Date of Opening: 1 / 12
/ 1993
Architects: Rafael Moneo / Manuel de Solà-Morales
Address: Diagonal, 545- 565- 08029 Barcelona |
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| L'illa is the name which was given by
the principal promoters, the insurance group Winterthur
and the Sanahuja group of property companies, to
this commercial and leisure project which was to be located
at the Avenida Diagonal in Barcelona. Due to its size,
the complex of L'illa was known at first as the "Superblock". |
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Technical details
Site area: 56.000 m2
Total built area: 80.000 m2 above ground and 120.000
m2 below ground.
Financial investment: 40.000 million pesetas.
Façade length: 334 metros.
Commercial area: 31.000 m2
Office area: 48.000 m2
School area: 13.500 m2
Cultural area (Conference Centre): 2.000 m2
Green space: 13.500 m2
Parking places: 2.400
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The extent of the area occupied and the impact on the city resulting from the construction of the complex required international consultation for ideas. The final project had to combine municipal needs concerned with street layout, the creation of free space and amenities for the district of Les Corts, with the range of private construction envisaged, for commercial, hotel and office use. Finally, the project was awarded to the architects Rafael Moneo and Manuel de Solà-Morales. The works began in 1990 and the existing buildings were demolished; on 1 December 1993 the complex was officially opened.
The project of L’illa Diagonal, with an investment
of some 240 million euros, was the biggest private operation
begun in Barcelona in connection with the holding of the
Olympic Games.
L’illa Diagonal complex was the first of
the half dozen commercial and office centres to be opened
in Barcelona in the nineties. |
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