La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou

At the left, the Port Olímpic de Barcelona, at the center, the high rises Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre, and at the right, buildings of the Olympic Village.

Parc del Port Olímpic, a park located in this neighborhood

La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou (The Olympic Village of Poblenou) is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It was constructed in the late 1980s and early 1990s for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games which took place in Barcelona. Its construction was devised by Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay and Albert Puigdomènec as a residential area in the otherwise industrial and working-class district of Poblenou, which underwent regeneration but involved massive expropriation, as well as the destruction of a sizeable portion of the district, including Industrial Revolution factories of architectural value such as Fàbrica Foret. It follows essentially the reticular outline of Eixample and Poblenou, with about 2000 new apartments in the area, owned by the mixed public-private company VOSA (Vila Olímpica Societat Anònima).

Education

The main campus of Universitat Pompeu Fabra is located between Parc de la Ciutadella and this neighbourhood. The buildings are former barracks which underwent restoration simultaneously with the construction of Vila Olímpica.

Architecture

Gehry's "Peix d'Or" sculpture

The Port Olímpic de Barcelona is located in this neighborhood. The buildings in Vila Olímpica were designed by a number of winners of the FAD Award. The area includes the high rises Hotel Arts and Torre Mapfre, both of which are 154 m tall and were built in 1992.

The Torre Mapfre is located in this neighborhood, while the Hotel Arts, the Casino Barcelona and the "Peix d'Or" (goldfish), a large metal sculpture designed by Frank Gehry, are located at one edge of the Barceloneta neighborhood, close to the border with the Vila Olímpica del Poblenou.

Transport

Barcelona Metro stations Vila Olímpica and Bogatell, both on line L4.
Trambesòs tram stops Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica (connection with Barcelona Metro) and Wellington.

Bibliography

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Francesc Xavier Hernàndez i Cardona, Barcelona, història d'una ciutat. Llibres de l'Índex, Barcelona, 2001.

Districts and neighbourhoods of Barcelona

Ciutat Vella	La Barceloneta Gothic Quarter El Raval Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera

L'Eixample	L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample Dreta de l'Eixample Fort Pienc Sagrada Família Sant Antoni

Sants-Montjuïc	La Bordeta La Font de la Guatlla Hostafrancs La Marina de Port La Marina del Prat Vermell El Poble-sec Sants Sants-Badal Montjuïc Zona Franca – Port

Les Corts	Les Corts La Maternitat i Sant Ramon Pedralbes

Sarrià-Sant Gervasi	El Putget i Farró Sarrià Sant Gervasi – la Bonanova Sant Gervasi – Galvany les Tres Torres Vallvidrera, el Tibidabo i les Planes

Gràcia	Vila de Gràcia Camp d'en Grassot i Gràcia Nova La Salut El Coll Vallcarca i els Penitents

Horta-Guinardó	El Baix Guinardó El Guinardó Can Baró El Carmel La Font d'en Fargues Horta La Clota Montbau Sant Genís dels Agudells La Teixonera Vall d'Hebron

Nou Barris	Can Peguera Canyelles Ciutat Meridiana La Guineueta Porta La Prosperitat Roquetes Torre Baró La Trinitat Nova El Turó de la Peira Vallbona Verdum Vilapicina i la Torre Llobeta

Sant Andreu	Baró de Viver Bon Pastor El Congrés i els Indians Navas Sant Andreu de Palomar La Sagrera Trinitat Vella

Sant Martí	El Besòs i el Maresme El Clot El Camp de l'Arpa del Clot Diagonal Mar i el Front Marítim del Poblenou El Parc i la Llacuna del Poblenou El Poblenou Provençals del Poblenou Sant Martí de Provençals La Verneda i la Pau La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou

Coordinates: 41°23′27″N 2°11′57″E / 41.39083°N 2.19917°E / 41.39083; 2.19917

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