A competition was opened to restore the Santa Caterina city market located in the old quarter of Barcelona in 1997. EMBT won the bid with a proposal that aimed at incorporating the extreme complexity of the setting itself by creating a commercial market complemented by a residential zone and public spaces that integrated all the […]
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Based on the philosophy of the founder, Vicky Sherpa, the functional and yet joyful architecture strives to provide the children of the so-called “untouchables” in Nepalese society with the best educational environment possible. Due to the small scale of the project’s site EMBT proposed a ground floor with a big covered courtyard that serves as […]
In 1998 EMBT won the bid to design the new Edinburgh Parliament building. The proposal generated great enthusiasm due to its organic capacity to combine existing elements with new technologies through the contemporary and unique language of the Barcelona studio. The project’s development centered on reflecting the characteristics of the country and its inhabitants via […]
The project analyzed the configuration of the entrance to the campus of the University of Vigo, the transformation of the sports area, urbanization of the new commercial zone, and the introduction of a parking complex. The campus transformed the place into a unifed constructed landscape. One of the access ways to this landscape is by […]
OPEN SPACE IN HAFENCITY, HAMBURG GERMANY The open spaces of the western part of Hafencity are central components of the processes of transformation of the former harbor zone south of the historical Speicherstadt (waterhouse district) bordering on the inner city. This area has changed continuously throughout its history, in keeping with various harbor and industrial […]
For the construction of the installations of the 2004 Forum of Cultures, Barcelona City Council recovered a series of partially abandoned industrial lots near the sea. The urban renovation carried out on these lots was to create a new neighborhood on the shores of the Mediterranean where a variety of activities are available. To connect […]
” A place where it rains every morning- – early-“ “Imagine a building which stays on a topography which doesn’t exist..” Were we negating the land? There are few empty lands in the periphery such as the one we found here. Maybe the people living here: the emigrants and the old people, will substitute with […]