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1 madrid 1 Projects 15 Created 20-Feb-11 By acf arquitectos, buenos aires, Argentina Puerta America Hotel Madrid, Jean Nouvel hotel 12th Floor Puerta America Hotel Museo Nacional Reina Sofia Museo Thyssen Bornemisza Faculty of Pharmacy Extension Caixa Forum Madrid Puerta de Europa 5 BMW Madrid Usera Public Library 11 Torre Caja Repsol Tower 12 Torre Espacio Space Tower 13 Madrid, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners office 6 Regional Archives and Library 14 Madrid, Mansilla + Tuñón archive, library 7 Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid 15 Madrid, Arturo Franco Díaz exposition space, theatre, workshop 8 Madrid, Philip Johnson office 10 Madrid, Foster & Partners office Madrid, Herzog and De Meuron 4 Madrid, MTM Arquitectos laboratorium, university Sede de la Cámara de Comercio Madrid, Ábalos & Herreros library madrid, BOPBAA museum 3 madrid, Jean Nouvel museum Madrid, Rafael de la Hoz office Madrid, Jean Nouvel hotel 2 Olympic Tennis Stadium 16 Madrid, Dominique Perrault olympic stadium, sport 9 Madrid, Rafael de la Hoz exposition space, showroom, workshop 1

2 photo: Puerta America Hotel photo: Nazar Leskiw Puerta America Hotel Avenida de América Madrid wwwhotelpuertamericacom/ "Nineteen of the world's best architects create the hotel of the future in Madrid" according to the hotel's own website As president of the Silken Hotel Group (a business venture by the companies Escampa and the Hotel Group Urvasco SA) explained: the Hotel Puerta America is a dream come true A project where acclaimed architects and designers have conveyed their dreams to us It is a homage to the world of architecture, design and to the freedom Each of the hotel's 12 floors bears the imprint of a different design talent Each floor measures 1300 m2 and the only constraint was that each had to contain 28 rooms and two junior suites The external structure was developed by SGA Studio and is a fairly standard rectangular tower block John Pawson did the common areas, while Jean Nouvel designed the cladding on the facade and the 12th floor with 12 luxurious suites (as an exception on the 28-room-rule) For the others go see by yourself photo: Puerta America Hotel Main designer, Interior architect, Lighting designer Landscape designer Lighting designer Jean Nouvel MI_MOA Arata Isozaki Christian Liaigre David Chipperfield s Foster & Partners Harriet Bourne & Jonathan Bell Javier Mariscal John Pawson Kathryn Findlay Marc Newson Plasma Studio Richard Gluckman Teresa Sapey Victorio & Luchino Zaha Hadid Jason Bruges Harriet Bourne & Jonathan Bell Arnold Chan Silken Hotel Group 2

3 photo: Puerta America Hotel photo: Puerta America Hotel 12th Floor Puerta America Hotel Avenida de America Madrid "Nineteen of the world's best architects create the hotel of the future in Madrid" Each of the hotel's 12 floors bears the imprint of a different design talent Each floor measures 1300 m2 and the only constraint was that each had to contain 28 rooms and two junior suites The external structure was developed by SGA Studio and is a fairly standard rectangular tower block John Pawson did the common areas, while Jean Nouvel designed the cladding on the facade and was commissioned to design the 12th floor with 12 luxurious suites (as an exception on the 28-room-rule) The idea the French architect aims to convey in his work on the Hotel Puerta América is a crossroads between art and architecture which allows guests to experience extraordinary moments and creates small worlds for people to enjoy photo: Puerta America Hotel m² Jean Nouvel Silken Hotel Group MI_MOA 3

4 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Carlos Dias Museo Nacional Reina Sofia Calle Santa Isabel madrid One of the three major museum extensions taking place in Madrid the last couple of years For sure this one is the most expressive one Very spacious set up with a interesting inner courtyard The roof combines all the different parts to one building which cleverly connects it to the existing building structure m² Main designer, Jean Nouvel Vidal y Asociados arquitectos Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia + Ministry of Culture Thomas_Boegl photo: Nazar Leskiw mo- sat sun tue closed metro Atocha 4

5 photo: Thomas Bögl photo: Thomas Bögl Museo Thyssen Bornemisza Paseo del Prado madrid The third of Madrid 's cultural institutions, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum will double in size to accommodate the nine-year loan of more than 700 masterpieces from the Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection The extension also calls for the renovation of two late 19 th century buildings adjoining the Villahermosa Palace by BOPBAA Studio, a group of Barcelona architects Their design incorporates these 2 adjacent existing structures retaining their facades and links them to the museum with a new glass pavilion facing a garden terrace A new entrance court is created which also houses the museum café: an astonishingly spacious interior Madrid 's two other world class cultural institutions: the Museo Nacional del Prado and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía had extensive expansions also The 3 museums all housed in 18 th century secular buildings were built as part of Carlos III's campaign to transform the modest town of Madrid into the country's modern capital m² BOPBAA Fundación Thyssen-Bornemisza Thomas_Boegl photo: Thomas Bögl tue - sun metro Banco de Espana 5

