Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (Barcelona, Spain) : Detail of red cedar façade (brise-soleil); the façade does not touch the ground and appears to float

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-A06

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:

10890020

PID:

digcoll:1828105