Both infrastructures are destined, due to their location and design, to become a new iconic point of cultural, leisure and restaurant activity in the city of Barcelona. And they are part of the transformation process of the Port of Barcelona, ​​especially Nova Bocana, which includes a sequence of interventions that generate new spaces for public use open to citizens. 

Twenty years after the opening of the northern entrance to the port complex, 'today we open a balcony to the sea and a new window to the city so that everyone can discover different views of Barcelona, ​​unique and unusual views until now,' said the president of the Port of Barcelona, ​​Lluís Salvadó, during the inauguration of these new public spaces.

The construction of the Rambla del “Rompeolas”, which occupies the layout of the old dam known by that name, and the Mirador building has led to the creation of a cultural route consisting of a series of elements that tell the story of the old breakwater and its importance for the city, from 1914 until the opening of the New Entrance, inviting reflection on what this place in the Port still means in the collective imagination of the people of Barcelona.

This cultural route also extends to the surrounding areas of the New Entrance, specifically in the Plaza Rosa de los Vientos and the New Paseo del Rompeolas, to integrate the entire space, with exhibition panels, engravings of poems and texts by Catalan authors and others. singular elements.

The Mirador building  

It is located in a privileged location in the city of Barcelona and its port, right at the end of the new Rambla. Dress up Marina Vela as place to be to enjoy the Copa América but, Beyond this unique event, it will remain a space open to the citizens of Barcelona and people who visit this city so that they can enjoy, even more and in a unique way, the maritime environment of Barcelona.

The building is designed as a portico, to give continuity to the walk on which it stands, creating a large porch that frames the views, establishing a milestone at the end of the route and offering a place of shade that acts as a preamble to the new plaza. . Whose stands create a unique space to delight the eye with the activity of the boats right at the entrance door of the Port of Barcelona.

Among the planned uses of the Mirador Building, the restaurant spaces stand out, which include a restaurant in the suspended space on the first floor, a bar with an outdoor terrace on the Rambla facing the sea and a canteen under the rambla, at the level of the dock floor, which It refers to the memory of the Porta Coeli restaurant located on the old breakwater. As well as commercial premises, port warehouses and facilities related to catering.

But mainly the Mirador Building is a space open to the public. Alberto García, general director of Marina Vela, highlighted in the presentation that "it is a day of celebration for the entire city of Barcelona, ​​since an iconic, absolutely unique and privileged space is opened to the public, a space for citizens to enjoy "a different form of the Mediterranean Sea and port infrastructure."

In this sense, the Covered Floor of the Mirador Building stands out, with a capacity of 99 people, which allows you to enjoy unparalleled views of the Mediterranean Sea, the Port and the city of Barcelona. And it also houses a 500m2 Hall for Cultural Activities.

Both the Rambla of the Mirador Building and the Mirador Building are an example of the capacity of Public-Private collaboration models to improve public infrastructure, and it has been thanks to the work of the architects of the Mirador building, Antoni Barceló and Gustau Gili, the construction company Certis, the architects and landscapers Sergi Carulla and Oscar Blanco de Scob, responsible for the architectural-landscape project of the Port Museu, and the company Namar.