FC Barcelona presents full details of the future Spotify Camp Nou to the Architects' Association of Catalonia

FC Barcelona has presented the Spotify Camp Nou redevelopment project and the state of progress of the works at an event organised on Monday 4 March at the facilities of the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC). Barça vice-president Elena Fort, together with the head of the technical office of Espai Barça, Lluís Moya, and members of the project team, presented all the details of the future stadium to the collegiate architects, who were able to preview the latest renderings of the new facility.

The meeting was also the starting point of a series of visits that the Club has organised in collaboration with the COAC to the Spotify Camp Nou site. This is part of Barça's goal of spreading the word about the project and making it known, in this case among registered architects, the the work that is being done by FC Barcelona in the district of Courts is set to become an architectural benchmark for the city and for the world.

The event began with an introduction by the dean of the COAC, Guim Costa i Calsamiglia, who welcomed all attendees by highlighting the architectural importance of the stadium and the good decision to maintaining the original facade and open the space to the city. Elena Fort then stressed the passion that FC Barcelona has for its Espai Barça, the future of the club and the efforts by club and city to ensure they have the best stadium in the world

Lluís Moya and members of the project team then explained where the work is at right now and discussed the technical and architectural aspects. Sustainability is another of the cornerstones of the project, and some of the plans in this regard were presented, such as for example the reuse of the concrete and steel from the old stadium for the construction of the new facility.

Espai Barça will be the largest and most innovative sports and entertainment space in the centre of a major European city. This is precisely one of the most characteristic features of the project and one of the challenges faced by the construction process of each of the facilities that will be part of the complex. As Moya says, it features 220,000 m2 of built-up area, 75,000 m2 of footprint and rises 40 metres above ground level. The mobility of almost 105,000 spectators also needs to be factored in, and a total of 20,000 visitors a day will be visiting the second most important museum in the country.

Rapid construction

Innovation lies at the heart of the project, starting with the construction process of the Spotify Camp Nou, which is happening at a rapid pace to ensure that the redevelopment in completed as quickly as possible, thus minimising the inconvenience caused to the neighbourhood of Les Corts and reduving as much as possible the time spent at the Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium, with the return to the stadium planned for the end of this year of 2024.

Moya also showed the collegiate architects the layout of the different floors of the future Stadium, as well as details of the different sections, showing how the iconic facade of 1957 designed by the architects Francesc Mitjans, José Soteras and Lorenzo García Barbón is being maintained, with the entire structure of the new third tier being developed around it.

Historic venue

The event ended with words from Ignacio López, deputy director of the ETSAB, who reviewed the history and evolution of the stadium, starting from the initial project and the entire design conception process carried out by the selected architects.