Cèntric Cultural Center, El Prat del Llobregat

Details

Site: El Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona
Use: Cultural

Description

The cultural center of El Prat “Cèntric” is situated at Plaça Catalunya in the middle of the city of El Prat de Llobregat, and contains a library, the historical archives of the town and a meeting hall.

The exterior volume of the cultural complex, covered by an elegant zinc skin, takes the form of a round body only fragmented by the bursting volume of the meeting hall and the central empty space that serves as an entrance courtyard.

The interior of the building contrasts with its exterior aggressiveness; the spatial successions, the work in section, the use of warm materials, or the serenity afforded by the overhead light, produce an interesting atmospheric experience, particularly spectacular in the triple space that makes up the entrance to the library.

Project Name: Cèntric Cultural Center
Site: El Prat Del Llobregat – Barcelona
Use: Cultural
Project date: 2005
Construction end date: 2010
Property: Ajuntament del Prat del Llobregat
Land area: 4.700 m²
Floor area: 16.390 m²
Awards:
Selected, FAD Architecture Awards 2011
Selected work, 1a “Mostra d’arquitectura Barcelona” 2013

Authors: Manel Brullet i Tenas, Alfonso de Luna i Colldefors, Jaume Piñol i Font
Contributors: Laia Lara, Roger Tremoda, Volker Zimmermann, Lalí Daví, William Robinson, Gemma Ibáñez, Eva del Hoyo, Inma Domingo, Mercé Griño, Elena Coll, Jury Barrattini, Alex Quintín
Surveyors: Francesc Xurigué
Facilities: Portell-Brunés Enginyers S.L.
Structure: Manuel Arguijo y asociados S.L.
Builder: FCC
Photographer:Juny Brullet
Publications:
01- world-architects.com (link)
02- Josep Gracia (Catalunya Theaters)