CCCB

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Project Name: CCCB
Construction year: 1994
Website: www.cccb.org
Address: Montalegre 5 , BARCELONA - Spain

Architect(s) : Albert Viaplana (www.viaplana.com) | Helio Piñon
Project Category: Cultural

Latitude: 41.3836
Longitude: 2.16714

CCCB

The CCCB is the product of the partial rehabilitation of the physical complex of the provincial Casa de la Caritat almshouse, the old charitable establishment that was set up in 1802 and continued to function until 1957. The present-day building comprises the adaptation of the original structure that encloses the large central courtyard, known as the Pati de les Dones, laid out as three five-storey floors forming a U-shape. The new project replaced the north wing with a prismatic 30-m high volume forming a spectacular glazed façade, the top of which projects out over the courtyard. This new element, with its interplay of reflections, mirrors the cityscape and offers a fantastic vantage point over the old town, as well as channelling visitor flows (foyers, lifts, escalators).

The main façade overlooking Carrer de Montalegre and the three inner façades around the courtyard were restored, as were the sgraffiti and the majolica tiles introduced in the Noucentiste-style remodelling carried out between 1926 and 1929. The brick vaults, large arches and ashlar pillars, characteristic structural elements of the original building, were also conserved. The new building covers a total floor surface of 15,000 m2, of which 4,000 m2 are given over to galleries. The Centre’s installations also include three lecture halls, an auditorium and multipurpose spaces such as the foyer, the Pati de les Dones courtyard and the Mirador hall. The CCCB was officially opened in February 1994. The architecture project is the work of the architects Helio Piñón and Albert Viaplana, and was awarded the FAD and the Ciutat de Barcelona Prizes for Architecture in 1993.

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