Barcelona: Modern Architecture Guide

1986-1987 C. de Felip II - C. Bac de Roda BCN6 <M> L1 Navas - L2 Bac de Roda

felip ii bridge bac de roda

L9 L10 La Sagrera

In a landscape characterized by its very lack of definition, the project supplements the interconnective function of the bridge with that of forming a new identifying sign of the city. The structure, consisting of twin steel arches which bifurcate as they descend towards the ground, and of four series of cables which are suspended from these, define and separate the pavement of the wide lateral sidewalks and support the access stairs to the future station and large park situated either side of the railroad tracks.

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Santiago Calatrava c o l P. Barragán, B. de Sola, O. Tarrasó

Barcelona: Modern Architecture Guide

Published on Apr 15, 2013

Actar Publishers

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This updated and revised guide to Barcelona features an extensive selection of architecture dating from the period begins with the architectural manifestations of modernisme and noucentisme through the more innovative proposals from the Modern Movement, rationalist works, the major projects built for the Olympic Games, and the Universal Forum of Cultures, until the consolidation of Gran Via and the Diagonal, and the two major urban transformations undertaken in the city around the 22@ district and the Plaça Europa.A document that, in addition to being a conventional guide, also offers a reflection of how the city of Barcelona has changed, grown and tackled the urban planning, social and cultural challenges that it has faced from the end of the 19th century up to the start of the 21st.

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