Waste Management Complex FORUM 2004

Barcelona, Spain

FIRST PRIZE. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

MoMA, NEW YORK. 2005. GROUNDSWELL “Constructing the new contemporary landscape”

Program: Environmental Installations and Energy Observatory
Year: 2000-2004
Status: Built
Area: 117.800 m2 building. Besós Incinerator: 39.576m2. Central of District Cooling & pneumatic waste collector: 78.221m2
Client: Infrastructures 2004 (P+C), Ajuntament De Barcelona, Área De Mantenimient I, Serveis-Tersa (I)

Barcelona´s Northeast Coastal Park successfully combines two unlikely elements –a municipal waste-management complex and a waterfront park and beach- innovatively integrating necessary infrastructure and public space. The park served as part of the site for the First International Forum of Cultures, organized by UNESCO to promote cultural diversity and sustainable development and staged in Barcelona in 2004. Originally cut off from the city by a ring road, the site had served as the city´s major services area, where a now defunct sewage treatment plant and electrical generator were also located.