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CORE CURRICULUM

arquiberiaASSOCIATION FOR THE DIFFUSION OF THE CREATIVE, TECHNICAL AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OF THE SPANISH ARCHITECTURE IN INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

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0 PresentationArquiberia is an association of Spanish architects of international renown, both professionally and academically, in order to spread the creative, technical and academic excellence of the Spanish architecture and to contribute to the inter-national expansion of the technology and the culture associated with the brand Spanish architecture.

Its members, university teachers and architects with works, projects, publications and international exhibitions, make up a group of professionals committed to the culture which can operate individually or collectively on a wide variety of projec-tive areas, ranging from the infrastructure, energy and urban project, up to the equipments, singular residential building, restoration, public space or landscape.

Arquiberia is a platform of exchange created to assist in the dissemination of Spa-nish architecture, offering advise, support and distinctive to the public and private architectural, urban and environmental initiatives aimed at fostering the quality of the built environment.

Equally, Arquiberia encourages the promotion of young architects commited to the values of creativity, technical rigor and intellectual projection of the associa-tion.

Arquiberia operates establishing bridges between different cultures, collaborating with professionals from other countries, connecting the intellectual area with that of the production, reinforcing the presence of the Spanish companies abroad and establishing synergies with local institutional and private agents.

Areas of speciality

INFRASTRUCTURES URBAN PROJECTS

EQUIPMENTS SINGULAR BUILDINGS

RESTORATION AND RENOVATION PUBLIC SPACE AND LANDSCAPE

ENERGY, NEW TECHNOLOGIES HOUSING

Academic Centers where Arquiberia members have developed their teaching are leaders in research into new technologies and experimentation of advanced de-sign, with a signi! cant in" uence in local and global political debates.

Communication and cultural dissemination (seminars, workshops, postgraduate courses, exhibitions, publications) are part and parcel of the exchange activities of Arquiberia in the international ! eld.

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Public space and Landscape

Housing

Renovation and Restoration

Singular Buildings

Energy and New Technologies

Urban Projects and Planning

Equipments

Infrastructures

Urban Projects and Planning

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PLE MULTIMODAL NICE-AROPORT QUARTIER DAFFAIRES GRAND ARNAS

NICE GRAND ARNAS, FRANCIA, 2011

Restricted Contest. First PrizeClient: tablissement Public dAmnagement de la Plaine du Var, NiceLocation: Nice Grand Arnas, FranciaProgram: Mix use: Of! ces, Housing, Equipment, Hotels, Exposition Palace, Multi-modal Node (Estacin TGV, Estacin autobuses, Tranva, conexin con Aeropuerto)Area: Grand Arnas: 680,000 m2 + Ple Multimodal Nice-Aroport: 110,000 m2

IMAGINING THE CITY OF THE FUTURE

The nature around us: the Mediterranean, my culture, too, the river, the mountains data in the base. The interaction of " ows: planes, trains, trams, buses expression of interchange, of mobility and of the centrality of the place.With all of this, plus the spaces that protect human activities, constructing a piece of contemporary city, a new centre of the city of the future.

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Castellana Sts Extension Project is a response to the will of both extending and ! nishing Madrids best street and doing it fostering its character of central piece in the city. It represents an operation of urban transformation for it pursues enhancing railway and industrial land without compromising new consumption of territory. As well as that, it contributes to vertebrate Madrids north arch entirely when making possible transversal connections between Fuencarral and Las Tablas, which up to the moment were working as independent locations. The Operation is sustained on public transport, specially underground and Cercanas rail, assuring good accessibility to the city and metropolitan area without creating an additional load of traf! c congestion. It is the metro stations (underground and rail) that determine the location of the terciary nodes. Additionally, it foresees a varied offer of means of transport alternative to the automobile, an exclusive bicycle lane going through the area, bus-reserved platforms in big roads and a third of the streets will not admit through traf! c, leaving them only for residential use.

CASTELLANA ST EXTENSION PROJECTMADRID, 2002-2010

Developer: DUCHLocation: Madrid, SpainProgram: Urban ProjectsBuilt Area: 3120000 sqmBudget: $13,500 MState: Final Approval

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The project involves the development of a 42 Km2 area, planned for a population of500,000 inhabitants in 2020.The proposal raises an alternative to the enormous growth that characterizes the newurban developments in China, balancing densi! cation with high architectural and environmental quality of the public space. The competition organized by the Zheng-zhou New District Development and Reform and Land Planning Bureau forms part of a series of large-scale urban interventions that the Chinese government has launched in Zhengzhou, in order to promote the urban development of the interior of the coun-try, in the Yellow River region - the historical origin of the Chinese civilization-

URBAN DESIGN CONSULTATION FOR BAISHADISTRICT IN ZHENGZHOU, CHINA. 2011Competition 1st Prize 2011Client: Zhengzhou New District Development & Reform and Land Planning BureauLocation: Baisha District, Zhengzhou, ChinaProgramme: Master PlanArea: 42Km2Status: Project

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The goal of the Masterplan is to get the environmental protection at a city and neigh-bourhood level, with a polycentric urban structure in which the neighbourhoods (both those in the center and the integrated ones) play a very relevant role which will be taken into account in the detailed planning of the facility system. The historical center is set as Segovias representative space both at a urban level and in relation to the regional and national system. The Plan de! nes an integrated action over the historic area of the city, so that physical rehabilitation of the buildings, functional requali! -cation of these spaces in the whole municipality and demographic revitalization are combined at the same time.The surroundings of the new high speed railway station are set as the element with a supramunicipal attractive, related to the possibilities of diversifying the local eco-nomic basis, but with the will of having the ability of con! guring as a neighbourhood with its own identity. The integrated Neighbourhoods, old municipalities annexed to Segovia, are enhaced so that they can be thought of as an alternative to the adjoining municipalities in terms of residential capacity.

