AS + completes the Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño
02/12/2020.
[Logroño - La Rioja] Spain
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
The project phases now completed are the result of a tender won in 2006 by Ábalos + Sentkiewicz Arquitectos in the capital of La Rioja, in which the Logroño intermodal station is part of big urban plan for the burial of the route railway as it passes through the city, which includes a large linear park and five residential towers.
The train station (2010-2013) with its platforms, is covered by a linear park that also covers the bus station (2017 and 2020), and which now achieves its continuity by connecting with a large dome of 60 meters of light concluded this year.
An elegant green carpet on the outside to connect neighborhoods, which generates a friendly topography in the city, inside the two stations are neither cave nor grotto, the folding of their surfaces, dimensions and spatiality, make them interesting almost cathedral spaces.
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Miguel Esteban Alonso and Juan Carlos Esteban
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Miguel Esteban Alonso and Juan Carlos Esteban
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño. Photograph by Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen).
Axonometric. Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño.
Park-roof floor plan. Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño.
Ground floor plan. Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño.
Complex section. Intermodal Station, urban environment and Felipe VI park in Logroño.
The complex designed by Ábalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos is made up of a single volume above ground that gives access to all its associated uses, such as the battery of platforms and the waiting area of train station, while the bus station, characterized by its horseshoe shape, centers the relationship of the waiting room with the park through a direct access from the park, intended for cafeteria use, a space that opens the station to the park and allows a direct connection between them.
The fact that makes this project singular is to face from the beginning points as infrastructure, urbanism, landscape and architecture, ecology and economy... In this sense we can talk of one pioneer experience in what is being called landform buildings or ecological urbanism.
The building envelope is made up of three elements, two of which have a ventilated façade formed by a metal mesh supported on structural posts, and a third which forms the main entrance façade to the station and which is symmetrical to the façade of the station. high speed.
The urban environment is also hybridized with the project thanks to the development of a set of five residential and commercial buildings, establishing an interesting dialogue between the park and the residential towers that will have large solar collectors on their roofs to facilitate the energy self-sufficiency of the buildings and the lighting of the park.
Project description by Iñaki Ábalos
Urban Circularity and Sustainability
There is much talk of circularity nowadays and this urban project is a case that could go even further because it is exemplary in many ways. If the first objective of circularity is the benefit of citizens and the environment, this proposal determined as its first requirement to use this urban operation for the creation of a large public green space that balances historical centrality as much as possible, generating a pole of attraction to the south. A physical and therefore social barrier has been replaced by a park that brings together two previously separated sides and generates great appeal and novelty for living in the area.
The natural conditions of the Logroño settlement were used for this, especially the abundance of water in the phreatic level, a singular case in Hispanic urban geography, and therefore the main concerns were to develop a park that in those conditions was easy to maintain and nice to use.
Likewise, the 5 small residential towers planned are crowned with large solar collectors that in principle are designed to supply warm water and also to provide free public lighting for the park. In other words, attempts have been made at all times to favor the lives of residents and minimize maintenance costs.
All of this is done taking advantage of an urban operation originally linked exclusively to ADIF's merely railway problems: it was precisely this vision of circularity and return to the citizen and the environment that convinced the jury and what has subsequently allowed the generation of one of the most inclusive projects which have been developed not only in Spain but also in the European context* giving a dual role to the stations as spaces for intermodal use and as an integrating park.
* The complex is in the process of being certified with the international sustainability standard BREEAM Urbanism, an environmental quality seal that has only been awarded to 52 urban projects around the world.
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Architects
Estación Intermodal e Integración urbana del ferrocarril.- Abalos+Sentkiewicz AS+. Iñaki Ábalos, Renata Sentkiewicz, Alfonso Miguel (Phase 1), Alvaro Maján (Phasee 2). Project Management.- Iñaki Ábalos, Rafael Alcoceba, Joaquín Espert.
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Abalos+Sentkiewicz AS+. Iñaki Ábalos, Renata Sentkiewicz. Teresa Galí-Izard, Jordi Nebot (Arquitectura Agronomía). Project Management.- Iñaki Ábalos, Rafael Alcoceba, Joaquín Espert.
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Abalos+Sentkiewicz AS+. Iñaki Ábalos, Renata Sentkiewicz. Teresa Galí-Izard, Jordi Nebot (Arquitectura Agronomía). Project Management.- Iñaki Ábalos, Rafael Alcoceba, Joaquín Espert.
