Fernando Menis won the 2019 competition to restore a neo-Gothic building and fit it out for exhibitions in flexible spaces that can be easily adapted to use changes within the cultural typology. Named in honor of the botanist José Viera y Clavijo,
In the southern part of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, stands this municipal pavilion built by the local practice of Rodrigo Makin, Javier Molowny, Fernando Portela, and Alberto A. Portela. The covered space is a venue for sporting activities,
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 park is called Cuchillitos because of the layout of the preliminary design, and Tristán because it is located in an area of Tenerife bearing that name. The plot is situated amid three densely populated neighborhoods in the city, and is part of a
The project reuses a water deposit of the old CEPSA refinery and transforms it into a cultural space that preserves the industrial spirit and heritage of the area. As the immediate environment develops, The Tank Cultural Center takes the stage and wi
Situated opposite a water tank, this site closes the corner of the block with a slatted envelope which remembers the typical bay windows of the ensanche. The top flat is set back, hidden behind its warm skin. Close to the bullring
The hermitage adapts to the triangular shape of the lot, with the interior space tapering on plan and the ceiling rising as the visitor approaches the altar bathed in light from above, the most intense part of the temple.
The remodeling of the Plaza de España is the first phase of the project for the transformation of the coastline separating the historic center from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The project follows a classical urban scheme consisting in the org
The buildings of Deusto University have always played a leading role in the shaping of the left bank of the river estuary, testifying in this way to the institution’s commitment to serve the city. For over one hundred years, Deusto has been not only
The proposal aims to redesign the area of the Playa de las Teresitas in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, a competition won by Dominique Perrault in the year 2000. The urban plan for the Ciudadela is developed within this specific context, and comprises a luxu
The new athletics Center goes up in a newly developed area, southwest of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, characterized by the nearby presence of the boundaries marked by the mountains and the highway. With its crater shape, the struc
Diseñado como un gran cráter,el nuevo estadio insular aprovecha la pendiente natural del terreno, compensando y economizando los movimientos de tierra, para emplazar los graderíos perimetrales. El edificio deportivo se incorpora al lugar, definiendo
Tenerife is the result of volcanic eruption. The steep shores and the abrupt transition from scarce land to the Atlantic is a physical reality which has always determined the urbanization on the island. Therefore the relation between sea and land is
La Escuela de Artes Escénicas se sitúa en el barrio de Ramonal, un área de equipamientos docentes entre los que se encuentran la Facultad de Bellas Artes y el Conservatorio de Música. Debido al gran desnivel existente entre la calle de acceso y la co
Located on a promontory close to the port, the new auditorium rounds off the program for the revitalization of an ocean front area west of the city, taken up until recently by industrial sheds and a refinery, and which is now the site of the marine p
Anaga es un barrio residencial de la capital tinerfeña que sepertentea por una ladera de fuertes pendientes. Casi en la cima, encajada en la montaña y junto a un barranco, se sitúa la casa. Hasta hace muy poco, desde este lugar se podían divisar unas
Forming part of the more dense and uniform fabric of the city – a few meters from the Rambla de Pulido and Plaza Weyler– a corner plot belonging to one of the typical rectangular blocks has now been taken up by a building of apartments and shops. Fac
The San Antonio area of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is part of a residential periphery that has emerged along the highway linking La Laguna with the capital. With the petrous vocation of a volcanic formation, a building of sixty social housing units rises
Physically bound to the city’s foundational moments, the presidential seat of the regional government constitutes a starting point for the the Canarian capital’s historic center renewal. Conceived as an emphatic interlocking of fractured basalt and c
In Tenerife the relationship between land and sea is a succession of abrupt transitions, the physical expression of its volcanic activity. The planning of the link quay in Santa Cruz harbour, the starting point for the transformation of the seafront,
The Centro Cultural will become a new and lively place for people of all generations and with various interests. In order to achieve that, the architectural concept promotes that the different activities and spaces of the Center interfuse and interfl
Esta casa está situada al sur de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, en un barrio donde predominan las viviendas unifamiliares entre medianeras. Uno de los puntos de partida del proyecto fue el mantenimiento de esta tipología sin romper la estructura celular de
Set to open on 29 April, the exhibition ‘Parque del Drago, 1998-2023: 25 years around the thousand-year-old dragon tree,’ curated by Fernando Menis, will be presented by Luis Fernández-Galiano at the Visitor Center of Dragon Tree Park, in the Tenerif
Santa Cruz de Tenerife disfruta de un nuevo centro cultural. Realizado por Herzog y de Meuron junto a Virgilio Gutiérrez, el TEA, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, alberga espacios dedicados a distintos organismos canarios como el Instituto Oscar Domíng
El recientemente inaugurado Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), obra de los arquitectos suizos Herzog y de Meuron, inicia su andadura con la exposición ‘Un arma visual. Fotomontajes Soviéticos 1917-1953’. Se trata de una muestra organizada por el Ce
