{"id":24088,"date":"2019-11-05T08:56:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T07:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breinco.com\/breincosmartblog\/the-barcelona-flower-paver-or-slab\/"},"modified":"2019-11-05T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T07:56:58","slug":"the-barcelona-flower-paver-or-slab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breinco.com\/en\/breincosmartblog\/the-barcelona-flower-paver-or-slab\/","title":{"rendered":"The Barcelona flower: paver or slab?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Barcelona Flower slab is not a paver.<\/h1>\n<p> <figure id=\"attachment_2016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2016\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2016 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breinco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/5433818.jpg\" alt=\"paver\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rivera shows a fragment of a Barcelona slab. \/ RTVE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u00a0 While Albert Rivera, leader of Ciudadanos, showed a fragment of a Barcelona slab, he asked Pedro S\u00e1nchez if he thought it was normal &#8220;for <strong>pavers<\/strong> to fly.&#8221; The original measurement of the piece held by Rivera when criticizing the riots that devastated Barcelona a week ago is 20x20x4 cm; therefore, it is not a paver. The definition of a concrete paver according to the <strong>UNE-EN 1338<\/strong> standard must satisfy the following condition: <\/p>\n<ul>\u00a0 \t<\/p>\n<li><strong>its total length divided by its thickness is less than or equal to four.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> If we divide its length (20 cm) by its thickness (4 cm), we obtain 5 cm, which is greater than 4. Conclusion: the 20x20x4 cm pavement is not a paver, <strong>it is a slab.<\/strong> <figure id=\"attachment_2007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2007\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2007 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breinco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Baldosa-2.jpg\" alt=\"paver\" width=\"718\" height=\"479\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of a paver &#8211; Breinco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u00a0 <figure id=\"attachment_2008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2008\" style=\"width: 796px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breinco.com\/ca\/paviments-exterior\/lloses\/llosa-gaudi\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breinco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Baldosa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"796\" height=\"597\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example of a hexagonal slab: Llosa Nano and Llosa Gaud\u00ed &#8211; Breinco<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n<h2>History of the Barcelona Flower slab<\/h2>\n<p> The <strong>Barcelona flower<\/strong>, also known as the Barcelona rose or Barcelona *panot*, is a 20&#215;20 cm concrete piece made of cement, sand, and water that features a four-petal flower. The authorship of the design is attributed to the architect <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josep_Puig_i_Cadafalch\">Josep Puig i Cadafalch<\/a>, and its most relevant characteristics are its durability and easy maintenance. At the **beginning of the 20th century**, the city began to have significant mud problems on its streets. The chaotic situation in the Eixample district and the growth of Barcelona only made it worse. Before the appearance of the Flower slab, residents paved the two and a half meters in front of their houses with materials provided by the city council. To find a solution to the problem, various ideas were considered, and finally, five **slab models with negative relief** were established in 1906 to help solve the issue thanks to their textured design: a skull, a concentric circle, four tablets, four tablets with four circles, and the flower *panot*. Currently, some of these models are no longer manufactured due to low demand, and the &#8220;flower *panot*&#8221; has become the most widely used, making it the most symbolic. <figure id=\"attachment_2019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2019\" style=\"width: 656px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breinco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_memartinez_20180208-211010_imagenes_lv_terceros_panots_5models_combo-k91-656x312@LaVanguardia-Web.jpg\" alt=\"paver\" width=\"656\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The five &#8216;panot&#8217; designs tendered in 1906 by the Barcelona City Council (AMCB 1906 \/ UB Edicions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\u00a0 On the other hand, years later, this slab was the origin of the very similar design of the well-known <a title=\"Baldosa de Bilbao\" href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baldosa_de_Bilbao\">Bilbao slab<\/a>, which also constitutes a symbol of that city. The design incorporated modifications to adapt it to Bilbao&#8217;s rainy climate. <figure id=\"attachment_2012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2012\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2012 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/breinco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bilbao-barcelona-kveF-624x385@El-Correo.jpg\" alt=\"paver\" width=\"624\" height=\"385\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the left, the Bilbao slab. On the right, the Barcelona slab.<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flor_de_Barcelona\">https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flor_de_Barcelona<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/local\/barcelona\/20180212\/44628283022\/historia-panot-barcelona-flor-calcada-portuguesa.html\">https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/local\/barcelona\/20180212\/44628283022\/historia-panot-barcelona-flor-calcada-portuguesa.html<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laramblabarcelona.com\/panot-de-barcelona\/\">https:\/\/www.laramblabarcelona.com\/panot-de-barcelona\/<\/a>\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the difference between a slab and a paver?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1098],"tags":[624,1601,1602],"class_list":["post-24088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporative","tag-adoquin","tag-baldosa","tag-flor-de-barcelona"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Barcelona flower: paver or slab? 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