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In this first stage, the catalogue focuses on the modern and contemporary architecture designed and built between 1832 –year of construction of the first industrial chimney in Barcelona that we establish as the beginning of modernity– until today.
The project is born to make the architecture more accessible both to professionals and to the citizens through a website that is going to be updated and extended. Contemporary works of greater general interest will be incorporated, always with a necessary historical perspective, while gradually adding works from our past, with the ambitious objective of understanding a greater documented period.
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The project arises from the Olympic Village Management Plan. The set adjusts to the plane’s volumetry, although it establishes changes in the alignments. The arched building breaks its rigidity by giving a flick of the tail to a segment of a curve, so that the houses located in the east can see the sea better.
The arch’s rear façade appears as a large screen perforated by the equal windows of bedrooms and stairs. On the façade that faces the sea, the curve of the rear arch is transformed into planes that fold to receive the sliding shutters of the living room’s large windows, which both point and protect the entrance to each staircase.
The square floor plan of the tower, which was foreseen to be almond-shaped, has been modified to a bow facing the sea. All the façades are disorderly invaded by the shutters sliding over the walls and windows.
The centre of the square is a palm tree garden made of different species and sizes, remains of those left from other Olympic facilities. Bar customers will be seated on a one-meter-high terrace surrounding the garden, which is accessed by ramps and stairs.
The gabled tile roof was required in all the buildings of the Olympic Village. To avoid an image of a cap, the tower’s roof was inverted inwards.
Architecture builds public space.
With ramps and stairs, you access a platform that leads to the gates and commercial premises; 1m rises above a palm grove.
Paving vents and volumes emerge from the parking lots in the plaza.
Palm trees of various sizes and species are left over from refurbished and commanded spaces for Olympic Games sports areas and planted in areas without parking.
‘Tu-y-yo: cele’ conversation benches.
‘Lampelunas’ lampposts.
A street in the Eixample Cerdà crosses the palm grove and heads towards the sea.
The arrangement of the blocks is the result of a substantial modification of the crescent established by the Management Plan. The main block is turned and deformed to get the best views of the sea. The isolated block gives a semi-enclosed character to the square, while it also leaves a crack towards the north. The main block is the result of the aggregation of a basic module and the application of many variants with respect to this module. It is a staircase with two houses per floor, with the living rooms facing the sea and forming a soft bevel. The aggregation of these bevels articulates the whole façade as a series of layers, including the shutter’s leaves with their mobility. The stairs’ hallways are located at the foot of each bevel, which forms a slight canopy over the door. All stairs are accessed from an elevated terrace that runs from one end of the block to the other, while the rear façade is exclusive to the vehicles.
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Olympic Village and Olympic Port Development Plan
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
Urban planning of an area of 79 Ha. for the Olympic Village of Barcelona 1992 with 2,500 homes. Transformation of the seafront including 107,200 m2 of parks and 130,000 m2 for the Olympic Port’s facilities (739 moorings). MBM's work on this project consisted mainly of the urban design of the entire sector, as well as the authorship of some apartment buildings, the Litoral Park and the Olympic Port, which includes the Port's reception building (Port Authority) and the Municipal Sailing School. MBM was also in charge of supervising the 32 projects of the other architects' housing buildings and of coordinating all the architectural, landscaping and engineering work, including the expressways, the railway line, the metro and the infrastructure. -
Tirant Lo Blanc Housing Complex
Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres Tur
The project arises from the Olympic Village Management Plan. The set adjusts to the plane’s volumetry, although it establishes changes in the alignments. The arched building breaks its rigidity by giving a flick of the tail to a segment of a curve, so that the houses located in the east can see the sea better. The arch’s rear façade appears as a large screen perforated by the equal windows of bedrooms and stairs. On the façade that faces the sea, the curve of the rear arch is transformed into planes that fold to receive the sliding shutters of the living room’s large windows, which both point and protect the entrance to each staircase. The square floor plan of the tower, which was foreseen to be almond-shaped, has been modified to a bow facing the sea. All the façades are disorderly invaded by the shutters sliding over the walls and windows. The centre of the square is a palm tree garden made of different species and sizes, remains of those left from other Olympic facilities. Bar customers will be seated on a one-meter-high terrace surrounding the garden, which is accessed by ramps and stairs. The gabled tile roof was required in all the buildings of the Olympic Village. To avoid an image of a cap, the tower’s roof was inverted inwards. -
FAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Buildings of new plant for private useTirant Lo Blanc Housing ComplexMartínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres Tur
FAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Architecture Great PrizeTirant Lo Blanc Housing ComplexMartínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres Tur
Premio Década
Award-Winner / WinnerOlympic Village and Olympic Port Development PlanMBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
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