Monday, March 18, 2013

Bridge pavilion

Bridge pavilion


Bridge pavilion (Pabellon-puente) will be opened again

It could have been the most significant building in the 2008 international exhibition. Wanna visit inside?


When can it be visited?

Starting March 23rd, Bridge pavilion will be opened on sunday mornings 10:00 to 13:00 having short guided free tours at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30.


What's the Bridge pavilion?

This is the Wikipedia information
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The Bridge Pavilion (Spanish: Pabellón Puente) is a building designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid that was constructed for the Expo 2008 in Zaragoza (Spain) as one of its main landmarks. It is an innovative 280-metre-long (919 ft) covered bridge that imitates a gladiola over the river Ebro, connecting the neighbourhood of La Almozara with the exposition site, and thus becoming its main entrance. The new bridge is, at the same time, a multi-level exhibition area; 10,000 visitors per hour are expected to frequent the Pavilion of the world exhibition.
Hadid chose fibre glass reinforced concrete from the Austrian company Rieder to envelope the bridge: she covered the outer skin of the building with 29,000 triangles of fibreC in different shades of grey.
During the Expo 2008, the Bridge Pavilion hosted an exposition called Water – a unique resource, designed by Ralph Appelbaum Associates. When the Expo was over, the building was purchased by the local savings bank Ibercaja to use it as a site for expositions.
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For updates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_Pavilion


Some pictures










How can I get there?


Bus circle lines (Ci1, Ci2) and bus 34 stop quite close there.
Touristic bus stop also around the Expo 2008 area.
If you arrive by train (even if high speed or commuter train), Delicias station is close to this bridge.

You can join this visit to any other one within the Expo 2008 area (Aquarium, pavilions...)

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