Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue - Sketches & Drawings

"A place where it rains every morning - early -"

"The main interest of this project is, maybe, not directly in it, but in the "themes" it contains; the suspension of the building, of graffiti becoming architecture, of the colors of a painting becoming places, of the suspended spirit of the users, of unexpected connections ...
We like to think that this project could be a project for the "near future", being a more subtle conception of architecture.
Architecture of the future will be lighter, especially in its concept."

"Imagine a building which stays on a topography which doesn’t exist...."

The area of the Park and Civic Center will grow is in the periphery. The Civic Center will host the people with free time; mainly children and old people.
An existing romanesque stone building was, since the very beginning, the "model" for our Civic Center. The effort was to try to copy it as literally as we could.
But the building on the (its) place started to change, little by little, and to separate from the original model.

However, something of it remained; the necessity to climb into it through long stairs and ramps.
And from the very beginning something of it changed; the stones and earth sustained the construction disappeared, leaving a building suspended on the top of a continuos park.
Were we refusing the land"
Tagliabue - Miralles

View sketches

The Mollet del Valles Park and Civic Center, completed in 2000, is one of three parks in the Barcelona area designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue.
The Park on Avenue d’Icaria was completed in 1996 and the Diagonal Mar Park is scheduled for completion in April 2002.

Photo: arcspace
Mollet del Valles

When we visited Mollet del Valles it snowed for the first time in 15 years....
We will be back later this year for a Feature on all three parks.
Letter from Barcelona





		THE ARCHITECT'S STUDIO		Features
		Enric Miralles - Benedetta Tagliabue Sketches & Drawings Mollet del Valles Park and Civic Center Spain
		Graffiti and crayon on paper "A place where it rains every morning - early -" "The main interest of this project is, maybe, not directly in it, but in the "themes" it contains; the suspension of the building, of graffiti becoming architecture, of the colors of a painting becoming places, of the suspended spirit of the users, of unexpected connections ... We like to think that this project could be a project for the "near future", being a more subtle conception of architecture. Architecture of the future will be lighter, especially in its concept." "Imagine a building which stays on a topography which doesn’t exist...." The area of the Park and Civic Center will grow is in the periphery. The Civic Center will host the people with free time; mainly children and old people. An existing romanesque stone building was, since the very beginning, the "model" for our Civic Center. The effort was to try to copy it as literally as we could. But the building on the (its) place started to change, little by little, and to separate from the original model. However, something of it remained; the necessity to climb into it through long stairs and ramps. And from the very beginning something of it changed; the stones and earth sustained the construction disappeared, leaving a building suspended on the top of a continuos park. Were we refusing the land" Tagliabue - Miralles View sketches The Mollet del Valles Park and Civic Center, completed in 2000, is one of three parks in the Barcelona area designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue. The Park on Avenue d’Icaria was completed in 1996 and the Diagonal Mar Park is scheduled for completion in April 2002. Photo: arcspace Mollet del Valles Photo: arcspace Mollet del Valles When we visited Mollet del Valles it snowed for the first time in 15 years.... We will be back later this year for a Feature on all three parks. Letter from Barcelona