Atemporality and neutrality, Educational and administrative center by Riaño Arquitectos
26/06/2023.
[MAD] Spain
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Carlos de Riaño, Rebeca Hurtado, and Almudena Peralta of Riaño Arquitectos studio were commissioned to design two buildings dedicated to teaching and administration, which can be found in the Spanish capital. This new space is located on the plot where an old school used to be located, characterized by its composition of open blocks around the student playground.
A new façade is a white plane in which a set of transparent elements that dialogue with solid ones is made, making possible better energy performance. The composition seeks neutrality and timelessness in the whole, so as not to generate any impact on the space where it is built.
A new façade is a white plane in which a set of transparent elements that dialogue with solid ones is made, making possible better energy performance. The composition seeks neutrality and timelessness in the whole, so as not to generate any impact on the space where it is built.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Plan ground floor. Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos.
Plan type floor. Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos.
Elevation section north. Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos.
Section. Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos.
Elevation east section. Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos.
Riaño Arquitectos designed a slightly triangular plan, making possible its prism shape in "L". One of the most attractive features of the original complex is the arrangement and articulation of the different volumes, generating a very interesting sequence of landscaped open spaces. The intervention does not alter these conditions and the new buildings rest on the footprints of the East and South buildings.
The two buildings are divided into four floors above ground with one floor almost completely free thanks to its structure, finished with an envelope in which the lower part stands out, in which we will find wild brown granite, while in the remaining three, it will be ceramic. Inside, the glass partitions organize the space and provide the central corridor with natural lighting from the outer perimeter. The program is completed with two floors below ground for underground parking.
The two buildings are divided into four floors above ground with one floor almost completely free thanks to its structure, finished with an envelope in which the lower part stands out, in which we will find wild brown granite, while in the remaining three, it will be ceramic. Inside, the glass partitions organize the space and provide the central corridor with natural lighting from the outer perimeter. The program is completed with two floors below ground for underground parking.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
Description of project by Riaño Arquitectos
The new building is located on a plot of land that is noticeably triangular in shape, on which there is a group of buildings that used to make up a former school.
The buildings were designed as open blocks of different heights with large open spaces for pupils' recreation. This was a novel composition in the Madrid of the 1950s.
The greatest interest of the original complex lies in the layout and articulation of the different volumes, generating a very interesting sequence of landscaped open spaces. The intervention does not alter these conditions and the new buildings rest on the footprints of the east and south buildings.
The new buildings take the form of two L-shaped prisms with a façade of vertical openings alternating with solid ones in a percentage of 50%, which optimizes their energy performance. The aim is to create a neutral and timeless image that does not have an impact on the site, with a predominance of white that chromatically unites the two buildings of the highest architectural quality on the site.
The enclosure on all the façades plays with an alternating rhythm of solid hollows, with an exterior finish in large-format ceramic slabs on the upper floors and wild brown granite on the ground floor.
Both buildings are developed on 4 floors above ground level for administrative and teaching use.
Educational and administrative centre by Riaño Arquitectos. Photograph by Alfonso Quiroga.
In the east building, as a backbone, which is repeated on the different floors, a central corridor with two vertical communication cores runs along the entire surface giving access to offices, classrooms and workrooms, which open onto the four facades.
Through the second vertical communication core, this building is connected to the south building by means of a glass walkway so that the same core serves both.
The floors are distributed with glazed partitions that provide the central corridor with natural lighting from the entire exterior perimeter and, due to the structural conception of a practically free floor plan, together with the design of the façade with alternating hollow/shallow walls, there is a great versatility of partitioning.
The programme is completed with 2 floors below ground level for underground parking, which will serve the complex itself and external users.
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Architects
Riaño Arquitectos. Lead architects- Carlos de Riaño, Rebeca Hurtado, Almudena Peralta.
Project team
Jesús Rodríguez Linares.
Collaborators
Engineers.- JG Ingenieros, DAIE, Juan Manuel Rubio.
Technical architects.- Carlos Fernández Casal.
Builder
VIAS y construcciones, S.A.
Area
A below grade: 6,000sqm.
A above ground: 4,500sqm.
A total: 10,500sqm.
A above ground: 4,500sqm.
A total: 10,500sqm.
Budget
10,500,000 €.
Dates
Project date.- 2020-2021.
Construction date.- 2022-2023.
Construction date.- 2022-2023.
Localización
Madrid, Spain.
Photography
Carlos de Riaño Lozano
Carlos de Riaño Lozano. Born in El Sardinero, Cantabria. Architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid in 1977. Since 1977 he has his own studio in Madrid. His work has garnered numerous distinctions in the field of collective housing and the renovation of heritage. Among his projects are the project for 20 dwellings on Calle Cervantes in Madrid (2006), the contest for the rehabilitation of the walled enclosure of the XII century in Madrid (2006), the Contest for the Visigothic Museum in Mérida (2007), or in 2012, the first Esteban Esteve prize 2008-2011 of the Cadiz Architects Association for the Central Market of Supplies of Cádiz.
His work has been published in various Spanish and foreign publications.
His work has been published in various Spanish and foreign publications.
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