Zaha Hadid | Spiralling Tower | Barcelona, Spain

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Design and Context
Zaha Hadid’s design for the Edifici Campus confirms the role of the 22@ area at the very forefront of Barcelona’s changing water edge. The tower’s striking design creates a new presence in a territory of transition.The spiralling tower stitches the border of the municipalities of Barcelona and Besòs, creating a new infrastructure that is a joint-venture of the two cities and two clients: El Consorci, Zona Franca de Barcelona y b –TEC, Consorci del Campus Interuniversitari del Besòs.

The design articulates the transition between the forum and the campus, between the new equipments and parks water-front area, in Barcelona, and the requalification of the delta of the river Besòs area, in Sant Adriá del Besòs. The formal theme of the spiral actively binds the two together with an encompassing movement, stimulating the seamless integration of the city fabric, connecting in a dynamic way, the different surrounding areas.

Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Designers: Zaha Hadid
Staff:
Fabiano Contini ,Víctor Orive ,Rafael González ,Oihane Santiuste ,Mónica Bartolomé ,RaquelGallego ,Esther Rivas ,Jessica Knobloch ,Hooman Taleb ,Maria Araya ,Ebru Simsek

Client: Consortium of the Zona Franca in Barcelona and the Consorzio Interuniversitario Besòs
Design: 2006
Realization: 2009
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