SEGOVIA MASTERPLANSEGOVIA, 2006-2011

Developer: Ayuntamiento de SegoviaLocation: Segovia, SpainProgram: Urban ProjectsTotal Area: 163,59 km2Population: 56858 inhabState: Final Approval

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Menorca Island Masterplan represents the culmination of an extended sequence of initiatives and re" ections about the identity of Menorca as a territory under transfor-mation, marked by the singularity of its condition of Biosphere Reserve, which de-manded the need for a Project able to integrate creatively the fragmented sum of local plans and sectorial actions. In that context, the Plan is born with the dual vocation of constituting the scenario of rational anticipation of a desirable future for Menorca and the integration framework of the city and sectorial policies with a territorial in" uence. Responsible of designing the most effective strategies to achieve those scenarios, it also constitutes the main tool for territory governance.

MENORCA ISLAND MASTERPLANMENORCA,2004

Developer: Consell Insular de MenorcaLocation: Menorca, Balear Islands, SpainPrograma: Urban ProjectsBuilt Area: 694 km2Population: 90235 habState: Final Approval

AWARDS- Gubbio Prize 2006- National Urbanism Prize 2005

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HIGH-SPEED TRAIN STATIONLOGROO, 2008-2011International Restricted Competition by invitation. First PrizeClient: LIF / ADIFLocation: Logroo, Spain Program: Special Plan of Interior Reform alredy developed, aproved (2005-2009): Train Station, Bus Station, Housing, Urbanization.Area PERI: 213Ha. Train Station Area: 8.000m2. Sup. Platform area: 19.000m2. Parking Area: 18.000m2. Bus Station Area: 10.800m2. Sup. urbanization: 145.000m2. Housing Area (Towers): 41.250m2. Housing Area: 83.750m2.First Phase Budget (underground + Train Station): 108.000.000Status: Transportation Hub in progress

The idea is to site the railway tracks and station underground and in the process create a memorable urban event, a hybrid of nature and arti! ce, capable of rebalan-cing the city centre by itself.

From the outset it was believed that unifying the high-speed train station and the bus station in a single, sweeping gesture would not only have functional bene! ts but would also allow the creation of a huge pedestrian space, a park or arti! cial hill that crowns the huge green ring where the train tracks had previously divided the city into two.

Beneath this hill, the train and bus stations create a landform building that, by means of its triangular geometry, reconciles the exterior organic shapes with the interior constructional ones, generating two crackled hypostyle naves around a central dome that, akin to grottoes, extend the public space of the park. To the north, next to the historic city, a great oval plaza is home to more intense activities, underlined by the setting out of ! ve vertical buildings; towards the south, meanwhile, a continuous backdrop of medium-height housing permits the intervention to be closed off. Crow-ned by solar canopies, the section of the towers consists of a spiral of platforms or hanging gardens with the same materiality as the transportation hub, thus uniting the whole.

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OSMOSE STATION (GRAND PARIS PROJECT)PARIS, 2010International competition. First PriceClient: RATP FranceSituation: Pars, FranceProgram: Metro station and Intermodal, Square, Commerce, Of! ces, Leisure, HousingConstructed area: 36.740 m2

Osmose Station seeks to leap forward a generation to de! ne the Paris metro and its urban role thirty years from now. The metro station will be a new place of meeting and interchange, a new landscape, welcoming, generous and connected with the city not shut away in the underground linear infrastructure. With the subways circulation space encapsulated, the station will have a clean, safe and light-! lled atmosphere, and its vault wmodate cultural, sports and leisure amenities, htels industrielles for new businesses, apartments and showrooms.

The life of the community is catalysed by the stations programmatic density and physical presence, which ought to have visual pre-eminence in the suburban context.Osmose Station will be a new environmental, landscaping and architectural entity. The geothermic energy of the metros network (and that of motors and brakes in winter) will be accumulated in the vertical volume of air that embraces the building, to which the different uses will be connected through water batteries and heat pumps. The surplus heat accumulated in the daytime public areas will be transferred to the residential areas while the photovoltaic brisessoleils on the south faade will supply the electrical energy for the lighting of the public areas and station.

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PLAZA ECPOLIS [ESPACIO PBLICO + ESCUELAINFANTIL + LUDOTECA , 2009-2010

Cliente: Ayuntamiento de Rivas Vaciamadrid | Agencia Local de la Energa Rivas VaciamadridSituacin: Rivas Vaciamadrid, Madrid, EspaaPrograma: espacio pblico + escuela infantil + ludotecaSuper! cie construida: 8.000m2Presupuesto: 2.700.000Estado: Obra terminada.

