of the first public projects of Gehry is the Barcelona Fish a huge fish sculpture placed on Barcelona s waterfront for the 1992 Olympics The monumental fish sculpture functions as a landmark in the Olympic Village, anchoring a retail complex designed by Gehry Partners within a larger hotel development by Skidmore, Owing & Merill This fish sculpture was also a landmark in the history of Frank O Gehry & Associates, inaugurating the firm's use of computer-aided design and manufacturing The project's financial and scheduling constraints prompted James M Glymph, a partner in the firm, to search for a computer program that would facilitate the design and construction process, leading to the adoption of CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional interactive application) The sculpture was modeled entirely in 3D and delivered directly to the fabricators as a 3D model The fish is a frequently recurring motif in Gehry's work, serving as inspiration and mascot photo: Wojtek Gurak 1992 Gehry Partners City of Barcelona / 1992 Olympics MI_MOA The fish is viewed from the public street, so its open 24/7 Metro: Barceloneta, Ciutadella/Villa Olimpica http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 8
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/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 9
photo: Matthijs van der Sluis photo: Matthijs van der Sluis Torre Agbar Avda Diagonal 211 08018 Barcelona http://wwwtorreagbarcom/ "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 7-2005 47500 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) 93 342 21 29 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 10
photo: Hans Brinker Botanical Garden Carrer del Doctor Font i Quer 2 08038 Barcelona http://wwwjardibotanicbcnes 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 4-1999 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 +34 93 426 49 35 http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 11
photo: Pedro Madueño photo: BCQ arquitectura barcelona Marina Barcelona Forum 2004 Port Forum Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930 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 2004 85000 m², Landscape architect, Urban planner BCQ arquitectura BCQarquitecturaBarcelona Barcelona City Council http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 12
photo: Beth Gali Arquitectes photo: Beth Gali Arquitectes Forum Bathing Area Pl Fòrum 1 08019 Barcelona The swimming area bounds the Forum esplanade across the Southwest Park by way of a service road situated at +400 m above sea level leading to the car parks and the port It is conceived as an alternative to the existing beaches on the Barcelona seafront, with the essential difference consisting in the creation of a controlled area of calm water for future facilities related to thalassotherapy The project envisages the construction of a series of artificial reefs just off the Forum seafront to protect the swimming area from storms and to create a zone for sports and leisure activities The sea comes close to the Forum esplanade, and the zones for aquatic activities interlink with those of the esplanade and the leisure port The park between the esplanade and the swimming area is displaced toward the sea: a piece of land is displaced toward the sea and is singularized as an island We contemplate the landscape: from the coast, the island, and from the island, the sea photo: Beth Gali Arquitectes 2004 17000 m², Landscape architect, Urban planner BETH GALI arquitectes BethGaliBBGGarchitectes Take metro L4 to the station El Maresme Fòrum and cross the Parc dels Auditoris http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 13
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/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 14
photo: Maria José Marcos photo: Maria José Marcos South-East Forum Coastal Park Rambla de Prim 1 08019 Barcelona The southeast coastal park and auditoria project was part of the infrastructure that the city of Barcelona had planned as the Host City for the International Forum of Cultures, held in 2004 The organisational prototype that the architect proposed for the park was borrowed from a frequent model in coastal areas; sand dunes They are a form, a material organisation with little internal structure, merely sand, shaped by wind The park provides open air auditoria and spaces for events and activities, wind protection and suitable habitats for vegetation The park allows and encourages sports and leisure activities, from walking to running, biking, skateboarding and a series of performance and relaxing areas by a network of paths or activity zones Views are deliberately controlled by the demarcation of these zones; narrow, focused views broaden to wide open views photo: Maria José Marcos 2004 50000 m², Landscape architect Foreign Office s magicarch http://wwwmimoaeu/users/alexiane/guides/barcelona%202016/ 15