Project team
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- Jorge Álvarez-Builla, Yeray Brito, Aaron Forest, Victor Garzón, Pablo de la Hoz, Ismael Martín, Laura Torres, Rodrigo Rieiro, José Rodríguez (Phase 1). Álvaro Maján, Eduardo López, Sofía Lens, Carlos Pascual. (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Alfonso Miguel, Jorge Álvarez-Builla, Yeray Brito, Aaron Forest, Victor Garzón, Pablo de la Hoz, Ismael Martín, Laura Torres, Rodrigo Rieiro, José Rodríguez (Phase 1). Álvaro Maján, Eduardo López, Sofía Lens, Carlos Pascual. (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Alfonso Miguel, Jorge Álvarez-Builla, Yeray Brito, Aaron Forest, Victor Garzón, Pablo de la Hoz, Ismael Martín, Laura Torres, Rodrigo Rieiro, José Rodríguez (Phase 1). Álvaro Maján, Eduardo López, Sofía Lens, Carlos Pascual. (Phase 2).
Collaborators
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- Site Supervision.- Eduardo Muñoz, Ana Palacios, Alberto Mecha . Technical Assistance.- Eduardo Muñoz (Phase 1) Ricardo Castejón, Miguel Ángel González (TYPSA) (Phase 2). Structure and MEP.- UTE Ineco-Sener (Phase 1) Ricardo Castejón, Miguel Ángel González (TYPSA).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Site Supervision.- Eduardo Muñoz, Ana Palacios, Alberto Mecha.
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Site Supervision.- Eduardo Muñoz, Ana Palacios, Alberto Mecha.
Client
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- LIF 2002 SA, Santiago Miyares (Director), Mª Cruz Gutiérrez (Directora Técnica)
Felipe VI Urban Park.- LIF 2002 SA, Santiago Miyares (Director), Mª Cruz Gutiérrez (Directora Técnica). Ayuntamiento de Logroño.
Felipe VI Urban Park.- LIF 2002 SA, Santiago Miyares (Director), Mª Cruz Gutiérrez (Directora Técnica). Ayuntamiento de Logroño.
Main Contractor
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- Sacyr (Phase 1). UTE Vías y Construcciones-Ismael Andrés-Agua y Jardín (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Sacyr (Phase 1). UTE Vías y Construcciones-Ismael Andrés-Agua y Jardín (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Sacyr (Phase 1). UTE Vías y Construcciones-Ismael Andrés-Agua y Jardín (Phase 2).
Area
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- 12,443 m².
Felipe VI Urban Park.- 145,000 m².
Felipe VI Urban Park.- 145,000 m².
Dates
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration. Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. 2006-2020.
Felipe VI Urban Park. Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. 2006-2020.
Felipe VI Urban Park. Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. 2006-2020.
Photography
Intermodal Station and Railway Urban Integration.- Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen) (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen), Juan Carlos Esteban / Miguel Esteban Alonso (Phase 2).
Felipe VI Urban Park.- Jesús Rocandio (Casa de la Imagen), Juan Carlos Esteban / Miguel Esteban Alonso (Phase 2).
AS+. ÁBALOS+SENTKIEWICZ ARQUITECTOS
Ábalos+Sentkiewicz arquitectos, AS+. Madrid-based architecture practice was founded and led by Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz in 2006. The practice has local offices in Cambridge (USA) and Shanghai (China).
Iñaki Ábalos and Renata Sentkiewicz have taught in prestigious university centres such as GSD-Harvard University, Architectural Association, Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, and ETSAM, combining academic, professional and research activities. Iñaki Ábalos has been Chair of the Department of Architecture at GSD Harvard University and RIBA International Fellowship 2009 (Royal Institute of British Architects). Abalos is currently Chaired Professor at ETSAM.
The projects and built work of Abalos+Sentkiewicz AS+ are internationally recognized and have been the subject of individual exhibitions and many collective exhibitions in the most prestigious centres: GSD Harvard, AA-London, Pavillon de l’Arsenale-Paris, MoMA-NYC (5 built works in three different exhibitions: Light construction, ON Site, Groundswell), Chicago Architecture Biennial, Biennale di Architettura di Venezia, etc. This prestige also reflects in the 40 awards received (25 of them first prizes) in architecture competitions. Another 46 awards have been given to different research and design activities, 19 of them to Built Works. Their professional work has been collected in 12 monographs and their theoretical work has been compiled through 12 books. Critic William Curtis has chosen one work of the firm, the Pavilion in the Retiro Park, as one of the three best works built in Spain during the last 30 years.