El proyecto Plaza Ecpolis tiene por objeto incorporar la idea de la sostenibilidad en la vida cotidiana, reduciendo el consumo de energa y transmitiendo la idea de sos-tenibilidad a los nios que, en consecuencia, se convertirn en adultos responsables.La combinacin de sistemas pasivos de ahorro y activos de e! ciencia energtica permite alcanzar la cali! cacin energtica ms e! ciente (certi! cacin A). Un 50% del edi! cio se encuentra semienterrado para bene! ciarse de la inercia trmica del terreno y una gran fachada orientada al sur aprovecha al mximo la luz y el calor. Una capa textil exterior envuelve el volumen de hormign, siendo parte de ella mvil para adaptarse a las posiciones del sol.Este elemento bioclimtico difumina el lmite entre exterior e interior, extendiendo el confort climtico del edi! cio hacia el espacio pblico.En la plaza se hacen ms transparentes al pblico algunos de los procesos como el de la depuracin. El sistema de saneamiento de aguas residuales termina en una laguna donde el agua se depura mediante plantas macro! tas. Una topografa arti! cial perimetral con! na el espacio de la plaza y sirve de ! ltro frente al tr! co y a un entorno industrial agresivo.

PREMIOSProyecto ! nalista - Buckminster Fuller Challenge 2010Proyecto ! nalista - Premio Zumtobel 2012Proyecto seleccionado - Premio Internacional de Dubai de Mejores Prcticas 2012Proyecto seleccionado - Green Building Challenge 2011

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The Barcelona International Convention Centre is a 130mx150m building with two well-de! ned structural volumes. The ! rst space is a one-storey 150mx85m column-free convention centre. In order to achieve the long spans required, a structural so-lution was proposed based on a series 85m long trussed frames at 15m centres with pinned supports. The roof consists of a steel deck spanning between the bottom chords of these trusses. The top chords are laterally restrained by the diaphragm action of additional slabs located one-storey above roof level. This also helped the ar chitect to create additional useable space. The main entrance to the building is located at one end of this volume and features a canopy that cantilevers 15m and is tied back to the ! rst trussed frame. A composite metal deck slab spanning between the top chords of the two ! rst trussed frames and acting as a horizontal deep beam, ensures that any tension forces from the canopys support cables are transferred into the vertical cross bracing located along the perimeter of the building. This ensures the stability of the cantilevers and their support system. The second main volume is a 30mx150m building. Its structure consists of 30m long steel trusses supported on steel columns. Connecting both buildings is the Commu nications and Services building; a 10mx150m building built using a more conventional steel solution. These buildings sit on a 150m 60m multi purpose reinforced concrete basement, which in-cludes a carpark area, plantrooms and storage areas.

BARCELONA INTERNACIONAL CONVENTION CENTER, CCIB FORUM 2002-2004

Place: BarcelonaArchitect: Josep Llus MateoProject: 2002-2003Work: 2002-2004Area: 60.000m2Value: 70M euros

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FILM THEATRE OF CATALONIARAVAL DISTRICT, BARCELONA, 2004 - 2011

About the form The ruins mark the structure of the buildings. The Roman forum formalizes the plane of foundations anddrains.In the old town, my building sets out to express itself as pure structureno cladding, no ! nishes.The bare concrete beams-cum-walls that form the faades are very varied, proving themselves members of the family of thedilapidated neighbouring walls, where plaster crumbles to reveal their original central mass.Filters are juxtaposed on the wall. This cinematographic metaphor is not just con-ceptual; it is above all physical, sensible. In the old town, with very close relations between buildings, interaction must be mediated, ! ltered. And this is implemented by a varietyof devices, with a vague cinematographic reference.

About the space The space is organized around two movements:a) The descent into the darkness of the cinemas, with the re" ection of the spectators (in turn re" ected, actorsseen in a series of mirrors)

b) The ascent towards the light, towards the places of work.

Two courtyards, connected but not continuous, accompany and construct the mo-vement.

Restricted contest. First PrizeClient: ICIC (Institut Catal de les Indstries Culturals)Situation: Plaza Salvador Segu, Raval District. BarcelonaArchitect: Josep Llus MateoProject: 2002-2003Program: Film TheatreArea: 7.515 m2Value: 12,000.00000 euros

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The new Congress Centre for the Zaragoza Expo 2008 portrays a fractional and chan-ging pro! le, ascending and descending in response to the different spaces housed inits interior. A white concrete and ceramic roof covers the large convention areas andthe main auditorium, thus expressing the presence of natural light and the connectionof the building to the ground

EXPO 2008 AUDITORIUM AND CONGRESSCENTRE. ZARAGOZA, SPAIN.Competition 1st Prize 2005Client: Gobierno de AragnLocation: Zaragoza.Programme: Congress centreArea: 22.000 m2Cost: 65.000.000 Status: Completed

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Energy and New Technologies

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ECOBULEVAR DE VALLECAS, 2004-2007Cliente: Ayuntamiento de Madrid, EMVS.Situacin: Ensanche de Vallecas, Madrid, Espaa.Programa: Bulevar cologico para un espacio pblico socialmente innovador.Super! cie construida: 25.000m2Presupuesto: 2.500.000Estado: Obra terminada.

La propuesta para el eco-bulevar de Vallecas, puede de! nirse como una operacin de reciclaje urbano que consta de las siguientes actuaciones: la instalacin de tres rboles de airedinamizadores sociales, la densi! cacin del arbolado de alineacin existente, la reduccin y disposicin asimtrica de las circulaciones rodadas e in-tervenciones super! ciales sobre la urbanizacin existente (perforaciones, rellenos, pinturas, etc.) que logran recon! gurar el urbanismo ejecutado.Tres pabellones o rboles de aire funcionan como soportes abiertos a mltiples acti-vidades elegidas por los usuarios. Instalados en la no-ciudad como prtesis tempora-les, se usarn slo hasta que la tara de inactividad y de acondicionamiento climtico, se haya corregido.Transcurrido el tiempo su! ciente, estos dispositivos deberan desmontarse, perma-neciendo los antiguos recintos como claros en el bosque.

