B I L B A O
A remade Basque industrial city: port, energy suppliers and design institutions on one estuary.Once mainly industrial, Bilbao has been remade: the port and steel and energy suppliers now share the estuary with design institutions and professional services.

E C O N O M I C D E N S I T Y
Bilbao combines port logistics, energy and steel suppliers and a large design and services sector in one Basque labour market.
Port + design
shape the estuary
Sources: Eustat / Bilbao city economic briefings.
Plant shifts, design and services work, and international operators at the port.Plant shifts run beside design and services work. International operators work at the port, and engineering English is used on the plant floor.
C I T Y P O R T R A I T
Tonne Discipline
What counts: carrying a figure from the plant floor to a museum board without losing its unit along the way.

Plant And Guggenheim
Plants, the port and design institutions such as the Guggenheim sit on the same estuary.

C I T Y P O R T R A I T


Plant And Guggenheim
Plants, the port and design institutions such as the Guggenheim sit on the same estuary.
Tonne Discipline
What counts: carrying a figure from the plant floor to a museum board without losing its unit along the way.