This project is located in Barakaldo, next to Bilbao.

2000 housings and two towers of 150 and 120 meters are going to be built where nowadays there is a factory

Those are the images:

Location:

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/3913/satelitebh8.jpg

The Factory (Sefanitro) nowadays:

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/659/simg05462yp.jpg

As you can see, the zone is close to the river:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3852/img14097ps.jpg

The project by Eduardo Leira & i3 Consultores:

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/973/sefa4jn0.jpg

http://www.elcorreodigital.com/apoyos/graficos/vizcaya/images/nuevo-barakaldo.gif

The Towers:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/9770/sefa5ph0.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/449/sefa2ca9.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4108/sefa3ho9.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/408/sefa7wk5.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5215/sefa11ve2.jpg

Image by P2r5: Sefanitro Towers (left) and Pormetxeta Tower (right)

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/p2r5/lutxporme.jpg

I hope you like them;)

Fantastic project. It seems a bit shitty that people dont reply to regional cities like this because to them 150m is equivelent to a 300m skyscraper to Los Angeles.

Its good to see the smaller cities of Spain are building up also.

Good to see things like this in Bilbao. I was there this summer and was impressed with the Guggenheim, but I thought the city itself was rather dull and boring. Hopefully this can help turn things around.

Looks really nice.

Another good project to revitalise decadent parts of the city. :okay:

Good to see things like this in Bilbao. I was there this summer and was impressed with the Guggenheim, but I thought the city itself was rather dull and boring.
really..?

Really, the guggenheim was the only thing I thought that was worth seeing.

Spain is a powerhouse for crazy architecture. Congrats Bilbao! :cheers:

Fantastic project. It seems a bit shitty that people dont reply to regional cities like this because to them 150m is equivelent to a 300m skyscraper to Los Angeles.

Its good to see the smaller cities of Spain are building up also.


There is also another tower ("Iberdrola Tower" this one an office tower of 165m) in Bilbao approved and that is going to start being built in few months, near Guggenheim museum.

http://www.grupisos.net/modulos/usuariosFtp/conexion/image615A.jpg

Really, the guggenheim was the only thing I thought that was worth seeing.
xtrange.. coz I get very impressed every time I get back or just watching the threads about the city.. never mind, everyone gets another pic of the different cities depending of several subjective matters..

Good to see things like this in Bilbao. I was there this summer and was impressed with the Guggenheim, but I thought the city itself was rather dull and boring. Hopefully this can help turn things around.


Where did you go? Sure it was Bilbao?:D


You need a good guide!

You are really lucky. Its a great design that suits expectionally well with the green nature around the city and in the background. Credits for the greenery inside the tower. Ive imagined skyscraperdesigns like this which would give cities a "green, closer to nature look".

Some more good renders of the towers:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/3228/barakaldo440001tz1.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5403/barakaldo440002wm9.jpg

And the project:

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/7297/barakaldo440004yq4.jpghttp://img245.imageshack.us/img245/9434/barakaldo440006mg6.jpg

And very close to this plan u can find another one designed by Chipperfield:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/336/barakaldo440009hi6.jpg

Spain is a powerhouse for crazy architecture. Congrats Bilbao! :cheers:

Even a bit ahead of the pack on that one, Spain is. They even get crazy with the mid-rises over there.

I saw the italian architect of Scotland parliament saying that presently Spain is the top country in Architecture presently.

Kenneth Frampton report about Madrid's ETSA (School of architecture)

"La formación de arquitectos en España tal vez sea hoy día la mejor del mundo y mientras que esto obedece en parte a la forma en la que está organizada aquí la profesión y al extraordinario fomento de clientes españoles, también se debe con seguridad a la categoría de la enseñanza de la arquitectura en España. Si bien me consta que la enseñanza y práctica no son ni mucho menos lo mismo, ha habido en España una íntima correspondencia entre ambas..."

http://www.aq.upm.es/informacion_general/informacion_general.php

"Architecture training in Spain is maybe the best of the world nowadays...."

Names like : Moneo, Calatrava, Bofill, Lamela....

THOSE TOWERS LOOKS REALLY NICE

looks great

Spain is really booming at the moment. It's good to see that also cities outside of Madrid and Barcelona get new skyscrapers.

Guggenheim syndrome spreading the whole country.

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/5403/barakaldo440002wm9.jpg

I loved those towers.

The demolition of the old factory has begun!

Here u can wath the video! (http://videosdp.elcorreodigital.com/elcorreodigital.swf?file=426/sefanitroderribo.flv&fileSub=undefined&autoStart=true&fs=true) :banana: :banana:

Some images of the model by me:D

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6194copiar.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6195copiar.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6196copiar.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6197copiar.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6199copiar.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/IMG_6198copiar.jpg

Really nice towers. I love the whole project. Have to visit Bilbao some day!

The demolition of the old factory has begun!

Here u can wath the video! (http://videosdp.elcorreodigital.com/elcorreodigital.swf?file=426/sefanitroderribo.flv&fileSub=undefined&autoStart=true&fs=true) :banana: :banana:

The newspapers photo of the zone nowadays:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/AdemABorja/sefanitroprensa.jpg

gremios-digital.com

There are a lot of tower projects next to Bilbao river: Isozaki Atea, Iberdrola Tower, Sefanitro Towers, Pormetxeta Tower... and maybe in the future BBK Tower too at Zorrozaurre new island-neighbourhood.

Bilbao's first highrise (1946) was built near the river too, known as "the highrise of Bailen street":

http://static.flickr.com/75/196449020_a0a0c141d5_m.jpg
Photo from Flickr.

very nnice concept :banana::banana::banana:

This was scalled down some time ago. The current project (if it's ever built) will include a 126 metre tower:

http://estaticos.20minutos.es/img/2008/07/10/845890.jpg?v=20080710132211

http://foto-cache.elcorreodigital.com/jpg/5/6/1215676770265.jpg

http://foto-cache.elcorreodigital.com/jpg/5/8/1215676767685.jpg

http://foto-cache.elcorreodigital.com/jpg/4/0/1215676768604.jpg