architecture_barcelona_2011

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ARCHITECTURE PROJECT 2010-2011 BCN CONGRÉS

Participants:

Elina, Toni, Andrea, Alex, Pablo, Lucero, Dayana, Diego, Nayab and Franco.

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INDEX Franco Arriagada Aguado ( Ricardo Bofill) Lucero Aredo Peláez ( Carles Ferrater) Dayana Rodas Posada ( Herzog & Meuron) Pablo Ortiz Figueroa (Frank Ghery) Elina Melik-Stepanian (Dominique Perrault) Alex Marcu Nicolae (Jean Nouvel) Toni Mejias López (Enric Miralles) Nayab (Zaha Hadid) Diego Garzón Chávez ( Toyo Ito) Andrea Pérez Bouza (Norman Foster)

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Ricardo Bofill He was born in Barcelona, Spain, on December 5th, 1939.

He studied at French Lyceum, School of Top Technology of Architecture of Barcelona and at the University of Geneva.

In 1985 he was elected an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects.

W Barcelona It was built in 2009.

It’s located in the port of Barcelona.

The owners are Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

It is made of concrete and steel. It has a facade of reflective glass.

Other famous works: The Red Wall (Calpe Alicante)

Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid

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Carles Ferrater

Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid

He was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1944.

He studied at Barcelona school of Architecture.

He has been awarded the FAD of architecture for the design of the Intermodal Station Zaragoza-Delicias.

MEDIA PRO

He designed the Media Pro, between 2005 and 2008. It is a communication company. It is located in 22@ in Diagonal Avenue.

Other famous works:

Real Club de Golf de El Prat, Barcelona,Spain.

Intermodal Station Zaragoza

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HERZOG & MEURON They were born in Switzerland, Basilea, in 1950.

They both studied at the ETH Zürich. They began to work together in 1978.

In 1999 they were awarded the Max Beckman by the city of Frankfurt and in 2001 the Pritzker Prize, the highest of honor in architecture.

FORUM BUILDING • They designed the Forum Building in Barcelona.

• It was built between 2003 and 2005.

• The base is triangular in shape, measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters high.

• It’s located in Diagonal Avenue.

OTHER FAMOUS BUILDINGS

Prada Store

Allianz Arena

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FRANK GEHRY Frank Gehry was born in 1929, in Toronto, Canada. He estudied urbanism at Harvard Unversity. He travelled to France to study French architecture. He thinks architecture is an art. He works with volumes and materials on the facade.

He won the Pritzker award in 1989.

THE GOLD FISH This is the Gold Fish,.it’s a sculpture, it was dsigned by Frank Gehry and it was built in 1992 for the Olympics in Barcelona. It’s situated in Barcelona, Spain, next to Torre Agbar and Hotel Arts and it’s made of copper.

Other buildings by Frabk Gehry:

Dancing House.

Museum of arts.

Prague.Czech Republic

Hannover.Germany

Gehry Tower.

Minneapolis.USA

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Dominique Perrault He was born in 1953 in France. He received his Diploma in Architecture in Paris in 1978. He became world known for the design of the French National Gallery .He currently heads Dominique Perrault Architecte (DPA) in Paris.

In 2000 he opened a studio in Luxembourg

Habitat Sky

It is a 31floors building hotel. It was built in 2007.

It’s located in Poblenou.

Others buildings

The most important building, French National Library.

Velodrom in Berlin.

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Enric Miralles He was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1955. He died in 2000.

He studied at the Politechnic University of Catalunya.

He worked with his first wife, Carme Pinòs and he also worked with his second wife Benedetta Tagliabue.

The Gas Natural Company Tower • It’s localed in Barcelona, between Papaseit Street and Pinon Street.

• It was built in 2005.

• It is made of glass and steel.

Other famous building: The Airport Control Tower, Alicante

The National Library , Japan

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Zaha Hadid Zaha hadid was born in Iraq in 1950.

She studied at the arquitectual association school of arquitecture in London.

She has been awarded with lots of prizes for different buildings

Edifici campus •

She has designed the Edifici Campus in the 22@ area in Barcelona.

It’s an spiralling tower.

Is’s made of glass, steel, concrete and other materials.

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OTHERS WORKS • • • •

Bridge Pavillion in Zaragoza.

It was constructed in 2008.

The bridge is 270 meters long.

The bridge imitates a gladiola over the river Ebro.

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Maxxi Museum in Rome.

It is a national museum. dedicated to contemporany crativity.

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The Building is a composition of bending tubs,overlapping,intersecting and píling overeach other.

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TOYO ITO

Toyo Ito was born in Seul, Korea in 1941. He studied at The Nacional University of Tokyo. He has been awarded with the RIBA gold medal, Bellas Artes gold medal and others. He has designed the “Hotel Porta Fira”.

It’s located in “Hospitalet de Llobregat”.It was built between 2008-2010. It’s made of concreate and glass plates.

Other famous works:

Suites Avenue. Barcelona

Mikimoto Ginza 2. Tokyo

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Jean Nouvel He was born in Fummel, France on August 12th, 1945. Nouvel studied in École des Beaux Arts school in Paris. He has been awarded with the Pritzker Prize when he made the Arab World Institute. He has designed many buildings around the world:

Agbar Tower It’s located between Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Badajoz, in Barcelona It was built between 2001-2004. It was opened in June 2005.

It belongs to Agbar, which is a water company, the shape was inspired by Montserrat.

Its lighting is capable to create 16 million colors.

Other buildings: Arab World Institute in Paris, France

Dentsu Building in Tokyo, Japan

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NORMAN FOSTER Norman Foster was born in Manchester on 1 of June 1935. He studied at University of Manchester’s School of Architecture and City Planning. It has been awarded with Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1999 and in 2009 he received the Prince of Asturias Award in the category Arts. He has designed Collserola Tower in Barcelona.

· COLLSEROLA TOWER

Collserola Tower, was built in 1992 to be the new icon of Barcelona Olympic Games. It’s located in Barcelona, near the Tibidabo.

Collserola Tower, it’s the tallest building of the city, with 288 meters, and it has 13 floors. This tower, it’s the hug of telecommunications. Through the tower, pass the 100% the TV and 95% of radio emissions.

· OTHER BUILDINGS BY NORMAN FOSTER: ·TOWER HEARST New York

·REICHSTAG Berlín

·AL FAISALIYAH CENTER Saudi Arabia