New facility building for Córdoba University

The new building by Rafael de La-Hoz for the Teaching Center for Córdoba University is a cubic volume of concrete and glass that is integrated within the Renfe urban development.

Rafael de La-Hoz team proposes a weightless volume in which contrast between the concrete and glass façades defines the project. There is also an extra work on these façades through setbacks and openings that enrich the vision of the building from the street.

Description of the project by Rafael de La-Hoz

Located on a trapezoidal plot within the Renfe development plan 2- one of the areas of expansion of the city of Córdoba, the building presents a weightless appearance, accentuated by the contrast of its façade materials: glass and concrete.

The new teaching center is integrated into the urban environment where it is placed. Its north façades, with double skin, east and west are solid micro-concrete with gap opening, illuminating the inside of the enclosures. The south façade is made of glass and with recessed areas.

With a total of 5,448 m2, the building has five floors, intended for teaching purposes, and two underground basements where several stores and garage are provided.

Text.- Rafael de La-Hoz.

CREDITS.-

Architects.- Rafael de la Hoz.
Team.- Rafael de La-Hoz and Clemente Lara de la Peñaq (construction direction), Rafael García Santaella (construction execution direction).
Collaborators.- Hugo Berenguer, Belén Rivera, Fernando de la Fuente, Zaloa Mayor, Álvaro Rivero, Susanne Forner, Laura Díaz, Monika Kussewska, Silvia Villamayor and Ángel Rolán (architecture team), Luis Muñoz and Daniel Roris (graphich design), Fernando Mont and Víctor Hugo Coronel (models), UTE: INTERSA-FIRPROSA (constructor), Podio Ingenieros (structures), Herrero Ingenieros S.L. (installations).
Location.- Joaquín Martínez Bjorkman St., Córdoba, Spain.
Date.- 2011-2014 (completion).
Area.- 5.448 m².

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Ground floor plan. New facility building for Córdoba University by Rafael de La-Hoz. Image © courtesy of Rafael de La-Hoz.

First floor plan. New facility building for Córdoba University by Rafael de La-Hoz. Image © courtesy of Rafael de La-Hoz.

Third floor plan. New facility building for Córdoba University by Rafael de La-Hoz. Image © courtesy of Rafael de La-Hoz.

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RAFAEL DE LA HOZ

The architect Rafael de La-Hoz, born in Córdoba (Spain), directs his own architecture studio and participates in urban planning projects and the construction of architectural complexes in Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Rumania, Hungary, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, many of which are the fruit of international architecture competitions.

His most emblematic projects include: the Repsol Campus in Méndez Álvaro (recently in receipt of LEED Platinum Certification, awarded to very few buildings in the world); the Rey Juan Carlos Hospital in Móstoles; Distrito C of Telefónica in Las Tablas; the Headquarters of Endesa; the ‘Pórtico’ building (award-winner as one of the best buildings in the world); the Higher Council of Chambers of Commerce; the Rafael del Pino Auditorium –alongside the Paseo de la Castellana- and the Retiro Municipal Assembly building, included in the Daoíz y Verlarde complex of former barracks and an award-winner for its ‘technological innovation’.