Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea
01/10/2016.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
Madrid has grown with new visitors, interested in the capital of Spain. Not only are the characteristic business travelers but also a tourist holidays that needs information points. The municipality has installed new kiosks at major sites visited by those arriving from outside.
Near Reina Sofía Museum. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Outside vision. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Interior detail. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view near Reina Sofía Museum. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view near Reina Sofía Museum. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view near Reina Sofía Museum. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Detail view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Night view. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea. Photograph © José Javier Cullen
Site plan. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Ground floor plan and elevation. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Structure plan. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Section A. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Section B. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Structure plan. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Details. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Details. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Details of roof. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
Details of roof. Tourist Information Pavilions by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos + Irene Brea.
The kiosks are characterized by a white color, with almost 100% of its surface enclosure made of glass, allowing greater transparency. The volume vertically develop follows a clover floor plan shaped. The design was developed by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos and Irene Brea. Its three dynamic arms, with the slightly displaced roof create a dynamic and fresh image for this type of street furniture.
Description of the project by José Manuel Sanz Arquitectos
The tourist information devices are situated in different strategic places along the city:
Plaza del Callao, Paseo de Recoletos, Museo del Prado, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía and in Paseo de la Castellana avenue, close to Santiago Bernabeu´s stadium.
Designed as special pieces in the urban city structure, these five small pavilions are situated within some of the most cultural and commercial city areas. Offering information, as well as different touristic products (ticketing, etc ), the pieces have been created using the last available technology.
Pretending to be recognizable pieces, the devices are as well adaptable to different urban situations.
Each one has three different attention points where the services are offered. Parting from this point, these necessities generate the possibility of making three different spaces according to the different functions needed. Thus, the pavilion is configured as a clover ground floor which, in fact, is the one that offers the biggest possible perimeter. At the same time, the division of the roof geometry in two different planes makes an indispensable shadow area created for the raining and hot days.
To the end of including the pieces within the visual city structure, the pieces have been thought following principles of transparency and visual lightness. From the interior, the workers can feel they are, in fact, in an exterior space and, therefore visually included in the city.
The object is prefabricated, mounted and assembled in a short period of time, being its structure an ensemble of metallic tubes and screwed structural profiles. All the rest constructive elements are either fixed directly to this main structure, or to different substructures arising out of the main one. The support on the ground it is made through adjustable elements which permit the object adaptation to different places. The rain water is collected in the roof, driven through an interior object´s tube and finally directly dewatered to the street.
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Architects
SANZ Arquitectos , Irene Brea.
Architect in Charge
José Manuel Sanz
Project Team
Irene Brea Martínez, Leticia Llansó García, Luisa Santamaría Gallardo
Technical Project Manager
Irene Brea Martínez, Leticia Llansó García, Jaime Sanz de Haro, Javier Vila Navarro
Site Manager
Juan Antonio Santuy
Manufacturers
Cricursa, Olprim, Parador, Polysier, Porcelanosa Grupo
Client
Madrid-Destino, Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
Contractor
Olprim. Grupo Olmar
Dates
Project year.- 2016
Photography
Jose Manuel Sanz Arquitectos
José Manuel Sanz is architect by the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) Design Professor and postgraduate Master Professor, with numerous publications, exhibitions and conferences in Universities and Institutions. He has been a member of the Culture Committee of the College of Architects of Madrid (COAM) and jury in various competitions and awards. He runs his architectural firm since 1974 with significant achievements in institutional, corporate, cultural, educational and housing buildings, among others, both new construction and rehabilitation and renovation, as well as urban design, interior design, furniture, landscaping, etc. He has about 40 Awards and distinctions, between national and international, for his proposals and finished work.
