Spain
Barcelona
Catalan
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studio
Year
2001
Type of Building
cultural
Client
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Internation Convention Center Barcelona
Description
This studio proposed the design of a Multi-purpose Cultural Center as a new landmark building at the end of the characteristic Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona. The site and program for this proposal are topics of current interest for the city: the Barcelona 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures is an international fair established by the Barcelona City Council in collaboration with the Spanish and Catalan Governments. The assigned site for this Forum 2004 at the very end of Avenida Diagonal and Rambla Prima facing the Mediterranean Sea is currently being developed. A large Plaza in the center of the future Forum 2004 site will become a neuralgic platform also providing access to the Multi-purpose Cultural Building as its new centerpiece. In addition the Plaza will allow for a variety of open-air activities. Below ground it will accommodate a parking lot, a public transportation stop, and a thruway for the major coast ring freeway system. The Multi-purpose Cultural Building will include 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. The building will be conceived as an emblematic and singular landmark design articulating the guidelines of the Forum 2004. As such, it will be part of the ICCB the official International Convention Center Barcelona consisting of two closely connected buildings: the Multi-purpose Cultural Building and the new Convention Center. Again, the information for these two buildings is based on a real project. In the studio, groups of students studied different solutions using the site information provided. They investigated all options for the existing site and the conditions between the city and the sea. Following this initial phase a detailed proposal was then developed.
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