Palau Blau-Grana

Name of building
Palau Blau-Grana 
Construction year
1971 
Structural system
Shell 
Primary use
 
Architect
Jose Soteras 
Architect2
Francisco Caballe 
Structural engineer
Jose Antonio Torroja 
Constructor
Huarte y Cia 
Professional
 
Country
SPAIN 
Address
Aristides Maillol,Barcelona 
Means of transportation
walking 700m from Metro Collblanc. 
Admission
outside:OK inside:?
at the time of events only. 
Reference
➀IASS Bulletin No.47,December 1971,front cover + page1
➁IASS-1985 International Congress for Theory and Experimental Investigation of Spatial Structures Application of shells in Engineering Structres,Moscow.1985,....Vol.5.p.225+230+231
③IASS Bulletin No.90,April 1986,p.12+13,Fig.17+18 
Note
ribbed shell.
span:80m supported on 8 points.
thichness:7cm. rib depth:25cm

Structural model tests were done with a 1:35 model by Florencio Del Pozo.

[photo taken on January 26,1996.] ④-134. 
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