Key：Spain | Large building

项目概况:

dhub, barcelona design center, adjacent to torre agbar, is designed by mbm arquitectes. design center’s two entrances face to the busy carrer d’àvila and pla?a de les glòries. different to the cylinder building of torre agbar, the appearance of design center is designed to hexagon. it focuses on four elements: space, product exhibition, information and fashion, so the inner features the exhibition space of the area of 25000 square meters. divide the whole building into two parts and connect the two parts with the big platform. they are distributed over two floors and a gallery, and include the main exhibition hall, rooms given over to management and preservation of the dhub’s collections, the main offices, though below ground level, the basement floor receives natural light from a trench which is worked into the different ground levels and which features a huge lake, creating a dialogue with the outside. lighting is reinforced with six skylights that look out over the public space and can also be used as showcases for the centre’s contents and activities. in accordance with the general urban plan it occupies a minimum footprint, primarily in order not to reduce the space earmarked for public use, but also because the vicissitudes of plans to demolish the elevated road and change the tramline route severely limit the space available.