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 […]
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” 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 […]
The Hamburg Music School, integrates architecture with the natural environment, embedding the building within the existing trees on site. The project fosters a connection between music education and the surrounding landscape, using a transparent façade to create a seamless transition between interior and exterior spaces. The waiting area for students is conceived as an outdoor-like […]
EMBT was commissioned to enlarge the Town Hall of Utrecht, which previously did not meet the needs of a larger operation and which would benefit from the technical advances necessary for an official entity. The aim of the project involved a rediscovery of the value of interior spaces in the neoclassical building that was already […]
Lungo Mare was first conceived in 1997 during a conversation between Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliabue and Emili Farré Escofet. “We wanted Lungo Mare to be as inviting as the beach and as comfortable as a sand dune or the waves on the sea… we wanted a piece of the beach itself, but made in concrete”.
The Mistery table, designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue in 1999, remained unbuilt until its recent discovery and production for the Perpetuum Mobile exhibition. Rediscovered in the form of old sketches in the couple’s personal archive, the design was reconstructed using a combination of 3D modeling and physical mock-ups to bring the concept to […]
Este proyecto es el resultado de unir dos edificaciones preexistentes en el barrio barcelonés de la Clota. El objeto de la obra era la restauración y ampliación de las dos casas, ubicadas entre medianeras y de dos plantas cada una, para convertirlas en un única vivienda con un estudio biblioteca como pieza significativa. La intervención […]
The “Troncs” table, designed by Enric Miralles in collaboration with Benedetta Tagliabue in 1998, is a reinterpretation of the classic picnic table, integrating both table and bench into a singular, cohesive piece. Originally crafted from elm wood for their personal residence in Barcelona, the design emphasizes adaptability and a connection to natural forms. A distinctive […]
“The acceptance of the discipline of the existing: a ghost that is present during the whole changing process of a building as the physical quality of time embodied in things”. We felt it was necessary to return the characteristic Venetian freedom and density to the area of the future Venice School of Architecture. At the […]