Barcelona. Urban Architecture and Community Since 2010

Barcelona

Urban Architecture and Community Since 2010

The avenue Diagonal slices through the Eixample neighbourhood to the sea. Around 265,000 people live in the

square blocks with chamfered corners. Eixample is one of the most densely populated areas in Europe.

Client: Barcelona d’Infraestructures

Municipals, Ajuntament de Barcelona

Structural design: Boma

Completion: 2013

Area: 35,440 m2

Use: Flea market

Carrer de los Castillejos 158, Eixample �� encantsbarcelona.com

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History Meets the Future Encants Flea Market

A flea market? The conspicuously angular, glittering roof looks less like a typical flea market than a futuristic spaceship. Mercat dels Encants is a veritable landmark, visible from afar as you drive along the northsouth thoroughfare towards Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, or Glòries for short. The flea market was located there in the past as well. In 2013, it finally received a roof, but on a smaller area with only 8,000 m2 . The architects wanted to avoid evoking a shopping mall with a multistorey structure, so they developed retail streets on slightly inclined levels that merge into one another to form an endless loop. This also connects the various street levels and the multilevel underground parking garage used by vendors and visitors alike. People haggle and bargain

across 35,440 m2 at a variety of sales points: permanently installed booths, portable tables, and blankets – all in the shade of the striking giant roof. Hovering 25 metres above the ground, it allows a pleasant breeze to circulate and gives the impression of an outdoor market.

The somewhat triangular roof surface is segmented into areas of different sizes and angles. Its shimmering gold underside reflects the hustle and bustle of the market with kaleidoscopic effects, making the view upwards at least as exciting as the view of the activities below. Sunlight fills the space, falling through skylights formed through the bends in the roof surfaces. Mercat dels Encants is said to have existed as early as the 14th century, when used goods were laid out on the ground for sale outside the city gates. Over the centuries, its location has changed several times, finding its most recent home under the futuristic roof on Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. hw

Site plan Scale 1:8000

3 Torre Glòries (former Torre Agbar) Architect: Jean Nouvel

1 Mercat dels Encants

2 Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes

The flea market will soon benefit from the circular green plaza currently being developed at Plaça de les Glòries Cat-

alanes. Idefons Cerdá already envisioned the public space as a new urban centre in 1860.

Culture and Education

Client: Consorcio de Educación de Barcelona

Structural design: Àrea 5

Landscape architecture: Miquel Espinet

Completion: 2011

Area: 822 m2

Use: Daycare centre

Espinet / Ubach

41, Les

Camouflage by Day –Beacon by Night

Bressol Xiroi Daycare Centre

Since the opening of the Escola Bressol Xiroi daycare centre, the black locust trees at Carrer d’Europa 41 have grown tall, their canopies almost obscuring the building. With its green and ochre tones, the perforated corrugated cladding on the facade blends with the trees’ lush foliage. When the sun shines and the wind stirs the branches, a play of light and shadow animates the facade. But the shell that envelops the property also serves a very practical purpose: protecting the children inside. Unlike most educational institutions in Spain, which are surrounded by massive, high walls, Escola Bressol Xiroi’s protective shell allows views inside. The degree of transparency changes depending on the viewing angle and how much the corrugated metal overlaps. Generous openings are cut into the facade in three places, providing an unobstructed view of the playground and interior spaces. The facade appears closed in other areas, where the three-storey school building is closer to the perforated envelope. But things are different on the inside, where the

The different parts of the building are enclosed by the perforated shell, as if in a construction kit. The outer shell marks the property boundary and protects its young users.

At Home in the City

Client: Private

Structural design: Bernuz-Fernández

Arquitecte

Completion: 2019

Area: 912 m2 + 177 m2 terrace

Use: Residential

Carrer de Pujades 251, Sant Martí

Lola Domènech, Lussi Studio

Home for Four Couples Apartment Building

Swiss architect Thomas Lussi teamed up with three couples, who are his friends, to design a new home for them all in Barcelona. In the Poblenou district, they found a 6 x 30 metre plot in Cerdà’s grid of block developments. Together with the Barcelona-based architect Lola Domènech, the group developed a building with five apartments. An architecture practice and co-working space share the commercial space on the ground floor. Common areas were a priority, with places for everyone to sit and eat together in the courtyard and a swimming pool for all on the rooftop terrace. The staircase on the long side of the building is flanked by ceramic lattices, which draw sunlight into the circulation zone and ensures constant, natural ventilation.

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