PREMIOS1 Premio Architectural Review Awards for Emerging Architecture 2007Finalista Premios Mies Van der Rohe 2007 Arquitecto Europeo Emergente,1 Premio Arquia-Prxima 2006/071 Premio Enor-Madrid 2006Premio Reconocimiento Holcim, Europa 2005Premio de la Architectural Association and the Environments, Ecology and Sustaina-bility Research Cluster, Londres, 2006

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1. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS 2. PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS SUPPORT STRUCTURE3. WIND CATCHER4. PLAITED STEEL CABLE RAILING FOR MAINTENANCE PLATFORM 5. MAINTENANCE PLATFORM6. STEEL BRACE, PARABOLICLY CURVED FOLLOWING PERIMETER BOW7. VENTILATION SYSTEM FASTENING FRAME 8. COOLING SYSTEM9. 6 MICRONIZERS10. POLYESTER VENTILATION PIPE FOLLOWING A HYPERBOLIC SHAPE11. OUTER SKIN12. FIXATION BY SEWING TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE13. STEEL ROD TO TIGHTEN OUTER TEXTILE SCREEN14. TRONCOCONICAL AIR DIFUSSER15. ALUMINUM AIR NOZZLE, LONG SPAN

16. GALVANIZED STEEL TUBE STRUCTURE17. LIGHTING SYSTEM. FIBER OPTIC CABLES, LATERAL EMISSION18. FUSED ALUMINUM ADJUSTABLE SPOTLIGHT, WITH METAL HALOGEN LAMP19. GALVANIZED STEEL TUBE STRUCTURE WITH EPOXY PAINT PROTECTION20. OPENING FOR INSPECTION (WATER, ELECTRICITY, IRRIGATION, SEWAGE)21. POLYETHYLENE PLANTER BOX; SHOCKPROOF AND UV PROTECTED22. DRIPPING IRRIGATION SYSTEM23. INSIDE COATING: GREEN WALL OF PERENNIAL CLIMBING PLANTS24. TIGHTENED GALVANIZED STEEL MESH25. LIGHTING CABLE, PROTECTED INSIDE THE METAL STRUCTURE26. CURVED TUBE TO ATTACH UPRIGHT CABLES27. CONTINUOUS PAVING MADE OF RECYCLED TYRE28. ARTIFICIAL TOPOGRAPHY29. CIRCULAR BENCH30. PHOTOCATALYTIC COBBLE PAVING31. GLASS COBBLE

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RBOL DE AIRE ESPACIO PBLICO DEL PABELLNDE MADRID SHANGHAI EXPO 2010

Cliente: Fundacin Madrid GlobalSituacin: UBPA Expo 2010 - Huayuangang Rd. - ShanghaiPrograma: espacio pblicoSuper! cie construida: 1.500m2Presupuesto: 1.000.000 Estado: Obra terminada.

Las Exposiciones Universales han sido a lo largo de la historia, eventos donde se mostraban los grandes avances de la tecnologa al lado de las ltimas expresiones del arte. Desde esta perspectiva el rbol de Aire surge como un prototipo experimen-tal de intervencin en el espacio pblico contemporneo, capaz de reactivar lugares y generar las condiciones propicias para el uso del espacio colectivo. Se concibe como un mobiliario urbano tecnolgico, siendo no slo de uso contemplativo sino interac-tivo, adems de energticamente autosu! ciente y generador de confort climtico.El rbol de Aire con sus diferentes capas tcnicas admite mltiples con! guraciones ! nales ein! nidad de posiciones intermedias (opaco al exterior, translcido, transpa-rente, iluminado, interactivo, abierto,). Su aspecto se transforma tanto a lo largo del ciclo diario, como de los diferentes meses del ao. Distintos soportes textiles de proyeccin permitirn una combinacin ilimitada de escenarios adaptables a las necesidades de uso. Al mismo tiempo est conectado mediante sensores, a tiempo real, con las condiciones climticas de la ciudad de Shanghai, adoptando en todo momento la con! guracin fsica y energtica ptima para generar las condiciones de confort trmico necesarias.

PLANTA NIVEL +4,00PROYECTORES DE VIDEO

PLANTA NIVEL +10,50VENTILADOR

PLANTA NIVEL +13,75ESTRUCTURA DE CUBIERTA. TENSEGRITY.

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The new Szczecin Philharmonics building combines a shape and volume in harmony with the old town centre with a contemporary image provided by a glass faade crea-ting a big box of light.The two-storey basement includes the car-park areas and the plant rooms. The superstructure includes the rehearse rooms, the storage areas, the dressing rooms and two concert halls. The big one will host the orchestras concerts, while the small one will host the chamber music concerts. The main hall, resting areas, lockers and other general areas will be located at ground " oor.One of the most complex points of the design is the roof structure due its long spans required within the main concert hall and the entrance lobby. A deep concrete beams grid will be provided to take on these long spans taking on the roof and top " oors loads. These beams are supported on concrete cores and concrete walls helping to shape the " oors architectural layout.

