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Bridges completed in 2008Cultural infrastructure completed in 2008Modernist architecture in SpainNeo-futurism architecturePostmodern architecture
World's fair architecture in ZaragozaZaha Hadid buildings
Pabellón Puente Zaragoza
Pabellón Puente Zaragoza

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. 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.

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Bridge Pavilion
Acceso Pabellón Puente, Zaragoza La Almozara

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50010 Zaragoza, La Almozara
Aragon, Spain
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