All Change at Bilbao / (presented by] Michael Wilford (Michael Wilford Architects).

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Wilford, Michael, 1938-2023, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning.

Architectural design--Spain.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (43 minutes)): sound, color

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1995.

Summary:

Michael Wilford, unsupported by his father in his choice of career, had to train the hard way, at North London Polytechnic evening school while working by day for various architectural practices. By good fortune, one of these was Stirling & Gowan who had just won Leicester University Engineering School competition. Later, when Stirling & Gowan split up, Wilford was invited to re-join the practice and later became a partner. Michael Wilford, as the former partner of the late James Stirling, inherited the design project for the beautiful new bus station/railway station for Bilbao in northern Spain. At the point when Stirling died, the contract for a second version of the scheme had just been signed. Now, a third version, developed further by the new partnership Michael Wilford & Partners, has been agreed; and it is this version which Wilford describes. In it the aim is to contribute something to the city generally, to reinforce and intensify the activity of the central area. The new building reconnects the old and new parts of the city. It contains a bus station and two railway systems (at two different levels) with, sandwiched between, a public area for waiting, ticketing and shopping; plus a World Trade Centre, offices and public housing.

Contents:

View Of Bilbao From South-East

Plan Of City. Left: With The Site As Found. Right: With The Proposed Bus-Railway Station Shown

The City Seen From The South With Railway Station (Centre)

Plan At Railway Platform Level

Cross Section Through South End

Axonometric Showing Layering Of Facilities

Model. New Plaza Fronts North End Of The Building

View Of Model Showing Slope Of Site

Plan At Concourse Level

Model. Access From Side Street

Plan At Bus Station Level

Plan. Central Spine At Level Of Waiting Area For High-Speed Train, & Garden Over The Tracks

Model. Ramps, Escalators & Stairs Connect All Levels

Model. Buildings Flanking The Interchange

Model. World Trade Centre

Model. Plaza End Of The Building

Axonometric Of The Building

Model. Open Environment Under Roof

Model: View Of Building From The West

Model. View Of Building From North End

Model. End Of Bolted Roof

Model. View Of Building From South.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 29, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.