NEW SZCZECIN S PHILARMONIC POLAND, 2008

Architects: Barozzi Veiga ArchitectsDeveloper: City council of Sczecin2008 - design stageArea: 13.344m2Budget: 25 million eurosMain characteristic: Cover with particular geometry where there are large lights to save

State: Under construction

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The building is located in Plaa de les Glries Catalanes, Barcelona, and was de-signed as an of! ce block by French architect Jean Nouvel in collaboration with ar-chitects b720. It sports an oval " oor plate and houses the headquarters of Aiges de Barcelona (Barcelona Water group) over a total of 35 " oors. The total " oor area is 43.500m2, with an above-ground area of 30.000m2 and a below-ground area of 13.500m2. The structure of the tower is divided into two distinct parts, each clearly distinct from the other. The lower part is 110 m high with " oors consisting of a com-posite decking supported on steel beams and joists. This " oor structure is supported only by the external skin and the central core, both of which are made of reinforced concrete. The external skin, which varies in thickness between 300 mm and 500 mm, has openings that are arranged in an apparently random way. These openings form square perforations of approximately 1m square. The density of these perforations is governed by the desire to reduce demand on the buildings climate control systems. This is achieved by allowing more perforation on the north side of the building than on the south side.

AGBAR TOWERBARCELONA, 2002-2004

Architects: Jean Nouvel and b720 ArquitectosDeveloper: Layetana Inmuebles s.l.2002 - 2004Area: 50.906m2Budget: 60 million eurosMain characteristic: 145m in height

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THE FACTORYBOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, PARIS, 2006 - 2010

Invitational Contest. First PrizeClient: VINCI Y NEXITY ENTREPRICESLocation: ZAC Ista de Seguin - Rivera del SenaProgram: Of! ce BuildingArea: 17.300 m2Value: 37.800.000

AWARDS- NAN Award 2010 - Best Spanish project abroad

When addressing this project for an of! ce building, we started off by thinking about the entire city block as a series of buildings with spaces between them to introduce light and air into the empty space. In this way we began to see the building as a mass that formed Rue Emile Zola, like a complex volume. We had some prior experience with this type of building in terms of dimensions, depth, and so on, that went almost automatically into the drawings and models. I always start this way, with a very abs-tract volume as a base.

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A hybrid cultural programme is housed beneath the umbrella of an existing industrial concrete structure. Four light metal buildings are integrated within the common inte-rior landscape generating a sequence of volumes distinguished by their use, shape, size and colour.

EMBARCADERO CIVIC AND CULTURAL CENTRE.CCERES. SPAIN. 2003Competition 1st Prize 2003Client: Ayuntamiento de CceresLocation: Cceres. Espaa.Programme: Centro Cvico y CulturalArea: 7.000 m2Cost: 5.900.000 Status: Completed

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WOERMANN TOWERLAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, 2001-2005International competition for construction companies. First PrizeClient: Ferrovial InmobiliariaSituation: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canarias, SpainProgram:HousingConstructed area: 25.967 m2Budget: 19.324.128,72 State: Built

AWARDS- Manuel de Ora y Arcocha Regional Architecture Prize 2004-2005- Solutia International Design Awards 2005. Paris- Finalist of VII Bienal of Spanish Architecture. 2005- Finalist oof Mies Van der Rohe Award, 2007

Woermann Tower is a virtual forest from which to enjoy the utopia of living immersed in a hybrid landscape. The city is displayed in full harmony with that idea, a forest of natural and arti! cial shadows without scale, but also a header Atlantean admired the landscape that includes ground " oor and ground folds yielding to pedestrians to stand on their publicfacilities up to the treetops. We hope with this plant and anthropomorphic conception to represent the culture of our time, the tower is intended to embody the illusions Woermann, desires and fantasies of a society that seeks to ! nd compromise between nature and development, a form of intense and faithful landscape: another beauty.

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Nearby the archeological site of a 10th century Arab city we decided to work like archaeologists: not to construct a new building, but rather to discover it under the ground, as if the passage of time had kept it hidden right up to the present day. The new museum and research centre articulates its complex programme around a se-quence of open patios of different shapes. It will have appeared silently in the lands-cape, unearthed over the years like the remains of the ancient city of Madinat al Zahra.

MADINAT AL ZAHRA MUSEUM.CRDOBA.SPAIN. Competition 1st Prize 2000Client: Junta de AndalucaLocation: Crdoba. EspaaProgramme: MuseoArea: 9.125 m2Cost: 13.752.000 Status: Completed

PRIZESAga Khan Prize. 2010Piranesi Prix de Rome Prize. 2011

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HEAD OFFICES OF PGGM INSURANCE COMPANY. ZEIST (UTRECHT), HOLANDA, 2003 - 2011 Restricted Contest. First PriceClient: PGGMLocation: Zeist (Utrecht), HolandaProgram: Of! ce BuildingArea: 25.000 m2 edi! cio + 25.000 m2 parkingValue: 63.800.000

AWARDS

- NAN Award 2011 - Best Spanish project abroad

Located nearby the city of Zeist, close to Utrecht, the tender put forward the require-ment for increasing the of! ces in the current building by 25.000 m2, and at the same time recover a park by means of the construction of a 25.000 m2 underground car park.

The project takes into consideration the relationship with the environment and the surrounding neighborhood buildings in order to maintain compactness which reco-vers the logic of the increase in size of the initial building.

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Like those literary structures which include a story within another story, the project isconceived as a self-similar geometric pattern, originating in a hexagonal shape. Likea combinatorial game, the permutations of three types of polygonal rooms generatesequences of different spaces that de! ne a non-centralised organism for the produc-tion, research and exhibition of new media in contemporary arts.

