#7 Barcelona

Model of the Media-Tic Building, Cloud 9 Enric Ruiz-Geli

Time-based Barcelona
Barcelona is a typical example of a grid planned city that can adapt all kinds of changes over the years. In this issue of Time-based Architecture International we will also be focusing on new projects in Barcelona, Cerdà's grid plays an important role as an underlying structure of new development. In spite of the economical situation today in Catalonia, there is still a lot of building and planning activity in Barcelona. Especially in the north-eastern part of Cerdà’s grid in between the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes and the Mediterranean coast, where a public-private organisation called 22@ is redeveloping a lot of the existing blocks. Beside this concentrated development, we also find a series of other interesting projects in which time plays an important role. Some of them are focusing on housing, some on renewing existing buildings, others aiming at improving the public space.

Introdution by Bernard Leupen, Kevin Penalva, Paul de Vroom


Bau Escola, Josep Boncompte foto Bernard Leupen

Projects

Housing Project in Londres-Villarroel street - Jaime Coll and Judith Leclerc

Edifici Mediatic - Cloud09, Enric Ruiz Geli
Text by Paul de Vroom

LIMA Project - SaAS- Joan Sabaté

Compact Hábit - Xavier Tragant Mestres

Bau Escola Suprior de disseny - Josep Boncompte and Guillermo Font
Text by Josep Boncompte and Guillermo Font

Museu Picasso - Jordi Garcés
Text by Jordi Garcés

The 22@development
Text by Rosina Vinyes i Ballbé