Hesperia Hotel, 2000-2006
<M> L1 Hospital de Bellvitge
Avd. Mare de Déu de Bellvitge, 3 | BCN 4
The Hesperia Hotel is a new emblem of the rapid urban development of L’Hospitalet, which with 240,000 inhabitants is Catalonia’s second largest city. A subterranean section of the motorway will mean that on street level there will only be local traffic. The possibility of ornamenting the part left above that underground section opens the door to the creation of a new series of public squares. The project design situates the service cores and lifts on the building’s perimeter, while the lower floors of the 30-storey tower will be allocated to public areas within an open and transparent “container.” Under the tower is a public square that spreads and connects with the lower neighbouring buildings. One of the restaurants occupies a spectacular glass “dome” perched on the roof.
Richard Rogers Partnership, Alonso-Balaguer
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