CONTEMPORARY ART CENTRE CRDOBACRDOBA.SPAIN.

Competition 1st Prize 2005Client: Junta de Andaluca. Consejera de CulturaLocation: Parque de Mira" ores. CrdobaProgrammme: Contemporary Art CentreArea: 10.000 m2Cost: 28.150.000 Status: Completed

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Renovation and Restoration

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The extension of the ancient castle of Moritzburg in Halle is conceived as a new roof,a large folded platform which rises and opens to allow natural light to enter, and fromwhich the new exhibition rooms hung. The angular geometry of the new roof landsca-pe dialogues with the existing irregular shapes of the building, continuing the process of transformations that featured in the history of the castle over time.

MORITZBURG MUSEUM EXTENSION.HALLE (SALLE). GERMANY.

Competition 1st Prize 2003Client: Stiftung Moritzburg. State of Sachsen - AnhaltLocation: Halle (Salle). Alemania.Proramme: MuseumArea: 4.000 m2Cost: 18.000.000 Status: Completed

PRIZESPrize Nike of BDA (Bundes Deutscher Architekten). 2010ECOLA Award 2010.Prize for Germanys Steel Structure 2010.

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FUNDACI ANTONI TPIESBarcelona, 2007-2010CommissionClient: Fundaci TpiesLocation: Barcelona, SpainProgram: Museum Built Area: 4.150 m2Budget: 8.300.000 Status: Built

The pincipal objective of the renovation of the Fundaci Antoni Tpies was to bring the structure in line with new safety and evacuation regulations, while also improving the overall complex. This involves opening the entire historical building to the public, with new exhibition, archive and educational areas, and concentrating the administra-tive areas in a new three storey pavilion at the far end of the plot; this exits onto the city blocks interior courtyard.

However, the new Fundaci Antoni Tpies seeks above all to contribute to a new generation of museums understood as centres of cultural production by offering a range of spaces suitable for diverse artistic practices; it also hopes to create thermo-dynamic balance and enhance of the existing building. Another of the goals of this new generation of museum is to intensify the experience of the visitor, who is given an overview of the complex programmatic network that sustains the production of culture, as well as the Modernista (Art Nouveau) building itself, as an actual part of the exhibition system.

The previous dialogue established between the original building of the Modernista architect Llus Domneh i Montaner (1881-1884) and the intervention of Roser Amad and Llus Domnech (1987-1990)in particular through the installation of the Tpies work on the roof (Cloud and chair, 1990)is now broadened by the addition of ano-ther piece by the artist (Sock, 2010) and a landscaped roof.

AWARDS- FAD Prize 2011 of architecture and interiorism

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The Casa Mil (1906-1910), also known as La Pedrera, is regarded by most as the fi nest of Gaudis last works. The refurbishment (1989-1996) was commissioned by the new ow-ner to adapt the building for use as a public space. In order to carry out these works it was necessary to undertake a study and analysis of Gaudis methodology of structural design, and especially his theories on the strength of materials and the different structural forms. The refurbishment was complex and diffi cult to execute. It was found that in 2 of the 13 apartments, 16 of the original brickwork arches had in the past been replaced by steel portal frames. Because these arches were to be left exposed following the renovation, the steel frames had to be removed and the original arches restored. This challenge resulted in a dilemma for the team regarding the design methodology: On the one hand, if modern analy-sis methods were to be used, these would have allowed the team to calculate the exact arch shapes which would have guaranteed that no tension would occur. Alternatively, the empirical catenary methods as used by Gaud when he carried out the original design could also be used. This exercise allowed the team to understand the way in which the original structural system worked and the reason behind some of the minor defects (cracking) that appeared in some of the original arches.

REFURBISHMENT OF LA PEDRERABARCELONA, 2002-2004

Architect: Francisco Asarta and Robert BrufauDeveloper: Caixa de Catalunya1994 - 1996Budget: 10 million eurosMain characteristic: Structural refurbishment of the building

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The new extension of the Joanneum in Graz is conceived as a mineral surface -a car-pet- that covers the exterior space between the existing historical buildings, creating a new access to the museum. A series of conical intersections introduce natural light into the underground rooms that house the public spaces of the programme.

JOANNEUM MUSEUM EXTENSION.GRAZ. AUSTRIA.

Competition 1st Prize 2006Client: Estado de Estiria, AustriaLocation: Graz, Austria .Programme: MuseoArea: 19.515 m2Cost: 25.600.000 Status: Completed

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Campamento Operation meant a new conception and style of management in urban planning development of unaffected military lands. This reclycling operation intended a correct introduction in the structure of the cities of important areas of land that per-mitted improving the urban tissue, creating public facilities from the unpro! table ones and collaborating with the housing policy (protected housing, rented housing, housing for young population). From the idea of street A-5 as a urban road, the proposed planning structures the area into a meshed grid conforming the main node of the planning to both sides, con! -guring itself, both to one side and another, from parallel interior axes. These axes or urban stripes are the formal, urban, pedestrian, activity seal to the whole of the pro-posal; these two main activity axes connect through a main transversal axis, Central Axis, which goes through the area from North to South. These axes have been de-signed to hold environmental connective corridors between the foreseen green areas and the platform-reserved public transport, as well as urban traf! c.

