Fragments that integrate. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos
24/01/2023.
[Arroyo de la Encomienda - Valladolid] Spain
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The architecture studio Ariasgarrido Arquitectos was commissioned to design a House of Music and Theater, locating it near the banks of the Pisuerga River, in the municipality of Arroyo de la Encomienda, located south of Valladolid, Spain.
The city is administratively independent, although de facto it can be included as a suburban area of the capital Leonese Castilian. This double urban situation allows it to address larger facilities and programs.
The city is administratively independent, although de facto it can be included as a suburban area of the capital Leonese Castilian. This double urban situation allows it to address larger facilities and programs.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
Site plan. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Ground floor plan. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
First floor plan. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Section. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Northeast elevation. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Northwest elevation. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Southeast elevation. House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos.
Ariasgarrido Arquitectos designed a complex with fragmented volumetry, which seeks to improve its landscape integration and reduce the visual impact of a single volume, by deploying it in different pieces to give an independent response to the two requested programs: Auditorium and School of Music.
The main building of the complex is located at the north end of the plot, a large volume housing the auditorium, for 608 people, and its related rooms (access foyer, dressing rooms, administration, rehearsal room, etc.). Following a north-south direction, the classrooms of the music school are located, in a chain of smaller rooms linked to a linear connector, which minimizes the noise pollution between classrooms.
The set also gives a double response in its openings. Those facing the urban core are square and smaller while those that open onto the river are large, bringing the image of the park closer to the interior of the classrooms.
The main building of the complex is located at the north end of the plot, a large volume housing the auditorium, for 608 people, and its related rooms (access foyer, dressing rooms, administration, rehearsal room, etc.). Following a north-south direction, the classrooms of the music school are located, in a chain of smaller rooms linked to a linear connector, which minimizes the noise pollution between classrooms.
The set also gives a double response in its openings. Those facing the urban core are square and smaller while those that open onto the river are large, bringing the image of the park closer to the interior of the classrooms.
"The musical metaphor appears at numerous points in the proposal, from the very conception of the classrooms as musical notes on a staff, through the design of some elements and finishes such as railings and sills, to the insertion of some illustrious melodies in some points of the pavement."
Ariasgarrido Arquitectos
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
Project description by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos
The volumetric formalization of the building, in interconnected autonomous pieces, responds to the need to solve two different programs: Auditorium and School of Music, with different needs but with a certain required programmatic link.
Thus, a large volume is located at the north end of the plot that houses the auditorium and its related rooms: entrance foyer, dressing rooms, administration, rehearsal room, etc., and the rest of the smaller rooms that house the different classrooms from the music school. This volumetric atomization has a double intention: on the one hand, to escape as far as possible from a massive building, in a natural context in the park in which it is inserted, (still in execution), next to the banks of the Pisuerga river; and on the other hand to minimize the noise pollution between classrooms, so common in facilities of these characteristics. This subdivision originates open "patios" on one of its sides as an extension of the park itself that illuminates the connection corridor between classrooms.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
House of Music and Theater by Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Photograph by ruheca.
The openings towards the urban centre are square and smaller, while those opening towards the river, are large, maximizing the view of the park from inside the classrooms. On this front are the largest ones, which are used for rehearsals with groups of instruments: the great orchestra room, big-band room, percussion room, etc. The ceiling of the classrooms is fragmented into triangular pieces of different materials that form a broken geometry, benefiting the homogeneous dispersion of sound in space.
The auditorium, for 608 people, intends to bring the past and the future of theatrical and musical performance face to face. On the one hand, it alludes to classical atmospheres, as its two sides are resolved with wooden pieces with a golden finish, like the theatres and opera houses of the 19th century. On the contrary, the ceiling of the stalls is dematerialized by being resolved with a tramex-type grid that reveals all the lighting and stage motorization with which the auditorium is equipped, in an attempt to vindicate the technical space as a co-star of the program.
The musical metaphor appears at numerous points in the proposal, from the very conception of the classrooms as musical notes on a staff, through the design of some elements and finishes such as railings and sills, to the insertion of some illustrious melodies in some points of the pavement.
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Architects
Ariasgarrido Arquitectos. Lead architects.- Javier Arias Madero, Susana Garrido Calvo.
Project team
Sara Acebes Anta, Beatriz Fernández García, Alberto López del Río, Lara Redondo González, María Eugenia Ruiz Heras.
Collaborators
Electricity.- Juan Carlos González Cancho.
Telecommunications.- Mariano Álvarez Diente.
Director of Works Execution.- José Ignacio Marcos Ortega.
Acoustic Project.- Arteco: Acoustic Engineering and Insulation.
Air conditioning.- DGI Projects.
Lighting/Furniture.- Contemporary Arch.
Stage Consulting.- MEG Group - Global Stage Productions.
Telecommunications.- Mariano Álvarez Diente.
Director of Works Execution.- José Ignacio Marcos Ortega.
Acoustic Project.- Arteco: Acoustic Engineering and Insulation.
Air conditioning.- DGI Projects.
Lighting/Furniture.- Contemporary Arch.
Stage Consulting.- MEG Group - Global Stage Productions.
Client
Ayuntamiento de Arroyo de la Encomienda, Valladolid.
Builder
ORTHEM Servicios y Actuaciones Ambientales.
Area
8,980 m².
Dates
Design.- 2016.
Construction.- 2021.
Construction.- 2021.
Location
Arroyo de la Encomienda, Spain.
Manufacturers
AMILCAR Cubiertas y Pizarras, Cortizo, Finsa, Indelague, KATOA Lighting, PANELASTUR, Placo saint-gobain, Tromilux.
Photography
ruheca.- Rubén Hernández, Elena Rodríguez.
Javier Arias, Susana Garrido. ariasgarrido ARQUITECTOS
ariasgarrido ARQUITECTOS is an architecture studio based in Valladolid directed by the architects Javier Arias and Susana Garrido.
Javier Arias. Valladolid 1972, ETSAV Architect 1998. He has been working as an architect since 1998. He has participated in various research topics and has given lectures at different institutions. In 2012 he joined the Department of Architectural Constructions of the School of Architecture of Valladolid as a professor. In 2016 he received his PhD in Architecture defending his thesis «The construction of the dream: Surrealist poetics in the architecture of Rem Koolhaas».
Susana Garrido. Valladolid 1971. Architect ETSAV 2000. Since the year 2000, he has been working with Javier Arias in the development of projects of all kinds. He has worked on various research projects.
Javier Arias. Valladolid 1972, ETSAV Architect 1998. He has been working as an architect since 1998. He has participated in various research topics and has given lectures at different institutions. In 2012 he joined the Department of Architectural Constructions of the School of Architecture of Valladolid as a professor. In 2016 he received his PhD in Architecture defending his thesis «The construction of the dream: Surrealist poetics in the architecture of Rem Koolhaas».
Susana Garrido. Valladolid 1971. Architect ETSAV 2000. Since the year 2000, he has been working with Javier Arias in the development of projects of all kinds. He has worked on various research projects.
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