Urban Project concept for a Commercial Center
Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona
N.E.:305
Surface: 48.000 m2
Built floor space: 54.600 m2 st (587,709 ft2) (GLA)
Client: Research study
Com. date: 2001
Tasks developed:
· Conceptual approach and study of alternatives The Project supposes an evolution from the vision of the traditional commercial center buildings adding to the commerce a mix of uses in order to create a vital, vibrant an diverse urban environment. The main idea is to provide the area with a big commercial facility in the diving line between Barcelona and Hospitalet del Llobregat including residential and leisure uses and especially understanding and designing the building as a territorial park. The project and the program is organized around the idea of parallel activity bands or stripes. By its continuity the different spaces are conformed. Taking the principles of the regulated geometry, the curving is worked out for the different sections.