CAMPAMENTO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS PROJECT. MADRID, 2004-2007

Developer: Ministerio de DefensaLocation: Madrid, SpainProgram: Urban ProjectsTotal Area: 2270581 m2Built Area: 1301848 m2Population: 50000 inhabState: Final Approval

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Central Madrid Strategic Masterplan, done by initiative of the Capital Town Hall, has represented the opportunity to try out a new approach to urban planning able to deal with the challenges derived of globalization, climate change, and social transforma-tion from the transformation and recycling of the existing city. For doing that, the Masterplan adopts as strategic approach the enhancement of the social, economic, spatial and symbolic capital of Madrid center and understanding of the city from the real processes that con! gure it and not only from the regulations, w the aim of answering the citys spatial and social complexity from an also complex understanding of the urban techniques and interventions.

CENTRAL MADRID STRATEGIC PLANMADRID, SPAIN 2009-2010

Developer: rea de Gobierno de Urbanismo y Vivienda, Ayuntamiento de MadridLocation: Madrid Central Districts, SpainProgram: Rehabilitation and RenovationBuilt Area: 7000 HaBudget: 77.6 M State: Provisional Approval

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FOUR BIOCLIMATIC TOWERS in SALBURA,VITORIA-GASTEIZ , 2001-2007

National competition by invitation. First PriceClient: Sociedad Urbanstica Ensanche-21/JaureguizaharSituation: Salbura, Vitoria-Gastiz, SpainProgram:Housing (11.760m2), comerce (900m2), of! ces (4.409m2) and Parking (170plazas)Surface: M23 12.065 m2 built. Parcela M26 12.476 m2 builtBudget: 10.384.128,98 State: Built

AWARDS- Finalist_FAD Prize 2008 Architecture and Interiorism

If we think both the verticality of the tower type as the solar position in the city are evident both applications of the project: to ! nish the axis articulating the new exten-sion of Salbura and dialogue with the large wetland at his feet. The surrounding park causes a kinesthetic experience of great interest because of its picturesque sinusoidal trace, while the diagonal of the old airport footprint coincides with the direction from which to con-template the historic center of Vitoria, so attractive in height as that spreads nor-thward and eastward over the landscape. Therefore the proposed project unfold in two each tower planned for the planning and organizing making pivot about axes at the scene. The set is deployed around the parkway providing views serving a dyna-mic and integral bioclimatic design in which the towers collect energy from the three most favorable orientations, guaranteeing their proportions in the climate of Vitoria on optimization of radiation solar. This operation will achieve different effects of interest: slender towers gain without increasing the overall height, it releases a large area of public land and housing are obtained whose intense relationship with the landscape is the real manifestation of the sensitivity with which bioclimatic intended. The entire " oor becomes liberated a large sheet of water at the foot of the towers, a liquid garden completes the visual axis of the extension and introduces the characteristic features of the territory in the city. These are thus ambiguous, and changing depending on the light and in tune with the natural framework that borrows the color and brightness as a replica of the wetland and support speculate where the towers look doubling its height.

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In force planning for the area established an entirely closed volume to the outside with an 18-metre buildable depth. The project posed, alternatively, breaking the introspec-tion of the block and double the main volume into a curved volume inside the block and another L-shaped one, showing facades to the perimeter streets, both with dep-ths around 12 m. That achieves a dual objective: on the one hand, avoiding recurring to the block withn central patio and single orientation dwellings, making it easier that all the residential units enjoy the climatic advantages of the double faade. On the other hand, creating a transparency between the exterior and the interior of the block that makes the urban image of the whole richer , generating geometries and interior transitional promenades capable of extend the conventional dichotomy between pu-blic and private space. The porticoed plinth, aimed to commerce along all the faca-des, pretends to emphasize that urban compromise, contributing to the street vitality.

EL GUILA-ALCATEL SOCIAL HOUSINGMADRID, 2003-2008

Developer: EMVS de Madrid. Direccin de Proyectos de Innovacin ResidencialCo-direction: Rogelio Salmona and Jose M EzquiagaLocation: Madrid, SpainProgram: ViviendasNumber of dwellings: 176State: Finished work

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The project is a low solid with emergences and holes. The roof, that is in terms of surface the most important facade of the building, shows a landscape between do-mestic and abstract. From it, the arising volumes introduce a small and rural scale to the whole. Lightness and weight, wood and brick (with its speci! c construction and composi-tional systems) form a complementary world, like a mandala, trying to respond both to the aquatic and gaseous character of the site as well as to the need of stability, anchoring and protection a house demands.

The complex should be understood not from the sequence of its elements, but from their interrelationship. In such a beautiful and unique place, surrounded by water on three sides, the project strives to create an impression of openness, distance and lightness. The complex should not appear hard, compact and massive, in the manner of a permanent protective dyke, but seeks, rather to open itself up and- relatively speaking- to melt away.

AWARDS- Dragados Group of Architecture & Fundacin CEOE, Prize. 2001

26 LUXURY FLATS IN AMSTERDAM DOCKBORNEO DOCK, AMSTERDAM, 1995 - 2000

Client: Bouwbedrijf m j de nijs en zonen bvLocation: Borneo Dock, Amsterdam (Holanda)Program: HousingArea: 5.700 m2Value: 4.808.096

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TTE DE PONT - LOT 1ABAYONA, FRANCIA, 2006

Restricted Contest. First Prize

Client: KAUFMAN & BROAD and EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTIONLocation: Bayona, FranciaProgram: HousingState: Under Construction

The Tte de Pont project is located overlooking the river Adour and marks a new approach to the old town. This project marks the start of the urban renewal of the Adour embankments between the city centre and the estuary.