6 photo: Alberto Nevado photo: Alberto Nevado Faculty of Pharmacy Extension Plaza Ramón y Cajal Madrid The extension to the Faculty of Pharmacy in Madrid's University City lies in a right angle between the old Pharmacy building and the School of Medicine The plot had a very low designated building ratio, which forced the architects to bury most of the building underground The programme was divided over two volumes A two-storey block containing the classrooms hovers above a U-shaped volume housing the laboratories Both blocks are organized around a patio which connects with the street level via a slope Medicinal herbs are planted on this slope in a pixel pattern, a reference to the knowledge taught in this building The façades of the floating volume are done in red coloured concrete except for the northern one which is glazed The irregularly positioned steel columns which support the volume, suggestive of a forest of straight tree trunks, together with the reflected image of the poplars in front of the building generate a nice game of natural versus artificial photo: Alberto Nevado Public access unknown! 2005 Technical engineer MTM Arquitectos Eduardo Diez Universidad Complutense de Madrid Christof_Brinkmann Located in Ciudad Universitaria (University City), in the northwestern part of Madrid 6

7 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Carlos Dias Caixa Forum Madrid Paseo del Prado Madrid ml Caixa Forum Madrid is a cultural centre, offering two floors of exhibition space, a restaurant, an auditorium and an excellent bookshop The structure is a conversion of a former power station and is located in the cultural heart of Madrid, near some of 's most important museums The visual image of the Forum is determined by the two façades facing the Paseo del Prado One of these is covered by green plants, creating a vertical garden The other façade consists of a Cor-ten steel addition, built on top of the existing brick complex m², Urban planner Herzog and De Meuron 'La Caixa' Foundation goa photo: Nazar Leskiw Every day from Located near Atocha metro station 7

8 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Marco de Trizio Puerta de Europa Plaza de Castilla Madrid These two office towers flank the Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid's most important boulevard The location of a subway interchange made the placement of the two towers near the street impossible Their bold design is in part a response to the need for the footprints of the towers to be set back from the interchange while at the same time bringing the towers together as a single compositional whole The towers lean towards each other and over the plazas, ensuring their visibility from up and down the Paseo and creating a portal which, being at the Northern end of the business district of Madrid, has been called a metaphorical gateway to Europe The façade of each tower is a composition of a major grid -clad in stainless steel conforming to their structure-, a minor grid of red mullions, and a third grid comprising the light grey mullions of the curtain wall (text from website architect) photo: Manuel González Olaechea y Franco Public access unknown! 1995 Main designer, Philip Johnson John Burgee Marco_De_Trizio 8

9 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez BMW Madrid Avda Burgos Madrid In this Spanish Headquarters for BMW the architects at the office of Rafael de la Hoz, the automobile company offers several different services: Exposition space and sales of BMW, MINI, motors and lifestyle products There is also a workshop for mechanical repairs and paint jobs photo: Alberto M Sánchez m² Rafael de la Hoz asanchez Mo - Fri: 930 h h Saturday morning: 1000 h h bmwmadrid@bmwmadridnetbmwes, Tel: From Madrid busline 173 and 174, change trains with line 1, 9, 10 of the Metro Stop at Avda de Burgos - Fco Pi y Margall And then walk for another 3 minutes 9

10 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Sede de la Cámara de Comercio Calle Ribera del Loira Madrid The Headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in Madrid is situated next to the highway M-40 The The building has clean lines and is very transparant, with three openings that allow light to enter and to look outwards from the 'camera' (room) This geometric distribution, a bucket inside another, as well as the materials used is not arbitrary It connects the interior with the environment outside the building The facades combine glass, white concrete and carpentry of aluminum, thus creating a set of materials and volumes The opening leading to the motorway is closed and is metallic, that of the entry is translucent and weightless and that connects to the park is glass transparent The latter, for the administration of the Council, is a supporting facade and gives life to the two sides held cameras, dedicated to the assemblies and meetings photo: Alberto M Sánchez m² Rafael de la Hoz Consejo Superior de las Cámaras de Comercio asanchez , info@cscamarases 10

11 photo: David Baugh photo: David Baugh Usera Public Library Avenida Rafaela Ybarra Madrid Bib&codigo=227 Sitting on a patch of high ground, the 'Biblioteca publica Jose Hierro' could be described as a castle for the safe keeping of books and other information Upon entering, the first thing one encounters is a dramatic triple height entrance space, followed by the discovery that the the ground floor plan is actually quite extensive, and is not confined to the footprint of the tower above A good way to experience the building is to take the lift up to the top floor and then walk back down the stairs The plan of the tower is divided in a two-thirds/one-third split There are several double height spaces occupying the larger portion, with mezzanine galleries - holding the toilets and quiet study rooms forming the smaller part of the plan Tall slit windows, arranged in an apparently random fashion, allow in natural light The interior walls are covered in abstracted text in different colours Structure is confined to the core and perimeter to leave a largely column-free interior m² Main designer, Ábalos & Herreros Herreros Arquitectos Comunidad de Madrid davidb photo: David Baugh Mondays to Fridays 0830 to 2100 Saturdays, Sundays & holidays 1100 to 1900 Nearest Metro station is Plaza Eliptica Line 6 Bus routes: 6, 47, 60 &

