New Centro Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas
13/04/2015.
By Ángel Rico and Manuel Vázquez, [A Coruña] Spain
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On a plot with a pronounced slope, architects Ángel Rico and Manuel Vázquez have taken advantage of the urban development restrictions to design a building composed by two modules crossed by a pedestrian walk which connects with the rest of buildings of the scientific park.
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Inside view. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas by Ángel Rico and Manuel Vázquez. Photograph © Hector Santos Diez.
Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas by Ángel Rico and Manuel Vázquez. Photograph © Hector Santos Diez.
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Architects Ángel Rico and Manuel Vázquez have designed this building that forms part of the urban plan of the technological park of A Coruña. Due to the restrictions of the urban development plan, the building counts with two volumes of different height, separated by a pedestrian space which connects all the buildings of the complex.
The principal actions of the architects were to dig a courtyard which crosses the floors of the building of major size and make possible the pedestrian and the rolling entry.
Description of project by Ángel Rico y Manuel Vázquez
The building is a part of the technological park of the A Coruña University. This technological park is formed by another six buildings interconnected among them. The plan for the Technological Park established that each building must have two volumes; one of them of four floors and the other of two. These two volumes will be divided by a pedestrian public space that will connect transversally all the buildings of the park.
Taking into consideration the volume derived from the regulations, our project is based on two simple excavation operations. The small volume allow us to create the pedestrian and cars entrances. The excavation of the bigger volume, conceived as a patio, allow us to have a visual relationship among the different parts of the building and a relationship with the public exterior space.
The entrance to the building takes place through a ramp with a slope contrary to that of the street. This ramp elevates the ground-floor level to allow the entrance of cars to the basement plant. The patio allows not only the aforementioned visual relationships but a good illumination and ventilation of the ground-floor. A crossing footbridge with a small slope guarantees the continuation of the pedestrian pathway.
On the conception of the building, the fundamental premises are sustainability, versatility, flexibility and the clarity of the itinerary.
Sustainable aspects of the work:
- The roof level contains a field of solar panels.
- The residual cold air produced by the heating system is used for the refrigeration of the computer servers.
- Solar control, through a lattice of deployé and multi-layered glass.
- LED system of lightning.
- The patios introduce natural light even at the second basement. Vegetal treatment of these patios.
Size of the site & the building:
- The total surface of the building is 5.512 sqm. The surface of the plot of land is 1.688 sqm.
Text.- Ángel Rico y Manuel Vázquez.
CREDITS. TECHNICAL SHEET.-
Architects.- Ángel Rico Painceiras and Manuel Vázquez Muiño.
Collaborators.- Technical architect.- Manuel Lopez Lamas. Collaborator (office).- Ingrid Edo Bosch and Roberto Regatos Gomez Carolo. Collaborator external.- Losada Soto. Security.- Alberto Lopez Gomez. Lighting.- Jose Maria Sanchez Rosa
Gross Area.- 5,512 sqm
Site.- Campus Zapateira, s/n. Coruña, Spain.
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Manuel Vázquez Muiño
Manuel Vázquez Muíño. Nace en 1976 en A Coruña. Since 2002 is architect at Universidad da Coruña with the distinction of outstanding. He achieve the Premio COAG Fin de Carrera. Diploma de Estudios Avanzados in the Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas at UDC, and Máster en Rehabilitación y Renovación Urbana by the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. He focuses his practice to the development of architecture competitions.
Ángel Rico Painceiras
Ángel Rico Painceiras. Born in 1973 in Ferrol. Architect since 1998 at Universidad da Coruña. In 2005 he obtained the Diploma en Estudios Avanzados in Proyectos Arquitectónicos at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 2014 PhD in Proyectos Arquitectónicos at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
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