Tibidabo Cable Car Station
Barcelona ES
Josep Mias Arquitectes
2008
Type
Urban Infrastructures
Tags
spaces for tourism
Visitability
Allowed
Description
The lower station of the Tibidabo funicular was built in 1888, designed as train station to guide the visitors up to the park, and as first technological attraction leading to the park itself.Our intervention is based in cleaning the building of the adding and wants to achieve a free and diaphanous space inside. The construction that covers the platforms is built again, maintaining the same wooden structure, using waterproof materials in order to protect machinery. Colour tiling in the roof is preserved as well. The exterior walls are repaired and painted again. Due to budget causes, painted placards could not be refurbished. They were repainted with blue stripes on a protective layer. Thus, these paintings will be recoverable one day. Inner spaces are recovered as they were in the past, making tile and metallic ceilings visible. The cast iron pillars and the original pavement are restored. Some pieces are added, looking like flowers on the ground. White panels occupy the hall area, working as screens for projections of the park activities.(Description provided by the architects)