Renovation of conference and exhibition center of Córdoba
LAP Arquitectos 

Renovation of conference and exhibition center of Córdoba

LAP Arquitectos 


LAP Arquitectos, renovation of conference and exhibition center of Córdoba Córdoba-based LAP Arquitectos – Rafael Pérez Morales, David Pérez Herranz, Rafael Pérez Herranz – undertook the renovation, improvement, and adaptation of the Conference Center of Córdoba, located in the heart of the old Jewish quarter and a stone’s throw from the Great Mosque, on the site of the 16th-century San Sebastián Hospital.

Engaging in dialogue with the preexisting, the strategy adopted pursues an uninvasive way of eliminating additions, unveiling hidden elements, addressing technical needs, and creating a welcoming atmosphere with a contemporary language. The complex is organized in a traditional sequence of courtyards. One enters through the hospital’s old chapel and into the Mudéjar courtyard to get to the second court, which, covered with light ribs, is a new transition and waiting space, a foyer before the main hall.

Completely renovated, the auditorium features a large window at the rear of the stage that frames a fragment of the restored old town wall. The hall combines walls with white acoustic lattices and a curving roof built with with wooden panels. The spatial configurations are flexible, adaptable to different uses, and this is achieved through mobile partitions and seats that can be hidden.