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RESULTS OF THE THREE BARCELONA COMPETITIONS

 

The organizers of the UIA World Congress Barcelona 96 launched a series of international competitions open to architects and architecture students, as a means of promoting architectural solutions aiming to enrich the debate on the role of architecture in the transformation of the contemporary city.

Based on the Congress theme of Present and Futures. Architecture in Cities, the programmes of these ideas competitons call upon architects to reflect on and respond to the continual transformation of the urban fabric, the insertion of new programmes into the city, the structuring and use of interstitial or residual spaces. The sites proposed correspond to the specific present day needs of the Catalan city and were chosen in concertation with the administrations and institutions involved.

Three programmes and sites were proposed:

The results were officially announced on the Night of Awards, 4 July 1996, during the UIA Congress.

 

SERVICE AREA FOR THE LOGISTIC ACTIVITY ZONE OF THE PORT OF BARCELONA

 

PROGRAMME

The Logistic Activity Zone (ZAL) of the port of Barcelona is a platform of services for maritime transit and international trade, a place for storage and distribution of goods as well as their quality control, packaging and labelling. The programmme included designing the new entrance and access points to the zone, the commercial service areas and also a vehicle and driver service area.

 

JURY AND ADJUDICATION

194 projects were submitted to the jury which met in Barcelona from 7-9 June 1996. Presided by Alain Viaro (Geneva - Switzerland), UIA representative, the jury was composed of Diana Agrest (New York - USA), Farshid Moussavi (London - United Kingdom), Antonio Ortiz (Sevilla - Spain) and Ricard Pérdigo (Barcelona - Spain), representative of the President of the Port of Barcelona. After examining the comments and conclusions of the technical commission, the Jury identified four types of approaches to the programme's aims:

  1. Projects informed by the definition of coherent orders at an urban or territorial scale;
  2. Pragmatic organization which allowed for a flexible and adaptable development of required and proposed functions;
  3. Building organization in accordance to the programme
  4. Projects which questioned the general programme development and exposed the limitations of the competition.

 

WINNERS

First Prize (2 000 000 Pta):

Second Prize (1 000 000 Pta)

Third Prize (3 000 000 pta)

THE ENVIRONS OF THE BARCELONA FOOTBALL CLUB

PROGRAMME

Built in the late fifties, on the outskirts of Barcelona, the stadium holds 120 000 spectators. The zone has undergone development to become one of the city's most active sectors, with the university campus nearby. Today it calls for restructuring, the programme and limits of which were left open to the participants.

 

JURY AND ADJUDICATION

159 projects were submitted to the jury presided by Kristian Gullichsen, architect (Helsinki - Finland), UIA representative, and composed of: José Antonio Acebillo, (Barcelona - Spain), Rafael de Caceres, (Barcelona - Spain), Roberto Segre, (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil), Josep Lluis Nunez, President of the Barcelona Football Club, and Helle Juul (Copenhagen), deputy jury member.

The jury identified three possible types of intervention:

  1. Maintaining the new current conditions and interventions in intermediary spaces;
  2. Moving certain existing facilities;
  3. Redevelopment of the zone after elimination of current facilities.

 

WINNERS

First Prize (1 000 000 Pta):

Second Prize (500 000 Pta):

Third Prize (300 000 Pta):

 

HOUSING AND PUBLIC SPACE IN THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF BARCELONA
STUDENT PROJECTS CONFRONTATION - UNESCO PRIZE 1996

 

The international Confrontation of architecture student projects, traditionally organized as part of the UIA Congress, leads to the awarding of the UNESCO Prize and various prizes offered by the UIA Member Sections.

 

PROGRAMME

The historical centre of Barcelona is the object of a far-reaching transformation process stretching back to the mid-eighties with the aim of reassessing some of the most run-down sectors of the city. The transformation involves major reorganization of its fabric, building cultural facilities and rehabilitation of a considerable number of homes.

The competition theme is on the construction of two adjacent blocks of houses in the centre, public spaces and connecting areas. New housing models adapted to the changes taking place in family structures and lifestyles, the use and impact of new technologies and definition of public spaces are questions which merit particular attention.

 

JURY AND ADJUDICATION

The jury met in Barcelona from 26-30 May 1996 and examined 1118 projects. Presided by Adèle Naudé Santos (San Diego - Argentina), it was composed of Wolfgang Tochterman, Director of UNESCO Human Settlements Unit, Rifat Chadirji, (Kingston upon Tyne - United Kingdom), Manuel Gallero, (Aachen - Germany) and Dietmar Steiner (Vienna - Austria); and deputy members Sabine Kraft (Aachen, Germany) and Victor Perez Escolano (Seville - Spain). After analysing the conclusions of the technical commission, the jury identified a series of criteria for evaluating the projects:

 

WINNERS

(1 000 US$) to Nami Komatsu, Naoki Sonoda, Atsumi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Miyabe (Yokohama - Japan);
(500 US$) to Matsui Takashi, Toru Horiguchi, Takahide Aiba, Takumi Kato, Tanaka Yasumichi (Sendai-Miyagi - Japan);
(250 US$ and a series of publications) to Blaz Kriznik, Gregor Gogevic, Bojan Purg, Vasja Zupan (Ljubljana - Slovenia)

 

EXHIBITION - PUBLICATION

A selection of the projects submitted for the three competitions was exhibited during the UIA Congress from 1-7 July 1996 at the Reials Drassanes, in Barcelona. A publication edited by the College of Architects of Catalonia, in three languages (Catalan, English and Spanish) is also available from:

Col.legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya
Plaça Nova 5
08002 Barcelona
T. (34.3) 301 50 00 - F. (34.3) 318 60 29