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PUBLIC SPACE

VALLEHERMOSO

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The new Center for the elderly is located in one of the neighborhoods with the gratest presence of this population group in the City of Madrid. The resulting building will favor the development of their social well-being by guaranteeing caring services and, above all, providing meeting and gathering places.

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The project intervenes in the unused wing of a building built at the beginning of the 20th century as a residence for orphaned children.

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Taking advantage of the empty space available in the inner block courtyard, the proposal spreads in part of this void completing the block volume in a stretch connection with the existing construction while reserving outdoor spaces such as petanque, orchard and terraces so demanded in these dense neighborhoods.

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The wide variety of uses and services (cafeteria, gym, reading rooms, auditorium, hairdresser, chiropody, multipurpose rooms, workshops, etc.) is distributed indistinctly in both buildings, creating a fluid communication of users between the old part and the new one.

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Regarding the materials election, existing elements like bricks or metal trusses are left visible in the old part to accentuate its memory. Combining with them, in the new building, warm and comfortable materials are proposed.

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PUBLIC SPACE

AARHUS

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As part of the proposal it is decided the location of the building as well as the demolition or not of the existing buildings. It is now an area that is occupied by some railway facilities in disuse, not far away from the center of the city, and the well known Jacobsen Town Hall. To finish the baseline data there are set some urban requirements that we must fulfill, as well as solving the location of some social dwelling, one parking tower and the Jultand Museum, being Aarhus the largest city of that region.

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We proposed to place the new school in the southern plot, keeping that way two out of three existing buildings. The one on the south (surrounded by the proposal), will be the administration area of the school, whereas the north one (separated from it) will house the Jutland Museum. The common uses of the new school are placed at the ground level, while the classes and related spaces are placed, conceptually and physically, above them, enjoying the views and sunshine of the south orientation.

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The proposal shows to the city two very different facades, stating both different surrounding scales. Towards the south is borrowing the “small scale” of close buildings by juxtaposing small fronts, remembering the domestic appearance. A more forceful and unitary image is presented northward, where the circulation spine assure the flexibility in use, and accessibility to all levels of the new school.

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PUBLIC SPACE

AALTO

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The connection is presented lightweight and transparent, distinguishing from the solid original constructions but respecting the image of both museums as they were concieved by Alvar Aalto.
 
Volumetrics keeps both museums composition with basement and skylight, as well as the outline and nature of the enclosure try to harmonize with the scale of the connected buildings.
 
The required fluency of the circulations are reflected by the ramps, supported by the stairs and elevator, that naturally connect the different levels of the museums.
 
The shop and its diverse exhibition needs make this new connection space, so it’s not a connection gateway and a shop, but a shop that works as a connection itself.
 
A shop open to the visitors and with the permanent presence of the leafy background, as well as the raison d’etre of this extension: the two museums of Alvar Aalto.

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The outdoor access destined to the staff and the supply of goods end up connecting this space to the routinary supporting activities of both museums.
 
We propose therefore a discreet connection element that, integrating with the existing buildings, tries to solve the current needs in a simple and respectful way in this valuable architectural context that is enjoyed by the city of Jyväskylä.

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PUBLIC SPACE

JUZGADOS DE GUARDIA

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The project is the result of an international design competition for the building of the Courts of Guard at the Campus of Justice in Madrid. The Campus will consist of a series of buildings, all of them set in a circular site layout, and will house all the necessary spaces for Justice of the Community of Madrid, scattered throughout the city today.

Analogous to a searchlight, the operation of a building Courts Guard is continued for 24 hours a day and this uniqueness is the basis of our proposal.

The circular volumes will be affected by a series of cuts that expose the public uses of the building and in its night vision flashlights are presented as claiming the continued activity of such courts. The largest of these spaces will be access to the building.

The resulting volume respects the overall image of the cylinder array Campus presenting its convex face to the perimeter thereof, while the headlights are mounted inwards. The annular geometry is intended to set the restricted judicial functioning and mechanical applications. The cuts produced in the cylinders introduce a trapezoidal geometry providing the public space of a free and variant character.

