BARCELONA: Materiality in Contemporary Spanish Architecture SP_ARC Study Abroad, Spring/Summer 2013 Adeyemi Adebisi Jasmaine Batson Kristin Courson Agnes Dang Peyton Floyd Alia Griffith Avani Patel Kunal Patel Kris Peterson Jessica Pickelsimer Danielle Towne Bradley Turners Cody Weiss
Assistant Professor Michael Carroll
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Diagonal Zero Zero Bradley Turner
Architects: EMBA – Enric Massip-Bosch Location: Barcelona, Spain Project year: 2011 Photographs: Pedro Antonio Pérez & mylapse
The position of Diagonal ZeroZero Tower is exceptional: it is located at the origin of Diagonal, Barcelona’s main avenue; it is very visible from the city and from the coast; and it lays on the border between the consolidated city and the large expanses of public space in the Forum area. Its immediate surroundings consist of isolated buildings in a diverse context of different scales and uses that generate at the same time a metropolitan center and a local neighborhood still in formation.
EMBA ESTUDI MASSIP-BOSCH ARCHITECTS EMBA is an award-winning leading practice based in Barcelona providing a full range of architectural and urban design services, working in different parts of the world. Our team includes professionals of different nationalities and integrates architects, engineers and construction specialists. The diversity of our projects spans from high-rise corporate headquarters to refurbishing and interior design, through mixed use developments and landscape and city planning. Our clients range from Governments and Public Agencies to Corporations and private investors. Founded in 1990, our international reputation is based in the excellence of our designs, achieved through creative diadia logue with our clients, consultant teams, contractors and end users. We pursue architectural innovation by means of a thorough research into materials, construction systems and the cultural context of each project. The exacting quality of our buildings, deadline and budget compliance, and the highest safety and sustainability standards are assured and monitored by our integrated quality control ISO system, last certified by ENAC-European Accreditation on 12.2012. Born in Barcelona. Architect graduated from ESCOLA D’ARQUITECTURA DE BARCELONA — UPC-BarcelonaTECH. Associate Professor, Design Department — UPC-BarcelonaTECH. Lived and did research in Japan with a Japanese Government Monbusho Scholarship and worked at Shinohara Atelier (1987-1989). Invited professor in different universities, has extensively lectured and participated in multiple seminars around the world. His theoretical work has been widely published in magazines and books, among which are: Experimental Dwellings, 1971-1994 (Barcelona: EDICIONS UPC, 1996), Architecture on the Horizon (London: RIBA, 1996), Concealed Complexities (Tokyo: TOTO, 1999), Diagonal ZeroZero (Barcelona: Lunwerg, 2011). He was co-founder and member of the editorial board of WAM-Web Architecture Magazine (1996-2001). Currently he is Member of the Advisory Committee to the City Council of Barcelona, Member of the Commissione finale di Dottorato in Progettazione Architettonica e Urbana—Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and of the Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (Italian Government). Founded EMBA_ESTUDI MASSIP-BOSCH ARCHITECTS in 1990 with the goal to create a leading and innovative practice at the edge of architectural and environmental thinking. With EMBA he has won many awards and competitions.
Enric Massip-Bosch Architects
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaça de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
Enric Massip-Bosch Architectects
SITE MODEL
TORRE TELEFONICA BOOK
EMBA GROUP
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
BRIEF OF TORRE DIAGONAL ZEROZERO
COMPLETED: 2011 Diagonal Zero Zero (also Torre Diagonal ZeroZero, Diagonal 00) is a skyscraper in Barcelona, Spain. The building is 110 metres (360 ft) tall with 24 floors,[1][2] and it serves as the new headquarters of Telefónica in Catalonia. Diagonal Zero Zero is an example of High-tech architecture in the city. The new Torre Telefónica Diagonal ZeroZero was defined by Jaques Herzog as the "minaret that needed the Forum". It is a tower of 110 meters, adjacent to this building, placed in the number zero of the Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona. The position of the tower is unique to its location at the origin of the Diagonal, to be very visible from the city and the coast and found in large areas of public space in the Forum area and the border of the consolidated city. On the other hand, their immediate environment is composed of buildings isolated in a context of scales and various uses which constitute at the same time a metropolitan hub and a local environment still in training. LEAF Awards Review for 2011 The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards is now in its 9th annual year and celebrates the best architecture globally in the last year. The jury - comprising of Lucy Bullivant, Irving Brauer, Stephen Fisher, Angus Brown - were looking for "strategic excellence, marketplace impact and, above all, innovation and practical developments that challenge and change the way we evaluate the buildings of today". The LEAF Awards are open worldwide to all those that have made an "outstanding contribution to the world of architectural design and build". They recognise those that have not only had exceptional success but also shown leadership within their respective fields. The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards is an annual international architectural prize. It recognises innovative architectural design that sets the benchmark for the international architectural community of the next generation. The LEAF Awards program is operated by the Leading European Architects Forum (LEAF), founded in 2001. LEAF brings together leading international architects and designers operating in Europe and beyond to share knowledge, to network and to develop new partnerships.[1]
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaça de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
BRIEF OF TORRE DIAGONAL ZEROZERO
COMPLETED: 2011
It is a contextual tower that has a double reading, from near and afar, in response to the two scales that such tall buildings must address. Taking the urban directions that form the perimeter of the plot as generators of its form, it is a trapezoidal prism, sharp and stylized, a clean and serene form, whitish and light, which reveals dynamic volumes that respond to the different specificities of the interior program and relate to the various heights of nearby buildings. The exterior responds to the city and the view from afar, and the interior responds to the program and the close-up vision. The corporate program that the tower hosts has a major public part that will connect it to urban flows, situated on the ground floor, which actually comprises three interrelated levels, around an atrium 40 meter high that follows the slope of the adjacent Plaça Fòrum. This direct visual and physical continuity with the city will help the tower benefit from civic activities and will facilitate citizens to participate and enjoy the activities in the building. Inside the tower four singular points make the ensemble dynamic and generate a variety of interior experiences despite being a relatively conventional program of corporate headquarters: the main lobby atrium, facing Diagonal; an atrium on the 17th level that goes all the way up to the top of the building, facing the Maresme coast; the terrace and the double height the Board Room, located on the 23rd floor; and the auditorium, which occupies two floors and is split into an orchestra and two amphitheaters that can operate autonomously for smaller groups.
INTERIOR VIEW
EXTERIOR VIEW
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaça de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
EXTENDED CONTEXT OF BARCELONA
Figure Ground of Barcelona, spain
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
IMMEDIATE CONTEXT OF TORRE DIAGONAL ZEROZERO
FIGURE GROUND AROUND TORRE DIAGONAL ZEROZERO
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
SITE PLAN
SITE PLAN (SOURCE:ARCHDAILY)
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
GROUND FLOOR PLAN--TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS
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E R GROUND PLAN
TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
ELEVATIONS--AXONS
ELEVATIONS
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner
SECTIONS
SECTION
SECTION W/ PROGRAM
Diagonal Zero Zero/ Plaรงa de Llevant, 08019 Barcelona, Spain Bradley Turner