The 1992 Olympic Archery Complex, Barcelona, also disregards an
ordered and rational view of design and building. Where seen from the
original archery training fields, the buildings that now function as football
changing-rooms exhibit haphazardly orientated roof planes and exposed
structural members (Fig. 4.38). Depending on their function, the training
field facilities comprise several different architectural forms. For example,
spectators shelter under irregularly tilted and cantilevered concrete slabs,
while changing-rooms and other facilities are enclosed. The buildings are
mostly embedded within the bank they retain.BUILDING EXTERIOR 73
▲ 4.36 Business School, Öhringen, Germany, Gunter Behnisch & Partner, 1993. The main
entrance and the haphazardly orientated buttresses.▲ 4.37 A horizontal plate passes
through the buttress without making
contact.
▲ 4.38 Olympic Archery Complex, Barcelona, Spain, Miralles and Pinos, 1991. Aimlessly
directed columns support slabs passing over the retaining wall.