The Interpretation Centre of the Barcelona World Race, located in the Levantedock of the Port of Barcelona and touching the sea of the city, was an old building to be a repository of practical craft, but eventually their activities led to deposit Statebuoys.
The building, originally built in 1911, has been remodeled by architects Carles Jordi Carbonell Ferrater and respecting the original architecture and marine.
It was acquired by the Barcelona World Race and inaugurated in December 2010.
Objectives
Oceanic Navigation Foundation Barcelona (FNOB) is to develop projects to encourage and promote sailing activities related to high competition in the city of Barcelona, and the creation and organization of ocean racing, including most notably the Barcelona World Race.
Under these parameters comes the Interpretation Centre of the Barcelona WorldRace, a space that is committed to position it self as the international ocean sailing, high lighting the future installation of an innovative multimedia exhibition about the sport.
Currently, the center hosts an exhibition of photographs by Eric Tabarly ocean sailing, and a children's poster exhibition on the environment and the oceans,posters presented in the program "Living Planet - Living Ocean."
