The Gas Natural Company decided in 1999 to build a representative building in the same site where it started its activities more than 100 years before.
The site is a very complex piece of Barcelona., positioned among the fast way, the railway and the different city grids of La Barceloneta, the Olympic and the old city, in line from the Triumphal Arch to the sea, through the Ciutadella park.
The building is taking shape from the different lines strength of the city here. It’s a “conglomerate”, a complex mass which plays with the different scales of the city around it.
Its slim tower is proportionally comparable with the Olympic Towers nearby, even if its height is less (20 stories against 46). A 35 meter cantilever protrude as an horizontal tower and indicates the entry, aligning with the buildings of La Barceloneta.
The city is totally integrated with the building, and a public street is the main entry. Reflective and distorsive mirror glass is helping the building to mingle visually with the surroundings and the sky.