The plot of land between the Alles marines and Boulevard du BAB serves to com-plete the sequence comprising the crossing of Henry Grenet Bridge to the city centre.

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ENERGY CAROUSEL, DORDRECHT, HOLANDA

Cliente: Ayuntamiento de DordrechtSituacin: Dordrecht, HolandaPrograma: zona de juegos experimentalSuper! cie construida: 80m2Presupuesto: 40.000Estado: En construccin.

El carrousel es una zona de juegos que produce energa al girar. Esta energa es uti-lizada para generar luz, mediante un mecanismo tan sencillo como el de una dinamo en una bicicleta.El proyecto tiene adems un carcter educativo: los usuarios del carrousel pueden comprender fcilmente cmo funciona. De este modo, los nios y los ciudadanos en general, se conciencian sobre cuestiones como las energas renovables y la soste-nibilidad.La construccin se resuelve mediante elementos ligeros como cuerdas, cables y tex-tiles, que son utilizados como estructura y elementos de juego a la vez. Una cubierta ligera textil, protege de la lluvia y da sombra en verano. De esta manera se convierte en una zona de juegos que puede ser utilizada independientemente de las condicio-nes climticas.La iluminacin del carrousel utiliza distintos colores que se corresponden con distin-tos niveles de energa producida al girar, la luz cambia de color segn la intensidad de uso del juego.

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DREAMHAMAR, HAMAR, NORUEGA

Cliente: Ayuntamiento de HamarSituacin: Stortorget, Hamar, NoruegaPrograma: espacio pblicoSuper! cie construida: 8.500m2Presupuesto: 7.000.000Estado: En proceso.

Dreamhamar es un proceso de participacin y network design destinado a redise-ar el espacio pblico de Stortorget, la plaza principal de Hamar, Noruega. Durante 2011-2012, los ciudadanos estn tomando parte en un proceso de re" exin colecti-va para de! nir su nueva plaza. Es un enfoque pionero en la construccin de nuevos espacios pblicos o en la transformacin de los existentes, con el apoyo de talleres, conferencias, acciones urbanas y herramientas de participacin y comunicacin.El objetivo del proyecto es resolver la falta de carcter e identidad de la plaza, reacti-vando el espacio desde el punto de vista social y urbano. La conexin con los ciuda-danos es un punto de partida que permite actuar desde la pequea escala, prestando especial atencin a las necesidades de los residentes, mientras que la comprensin del funcionamiento municipal ayudar a alcanzar un proceso transparente de la trans-formacin de la ciudad.En el proyecto participan distintos agentes a travs de las siete reas de trabajo que se estn desarrollando: DISEO URBANO / PHYSICAL LAB / TALLERES ON-SITE / ACCIONES URBANAS / DIGITAL LAB / ACADEMIC NETWORK / CULTURAL RUCKSACK

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The project to renovate the Plaza de Santa Brbara was the result of a prize-winningarchitectural competition. It is part of a larger-scale operation aimed at transforminga dense central area of Madrid. In addition to the urban design of the public square,the overall proposal includes the construction of a new mixed use building includingthe new Barcel market to substitute the existing one, a temporary market, a sportingcomplex, and a public library as well as other services. The project de! nes a largepedestrian green area, with recreation equipment for children and adults, and walkingzones. Vehicle traf! c has been reduced by eliminating one of the previously existingstreets. Large granite paving stones alternate with other surfaces in a pentagonalgeometric pattern, -similar to the forms of the newly built Barcel Temporary Market-,which incorporate lawn-covered areas, games and leisure precincts, boardwalks anda small glass pavilion serving as a book and " ower shop. The new street furnitureforms part of an integrated urban design and landscape concept that will link the Pla-za Santa Brbara with the neighbouring streets around the future mixed use building in construction

PLAZA DE SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC SQUARE.MADRID, SPAIN.

Competition 1st Prize 2007Client: Ayuntamiento de MadridLocation: Madrid. EspaaProgramme: Espacio pblico rbanoArea: 30.500 m2Cost: 3.811.940 Status: Completed

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NORTHEAST COASTAL PARK, FORUM 2004BARCELONA.2000-2004

International Competition. First Prize. In colaboration with infraestructuresClient: Infrastructures 2004 (P+C), Ajuntament de Barcelona, rea de Mantenimient I, Serveis-Tersa (I)Situation: Forum Barcelona, Spain

ProgramEnvironmental installations and Energy ObservatoryTotal area: 117.800 m2 building. Litoral Park: 56.417m2. Bess Incinerator: 39.576,64m2. Central of District Cooling & pneumatic waste collector: 78.221,45m2

Budget: 10.576.384,15 State: Built

Barcelonas Northeast Coastal Park, designed by Abalos & Herreros, successfully combines two unlikely elements a municipal waste-management complex and a waterfront park and beach- innovatively integrating necessary infrastructure and pu-blic space. The park served as part of the site for the First International Forum of Cultures, organized by UNESCO to promote cultural diversity and sustainable deve-lopment and staged in Barcelona in 2004.Originally cut off from the city by a ring road, the site had served as the citys major services area, where a now defunct sewage treatment plant and electrical generator were also located. To showcase sustainable urban design, the existing incinerator now powers a new waste-to-energy generator. The steam heat produced by the inci-nerator is used to make electricity for hot and cold water as well as heating and air-conditioning for the Forum grounds and the new Diagonal Mar mixed-used district. At the base of the incinerator is a new recycling center.

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