Opened 2008 Province Zaragoza Architect Zaha Hadid | Architectural style Deconstructivism Phone +34 976 97 19 01 | |
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Address Recinto Expo, Avenida de Ranillas, s/n, 50015 Zaragoza, Spain Hours Open today · 10AM–2PM, 5–9PMFriday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMSaturday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMSunday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMMonday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMTuesday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMWednesday10AM–2PM, 5–9PMThursday10AM–2PM, 5–9PM Similar Torre del Agua, Phaeno Science Center, London Aquatics Centre, Heydar Aliyev Center, Puente del Tercer Milenio | ||
Bridge pavilion zaha hadid
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 were expected to frequent the Pavilion during world exhibition.
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Hadid chose fibre glass reinforced concrete from 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.