Located in downtown Logroño, this public secondary school was thoroughly revaped to create sports facilities, exhibition halls, an auditorium, and a multipurpose classroom that all citizens would have access to. The original building was characterize
With the health crisis that broke out last spring, the government of the Community of Madrid, through its regional health service, took several measures to try to curb the pandemic and provide urgent attention to the ill. The IFEMA field hospital mad
The building for the Research Institute of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital concentrates the research activity of this foundation, previously scattered throughout the hospital complex. The proposal is located on the northeast end of the ensemble de
The Athletics Stadium, with capacity for over 3,000 spectators, functions as a platform to generate a large plaza in the city. It rests on the terrain taking advantage of the slightly sloping topography, blending seamlessly with the environment and e
The Barceló Market area in Madrid includes public spaces, buildings and temporary installations belonging to one same complex. Its multiple denomination – market/sports center/library – soon speaks of collective engagement and reveals the social cond
Across the Platerías facade of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, and nestled in the shadow of the Berenguela Tower, stands the new Museum of Pilgrimages. A part of it is incorporated into the stone facade of the Banco de España building, erected
A plot across from the Romanesque Cathedral of Zamora was the place chosen for the construction of the headquarters of the Advisory Board of the regional government of Castilla y León. The competition held produced a winning proposal that stems from
The project for the new Barceló Market is in fact the sum of different interventions: a new urban compound of pieces of different scale and program that will significantly transform this central and very dense area of the city of Madrid. The starting
The CaixaForum in Zaragoza competition was called in 2008. The new building goes up on the Milla Digital (digital mile), an area recovered from the grounds of the old El Portillo train station. Developed by the City Council in collaboration with the
Very close to Atocha station, the old El Águila brewery is a reflection of the recent past of Arganzuela, today a residential district in the south of Madrid that was once characterized by its industrial fabric. The construction of its main buildings
Francine Houben directs the architecture office Mecanoo since 1984. With noteworthy projects like the library of TU Delft (completed in 1997), after a competition held in 2005 the studio was commissioned to build the La Llotja de Lleida Congress Cent
Desde el año 1984, el Museo de Pontevedra se sitúa en el edificio Sarmiento, cuya construcción data de principios del siglo XVIII y que fue originalmente Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús. En la huerta que tenía la orden religiosa tras su edificio se l
Las ciudades crecen habitualmente redibujando sus periferias. El emplazamiento del proyecto es resultado de un plan de reconversión de antiguos terrenos industriales en una zona residencial de media densidad. Las primeras intervenciones se enfrentan
The project for the extension of the Reina Sofía museum dates back to 1999, year which this proposal was chosen over those of eleven other teams. The program comprised an auditorium, a library, several exhibition halls and auxiliary areas (offices,
A orillas del mar, limitando con el parque de los Auditorios, se sitúa la nueva zona de baños. Un espacio donde nadar en aguas tranquilas, bucear sobre un fondo poblado con jardines subacuáticos, e incluso tomar el sol sobre rocas naturales o escollo
All the urban activity that Avenida Diagonal concentrates in its long itinerary through Barcelona’s Ensanche was trapped, transformed and outstretched towards the sea by (as it was tagged during the celebration of the Forum of Cultures) the‘esplanade
From the diagonal promenade that crosses the park of Olof Palme and amongst the tree tops, rises the new library of Usera. The project (winner in a restricted competition held in 1995) took on the image of a tower, the classical form identified with
The architecture here - the bulk of the new building - is a result, on one hand, of the archaeological condition of the site, and on the other hand, of the need to establish good relations with the existing surroundings. All this implied respecting
Winner of the competition held in 2008, the project for the cultural center of La Caixa Foundation in Zaragoza stems from a double challenge: in the first place, to create a building that generates city through its uniqueness and because of the publi
