The joint project of the Europa-Fira, Parc Logístic and Mercabarna stations on Line 9 aims at a proposal that, with a minimum of resources, makes the most out of the conditions that are typical of an underground construction.
We want a more geological space than a built one, following the classic logic that the "place", in the deepest sense of the term, is fundamental in the resolution of any architectural program. Therefore, it is proposed to use as few materials as possible, preferably taking advantage of those already present in the civil-structural work, such as screen walls, construction struts, prefabricated slabs, etc.
The materials involved in the work are: the exposed concrete slabs, the apparent installations, the large frames of acoustic material attached to the slabs, the screen walls, the sheet metal coatings, the porcelain floors, industrial-artistic lighting that takes different forms: linear, punctual ..., metal railings and glass lifts, prefabricated benches, TMB's own furniture: ticket machines, tariff barriers, signposts.
Another topic of the project revolves around the requirement to close the doors of the platforms with doors. This fact is integrated as a positive element for the overall composition of the proposal. The closure is complete and the project also becomes an exercise in façades, whole facades that seek an absolute mastery of the sections. In short, a space control strategy: accesses, lobbies, platforms and subway enclosures. The convoy arrives through an interior that is connected to the platforms of the public at the precise moment of being parked.
Care has been taken to ensure that natural light enters the stations as far as possible.
The set aspires to be timeless, not subject to fashionable figures and materials, of good aging and easy maintenance, which maintains a certain aspect of great space-emptiness even if there are many users.
