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Fachada Este - Plaza Forum.
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Interior Gran Sala
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Interior Planta primera - circulaciones
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Fachada Sur
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Fachada Oeste
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Foyer de Acceso - Techo suspendido de Cristina Iglesias
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Barcelona International Convention Centre
MAP Architectes. Barcelona, Spain
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Name of work in English
Barcelona International Convention Centre
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Name of work in original language
Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2005
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Work Location
Barcelona, Spain
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Studio
MAP Architectes
EUmies Awards 2005 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Collaborator (office): Jordi Pag (Project Leader. Direcci), Yolanda Olmo, Virginia Daroca, Marc Camallonga, David Carim, Lucas Echeveste, Pasqual Bendicho, Carlos Montalb, Hector Mendoza, Xavier Moncl, Elsa Bertan, Anna Llimona; Structural engineering: Agust Obiol. Obiol-Moya y Asociados; Fire consulting: Francesc Labastida (Prevenci); Lighting: ARUP-Spain (asesor); Others: Biosca & Botey, S.A. (Fachadas. Asesor); Acoustical: Higini Arau (Asesor); Landscape architect: Manel Colominas (Asesor); Graphic design: Mario Eskenazi (Se); Art: Cristina Iglesias (Escultura y asesoramiento art); Project management: IDOM (Direcci); Technical architect: Angel Rotea. IDOM; Climatisation: INDUS; Construction company: FCC, FERROVIAL, COMSA; Construction: EMTE, S.A. (Instalaciones), Klimacal, S.A., Interservicios y Tecnolog, Suris, S.A.
Program
Culture
Completion
2004
The Barcelona International Convention Centre consists of a large hall of 15,000m2 (161,500 sq.ft.) with an 80m (262 ft) span that can be subdivided and a separate service annexe giving on to the sea. The hall is both structure and abstraction; the annexe talks to both sea and sky. The unyielding structure is the basic score. The weather, light (and its counterpart: shade), sound (and its counterpart: silence) are the strains. The flow of both people and fluids (not so different), the crowds and the architecture that emerges and (often) vanishes among them.