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The immediate division of public and private uses manifests again in the two geometries of the building. Restricted spaces or work are located on the north side of the building to benefit from controlled and homogeneous light, while public spaces (circulation, information, cafeteria …) take advantage of the changing light from the south.

With the intention of providing a clear visual impact to transparent and bright headlamps of the proposal, the rest of the surface is homogeneous and translucent. A curtain wall houses the necessary openings for ventilation, protected with gray wire mesh. Thus during the day it will be perceived as a dark but light cylinder overnight soft light filtered through the mesh, with varying degrees of perforation depending on the use hostel contrast with the clear headlights, true claims of the proposal.

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The space produced between both enclosures has energy benefits and functions as sun screen and maintain controlled thermal enclosure interior margin by upward air flow inside. The irregular geometry of the woodwork Lanterns originated in traditional diamond meshes of lighthouses.

PUBLIC SPACE

LOGROÑO

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The Project for the New Headquarters of the College of Industrial Engineers of Rioja seeks to resolve accurately the characteristics of a professional building these functional features require.
The unique location of the site between two residential buildings of considerable height, put the proposal as a foreign object of reduced height as seen from the environment. This was the conceptual starting point of the building, which would focus on their rooves as the most visible facade.

A building with three translucent bodies for the three specialties of the College, organized around a central space that will be the meeting place for all those attending it is proposed.
The New Headquarters thus becomes an unexpected and attractive object within a residential environment that wraps it.





PUBLIC SPACE

SEVILLA

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This is a Restricted Competition for the Ordination of a generous triangular plot of exceptional position within the metropolitan area of Seville.
Future Guadaira River Park, the extension of Avenida de la Palmera and the SE30 ring road: It ‘s three structural elements of that area converge. Given the importance thereof establishes the need for a contest that allows forward and control the final result, establishing bases in a spatial, social and landscape qualities.




The need to create a “place” in this isolated extension leads us to propose a semi-molten square as a focal point to the different uses under the program are dumped. This square will be covered by a system of awnings and pergolas for Seville favorable climate allowing outdoor development of a large number of activities during much of the year thus facilitating a mix of uses.

As a counterpoint to this semihundido and following the recommendations of the basis of making the set a benchmark or scenic landmark of Metropolitan Space, a joint office tower and hotel aimed at his coronation to the far Giralda is proposed.

PUBLIC SPACE

ZARAGOZA

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This is a competition for a large multipurpose building next to the AVE train station in Zaragoza. Competition requirements established very strict planning restrictions for which the project was set to a foundation on which to place three identical and equally spaced prisms.

Based on the provisions of the bylaws propose a volumetric alteration for building and maintaining the defendants uses, strengthen its unique position acting as the “New Entry” in the city of Zaragoza.




The situation between the new station and the city gives the building a definite public quality, which in our opinion further justifies the proposal’s volume. Commercial use located at the pedestrian levels favors the environment. The roof of the the base is proposed as a great social space with café terraces and expansion space for offices. The visual permeability to both sides of the block is strengthened by placing the tower on the south end freeing the space around it.

The volumetric composition resulting from overlapping prisms of the size envisaged by the legislation allows us, despite its high altitude, to control the scale of the building in the city.


PUBLIC SPACE

LA MANGA

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This is a competition for the central building of emergency and civil protection for La Manga, a coastal area that greatly increases its population in summer, thus creating the necessity for a building east such as this one. Similar to a lifeguard´s tower, the proposal is basically an elevated platform with an overlooking deck and around its perimeter accumulating certain uses under it so as not to excavate at the site.


A large ramp leads from the level of an intermediate beach level, which coincides with that of the nearby shopping centers, home to great activity in the summer. A double set of stairs, lifts and elevators connect it to the level of citizen services. At beach level there is a general parking for ambulances and fire crews.
The roof is used for helicopter landing.



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The strategies of energy efficiency and environmental suitability of the proposal are designed to optimize the benefits of the main bioclimatic environments: sunlight hours and use of strong prevailing winds.