12 photo: Marco De Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw Torre Caja Repsol Tower Paseo Castellana 278, Madrid Torre Caja Madrid (Spanish for Caja Madrid Tower) is a skyscraper located in the Cuatro Torres Business Area in Madrid, With a height of 250 m and 45 floors, it will be the tallest of the four buildings in the complex, just 89 cm above the Torre de Cristal Designed by Lord Norman Foster, it was first known as Torre Repsol and would have served as headquarters for Repsol YPF oil and gas company During the construction of the tower, Repsol decided to change the location of its future headquarters and the financial institution Caja Madrid purchased the building for 815 million Euro in August 2007 Public access unknown! 2008 Foster & Partners Caja Madrid, Repsol YPF Marco_De_Trizio photo: Marco De Trizio 12

13 photo: Nazar Leskiw photo: Marco De Trizio Torre Espacio Space Tower Paseo Castellana Madrid The Torre Espacio (Spanish for Space Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, The skyscraper is 236 metres (774 feet) tall and has 57 floors In November 2006, its structure surpassed the height of the Gran Hotel Bali, thus becoming the tallest building in, although it has retained this title only for a short time (see below) The structure was topped out on March 19, 2007 On the night of that day, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, mayor of Madrid, attended a ceremony with fireworks to commemorate the event With its 236 m, it also was the tallest structure in, surpassing the telecommunications tower Torrespaña However, Torre Caja (Repsol Tower), one of the neighbouring skyscrapers just finished in the Cuatro Torres Business Area, surpassed the height of Torre Espacio in April 2007 The building project was featured on the Discovery Channel's Build It Bigger series due to the skyscraper's unique form and shape It was designed by Pei Cobb Freed Project is not public! 2008 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Marco_De_Trizio photo: Nazar Leskiw 13

14 photo: Carlos Dias photo: Carlos Dias Regional Archives and Library Calle Ramírez de Prado Madrid El Aguila Brewery has been converted and expanded into a regional library and archives of the city Madrid It is a center for the preservation, custody and dissemination of the documentary heritage of the region aimed at ensuring the transparency of administrative processes and the rights of the citizenthe Regional Archives has 30,000 square meters which are organized into three modules: contributions, storage and public attention The storage building can hold slightly less than 100 km of shelves, divided into six apartments, surrounded by a thermal blanket for a double translucent facade that is a response to the challenge of the architectural design within the limits imposed by legislation fire prevention The Regional Library covers 10,000 square meters Contains a varied program of multimedia libraries in the renovated industrial spaces The brewery silos that were used for storage now store books Contractor Mansilla + Tuñón Dragados y Consytucciones Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid Regional Government) photo: Carlos Dias Monday - Friday: 09:00-21:00 MI_MOA Metro: lines Delicias (L3) and Méndez Álvaro (L6) Trenes de Cercanías: Delicias (Líneas C-5, C-7b and C-10) Bus: 8 and

15 photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid Paseo de la Chopera Madrid Warehouse 17c Matadero Madrid is an ongoing project of new spaces for artistic creation that doesn't fit into traditional spaces; comparable to 'Palais de Tokyo' in Paris and 'PS 16' in New York Started in 2006, the expected completion of the renovation of this former slaughterhouse Arganzuela is 2011 The project serves as an opportunity to explore renovation possibilities, reducing the intervention to a necessary minimum but with maximum expressivity No clean cuts, but raw joints and as simple as possible Materials come straight from the industrialization, unchanged and in standard measurements; eventually ready for reuse m² Associate architect Structural engineer Associate architect Arturo Franco Díaz Diego Castellanos Exisa SA Fabrice van Teslaar Arts council of Madrid City Allard_de_Goeij photo: Carlos Fernández Piñar From Tuesdays to Fridays - from 4pm to 10pm Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays - from 11am to 10pm Metro "Legazpi" subway exit (Line 3 and 6) 15

16 photo: Alberto M Sánchez photo: Alberto M Sánchez Olympic Tennis Stadium Calle Camino de Perales Madrid This Olympic Tennis Centre, La Caja Mágica, or the Magic Box, is a big, clear luminous box that seems to have no walls at night, revealing its interiors, its colours and the geometry of its forms The complex features three main courts with retractable roofs, all in the same arena Perrault's proposal won an international competition held in 2002 by Ayuntamiento of Madrid Construction work began in 2003 and is expected to last 32 months, completing the structure in 2007 Its outstanding feature is its simple, linear forms The big box, called "magic" for its light and colour effects and for its "content" of spectacular events and initiatives, is prevalently made of glass, steel and wood This skin is reflective in daylight, while improving the stadium's visibility at night by lighting up the entire structure so that it can be seen from far away m² Dominique Perrault City of Madrid MI_MOA photo: Alberto M Sánchez Located in Parque del Manzanares Metro: Línea 3, stop at San Fermin - Orcasur Autobús EMT: