3 Metro station on line 9: Amadeu Torner, Parc Logístic and Mercabarna, by Garcés, de Seta and Bonet
28/11/2017.
ASCER 2017 [BCN] Spain
metalocus, PABLO SEBASTIÁN
metalocus, PABLO SEBASTIÁN
Description of project by Jordi Garcés
The projects of the Amadeu Torner, Parc Logístic and Mercabarna stations of Line 9 point to a proposal that, with the minimum means, gets the most of the conditions that are typical of a metro construction.
We want a more geological space than a built one, following the classic logic that the "place", in the deepest sense of the term, is fundamental in the resolution of any architectural program.
Therefore, the use of the smallest number of materials is proposed, taking advantage of even those that are already present in the civil-structural work, such as the walls-screen, the props of the construction, the prefabricated floors, etc ...
The materials that appears in the work will be: the walls-screen seen, the metallic sheetings, the stone pavements, the industrial lighting that assumes different forms: linear, punctual-domestic, punctual-ornamental, etc ... the handrails and glass elevators, stone benches such as pavement and steel bins, TMB own furniture: ticket machines, tariff barriers, information signs.
Another theme of the project turns around the requirement to close the convoy doors when it is in the station. This fact is integrated as a positive element for the general composition of the proposal. The enclosure becomes total and the project becomes a facades exercise.
Entire facades that look for an absolute control of the sections. In short, a strategy to control the spaces: accesses, lobbies, platforms and the metro area. The convoy arrives through an interior that is connected to the platforms of the public at the exact moment it is parked.
The set aim to be: timeless, not subject to figures and fashion materials of good aging and easy maintenance that maintains a certain aspect of space-emptiness even if there is a large audience.
Jordi Garcés, Daria de Seta and Anna Bonet Architects.
Jordi Garcés. Born in Barcelona on June 25, 1945, and studied at the Superior Technical School of Architecture in Barcelona (Degree 1970). Worked, during his studies, in the offices of Martorell-Bohigas-Mackay and in the Workshop of Ricardo Bofill. Begins his professional activity in 1970 with Enric Soria, with whom he remains a partner until 1994. Professor of Projects in the Eina School of Barcelona from 1971 to 1973 and in the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona since 1974. He was a member of the Board of the College of Architects of Barcelona from 1978 to 1980.
Chair Professor of Projects since 1985. PhD in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Catalunya in 1987. Full Profesor of Projects at the Superior Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona since 1988. Member of the Board of the FAD (Promotion of Decorative Arts) from 1990 to 1992. Consultant of the Mies van der Rohe from 1995. Consultant in the Organization of Presentations and Conferences for the Congress of the UIA 1996. Member of the Board of the “Ateneu Barcelonès” since November 2007. Guest Professor, on various occasions, at the “Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, Switzerland”.
Daria de Seta y Anna Bonet Giné (respectively) co-direct and they are nowadays members of the study.