Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica [Olympic Village Meteorological Centre and MOPU delegation headquarters], Barcelona, Spain (1989-1992)

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Personnes et institutions:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Titre:

Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica [Olympic Village Meteorological Centre and MOPU delegation headquarters], Barcelona, Spain (1989-1992)

Date:

1983-2012

Niveau de description archivistique:
Project

Collation:

Approximately 1,080 drawings (including 951 reprographic copies)
166 photographic materials
0.13 linear metres of textual materials

Présentation du contenu:
This project series documents the Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica in Barcelona, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 65/80. The office assigned the date 1989-1992 for this project.

The project was located on the Paseo Maritimo in the center of the Olympic village of Barcelona. It was built for the meteorologists for the Olympic games. It was also used by the reporters of the Barcelona summer Olympic games of 1992. The six-story building was 33 metres in diameter and 4,000 square meters. The building had a cylindrical shape made of reinforced concrete. The project was built and was a collaboration with Joan Falgueras.

Documenting this project are sketches, studies, working drawings, structural drawings, and photographs. Textual materials include project documentation, correspondence, and technical specifications. Photographic materials document the models, aerial views and construction progress.

Numéro de référence:

AP178.S1.1989.PR04

Mode de classement:
Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions. Materials within each accession were arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and have been kept in this order.

Localisation:

Barcelona Espagne

Mention de crédit:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Langue et écriture des documents:

Portuguese
Spanish

Sources complémentaires:

Sketches for the Centro Meteorológico da Villa Olimpica are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 292 and 296.

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