PORTA FIRA HOTEL
2006-2010
MIXED USE
LOCATION
BARCELONA, SPAIN
STATUS
BUILT
HOTEL 35.688 sqm
BUDGET
58.797.846 EUR
HOTELES SANTOS
BUILDER
F.C.C. CONSTRUCCIÓN, S.A.
b720 ARQUITECTOS
AUTHORS
TOYO ITO, FERMÍN VÁZQUEZ
ITO AA
TAKEO HIGASHI, FLORIAN BUSCH, YUICHI YOKOKAWA, ANDREW BARRIE, TAKU ADACHI, YOU HAMA (TAKENAKA CORPORATION), SHUICHI KOBARI, KEISUKE SAWAMURA, ATSUSHI ITO, WATARU FUJIE, NILS BECKER
B720
COMPETITION
ALEXA PLASENCIA, GUSTAVO SAPIÑA, PIETRO PEYRON
PROJECT
ALEXA PLASENCIA, AMPARO CASANÍ, ANA CAFFARO, ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, CRISTINA ALGÁS, DANIEL VALDÉS, EDUARDO CALCERRADA, EIKE GROSSMANN, GAËLLE LAUXERROIS, GEMMA OJEA, HELIA PIRES, ILEANA GARCÍA, JOAO CEGONHO, LAIA ISEM, LEONARDO NOVELO, MAGDALENA OSTORNOL, MIRKO USAI, NICOLÁS PERFUMO, NIKKI ROSS, PECO MULET, PIETRO PEYRON, TOSCA SALINAS, VALERIA MEROLA
SITE SUPERVISOR
CRISTINA ALGÁS, ALEXA PLASENCIA, ANA CAFFARO, ANAÏS BLANC, ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, CAROLINA FERRER, DANIEL VALDÉS, EIKE GROSSMANN, GIUSY OTONELLY, IVAN ARELLANO, JOAO MIGUEL, LAIA ISEM, MAGDALENA OSTORMOL, MIRKO USAI
COMPETITION DATE
ABRIL 2006
COMPLETION DATE
SECOND SEMESTER 2009
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
IDOM INGENIERÍA Y SISTEMAS, S.A.
SERVICES ENGINEER
JG ASOCIADOS
QUANTITY SURVEYOR
BARDAJÍ CAPDEVILA MANAGEMENT BARCELONA S.L. (BCMB)
OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT MANAGER
LAYETANA INMOBILIARIA, S.L.
MANAGEMENT BARCELONA S.L. (BCMB)
| ARCHITECTURE CONSULTANT | ALBERT DANÉS |
| STRUCTURAL ENGINEER CONSULTANT | LUIS VIÑUELA |
| SERVICES CONSULTANT | FERNANDO SERAFINI |
| FAÇADE CONSULTANT | ESTUDIO MARSHALL Y ASOCIADOS (PROJECT) + FERRÉS ARQUITECTOS (BUILDING PROCESS) |
| GENERAL CONTRACTOR | F.C.C.CONSTRUCCIÓN S.A. |
| OCT | SOCOTEC IBERIA |
| QUALITY CONTROL | APPLUS |
| SAFETY AND HEALTH | ATISADE |
The project is being done in collaboration with the architect Toyo Ito. Located between Barcelona airport and the city, the Torres Fira project is the gateway to the new Hospitalet de Llobregat trade fair zone.
One of the great priorities was to respond to its setting and take advantage of the site’s strategic position between to major projects—Plaça Europa and Fira 2000—acting as a gateway and bridge between them. The office building, orthogonal in shape, located perpendicularly to the Plaça Europa axis and laid out at 30º with respect to Gran Via, becomes a termination for the square and dialogues with the other side of Gran Vía, where there are two orthogonal towers perpendicular to this axis. The hotel uses a similar language: the building. Its subtle trefoil ground-plan is gradually rotated with increasing height and opens up like a flower at the top.
The tower turns on its own axis, greeting as it does so the city, the airport, the Plaça Europa and the trade fair site, the viewer’s perception of it constantly changing as it does so. This perception is complemented by a second tower, which at first sight is a simple volume, but which contains a nucleus that also rotates on its axis, reflecting the other tower.