PROVINCIAL COURT OF BARCELONA (CONTEST)
Passeig Lluís Companys
Barcelona
ORDER:
Finalist at the contest
PROJECT DATE:
2009
DATE OF CONSTRUCTION:
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TYPE:
New construction,
USE:
Provincial court
PROMOTER:
GISA
MATERIAL EXECUTION BUDGET (PEM):
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CONSTRUCTION SURFACE:
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PROJECT AUTHOR:
UTE: Kengo Kuma & AH Asociados & S4 Arquitectes
DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
We were finalist at the contest held by GISA for the new “Provincial Court of Barcelona” with the team formed by Kengo Kuma & AH Asociados Arq. & A-H A. Arq. Grupo Este & A-H A. Arq. Grupo Norte & Arq. Consultors d’Estructures S4 (UTE).
The other finalists companies were:
Contest winners: RCR, Aranda Piguem Vilalta Arquitectes, SLP & Plasencia Buendia Arraut i Associats, SLP (UTE)
- Agua y Estructuras, SA & Josep Llinàs i Carmona (UTE)
- Arquitectura en Tránsito, SLP
- Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, SLP
- MBM, Arquitectes, SLP & Beth Gali, SLP & Bopbaa, SLP (UTE)
- Office Architecture in Barcelona, SLP & Jaume Miret Mas Arquitecte, SLP (UTE)
The projected building had two different types of structures:
- Steel lattice girder was used to resolve the problem of the roof which had large spans and overhangs.
- For the ceilings of the standard floors, we used post-tensioned slabs supported by concrete beams, reinforced concrete pillars with 30-35cm edges and cantilevers with variable edges from 20cm to 30-35cm.
