Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (Barcelona, Spain) : Detail where red cedar brise-soleil meets the open end of the horseshoe
- Creator:
- Brullet i Tenas, Miquel, 1941-
Pineda Alvarez, Albert de, 1953 - Published/Created:
- Campus of Pompeu Fabra University; Carrer del Doctor Aiguader, 88, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
2006 - Physical Description:
- 55,000 m2 (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 5/21/2008
- Materials:
- wood (red cedar); glass; steel; concrete
- Notes:
- The space of the Main Circulation Room (which can seat 400) is kept open by two massive concrete "trees" as the only supports of the 860 ton roof. The support points are visible on the flat roof, viewed from above. The library was originally built for a capacity of 550,000 volumes. The wedged-shaped, basement level Bush Center, better known as the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (HMML) was added to the library in 1975, also by Breuer.
- Variant Titles:
- Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona (PRBB)
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Spain -- 21st century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twenty-first century
- Culture:
- Spanish
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-BPARQ-A07
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
research laboratories (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- buildings; research buildings; laboratories; research laboratories
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/21/2008 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10890021
- PID:
- digcoll:1819695