He Port Vell He doesn’t have a free corner plays. The revolution that the celebration of the Sailing America’s Cup next year means machines everywhere. There are a total of 19 public and private projects in the Port of Barcelona that dot the different piers and mouths adding up €120 million. One of the latest areas in which the operators have begun to work is in the sheds of the Moll de Llevantsome constructions now in disuse that will be reception space for authorities and guests for the sporting event, what is known as ‘hospitality‘.
For a few days, a fence surrounds the 3,800 square meters Distributed in three buildings of the sheds, which dating from 1914. The facades are chipped, there is no roof in some areas and the shoring spread over balconies and structures reveal that the tasks will be complex. However, in the architectural project to which EL PERIÓDICO has had access, reveals the metamorphosis that will take place in some buildings that have a façade on the Joan de Borbó promenade and, facing the sea, in the Mol de Llevant.
“Nautical bus” to the Rambla
The sheds they are already being rehabilitated, explains the manager of Port Vell, David Pinoand is expected finish the jobs in April 2024, despite the fact that the sailing competition will not start until August. However, once the Copa América is over, Barcelona will have a new public space to host cultural activities, such as exhibitions, conferences or other celebrations. It is what is known as legacyexplains the also director of the coordination office of the appointment of the Port of Barcelonasomething in which one works conscientiously from the Barcelona Capital Nautical Foundationwhose headquarters is a few meters away.
Another of the improvements that this reform will include is the construction of a maritime station in a fourth neighboring building of 200 square meters from where a service of “nautical bus“, that is, a ship with regular service that will connect this point with the Drassanes, at the foot of the Rambla. This transport, which will be propelled with green energy, will be a reality when the appointment technological and sports global in scope.
5.7 million investment
With this maritime connection in operation, the enjoyment of citizenship of this port corner It will be much higher than the current one. Right now it’s a cul de sac in which there are bus stops, taxi stops, an electric charging station, or a motorcycle parking lot on the sidewalk. The reform of the sheds will have a cost of 5.7 million euros for the Port of Barcelona, which kept the buildings when the concession ended of Marina Barcelona 92 which, in turn, had been Barcelona Naval Unionowned by Vicente Boluda, recalls David Pino.
This urban transformation the future will add so much viewpoint building as the boulevard of the new entrance, which will be elevated above the quays and will have views over the Port Vell, which has undergone a real shedding. Thus, at the other extreme, in the Maremàgnum, work is being done on a transformation of the leisure and gastronomic spaces with an investment of 15 million euros.
Light wooden and glass porticos
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The patrimonial recovery of the sheds is the work of the firm of architects of Pau Diez Oliva. The empty spaces between the three buildings will be covered with light wooden and glass porticos that maintain the essence of turn-of-the-century architecture. This circumstance, as can be seen in the basic project, provides a lot of light to the spaces, that when it ceases to be ‘hospitality’ of the America’s Cup sailingthey will host appointments from civic and cultural entities, advances Pino.
With a ship that brings the neighbors closer together, a boulevard in which to walk, a multipurpose space with activities and, a short distance away, the ‘beach club’ of Club Natació Barcelona, this end of the port will become a pole of attraction insured.