Architecture studio alcolea+tárrago has won the project for the two-phase competition for the rehabilitation of the Nave de la Pulpa in the “La Azucarera” park in Monzón, Huesca, Spain.

The project is based on the preservation and transformation of the old warehouse dedicated to storage into a conference and exhibition center that will also include multipurpose spaces.

The main motto of the project is to preserve the initial image of the building through demolition, reconstructing only the elements not reused, and thus recovering the original industrial image.
Fragments of nostalgia projected by the architecture studio alcolea+tárrago is a work of transformation where a serene dialogue is established with the context, as an "energy backpack", it will be established as the first PEB "Positive Energy Building" public building in Monzón that is built within the planned deadlines.

The project is resolved with a gable roof of an industrial building type, structurally supported by wooden trusses that remain visible inside. The complex falls within the European strategic projects of the Spanish Urban Agenda, therefore its construction will be partially subsidized.

Fragments of Nostalgia by alcolea+tárrago. Photograph by cib.images.
 

Project description by alcolea+tárrago

The proposal “Fragments of Nostalgia” has been awarded the first prize in a national two-stage competition for the restoration and adaptive reuse of the factory “La Azucarera” in Monzon, Spain. The project will preserve and transform the main sugar industrial hall into a conference center and will include additional co-working and shared spaces.

“Fragments of Nostalgia” starts from conservation, demolishing and redoing only what is not reusable, to define the most conservative actions and recover an approximate image of the former industrial heritage; to establish a serene dialogue with the context; and based on thermodynamic strategies and the industrialization of a piece, an 'energy backpack', including facilities and support areas, to obtain the first PEB (Positive Energy Building) public building in Monzón within the planned deadlines.

The set of interventions will be partially funded as one of the strategic projects in the Urban Agenda program for the EU.

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alcolea+tárrago. Rubén Alcolea, Jorge Tárrago.
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Fernando Iraburu, team architect, Carlos Iraburu, team architect, Miguel Domper, local team architect, INARQ, energy solutions, Isabelino Rio, surveyor, J. I. Iriarte (CSS).
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2,000 sqm.
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Parque de la Azucarera, Monzón (Huesca), Spain.
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€ 2,725,773.05 €(VAT inc).
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cib.images.
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alcolea+tárrago arquitectos was founded in 2005 by Rubén Alcolea and Jorge Tárrago. The study is set in Pamplona, where they live, work and teach. The office's work has been awarded more than twenty national and international competitions and published in many specialized magazines. Recently they received the Premi AJAC VI (2009) for young architects granted by the Associació de Joves Arquitectes del Col.legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya and they have been selected in the Programa Europe 40 under 40 para Emerging Young Architects and Designers 2010 granted by The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.

Their academic working and teaching are developed in the Department of Proyectos of the ETS de Arquitectura of the Universidad de Navarra, it has been published in several national and international journals and books. Both are doctorates by Universidad de Navarra and actively collaborate in initiatives such as the Biennale of Latin American Architecture or the Congress of History of Modern Architecture in Spain. Currently they combine teaching, research and professional work independently.

Rubén Alcolea, graduated Architect and PhD at the University of Navarre, Spain, where was graduated with distinction in final Project, and Special National award in architecture studies. Since then on has developed teaching experience in the design and architectural projects in the School of Architecture of the University of Navarre (ETSAUN), as well as coordinating the Cultural Activities and, since 2005, the whole Publication Department.

In 2008-2009 was visiting scholar at the Theories&Histories at the Architectural School of Architecture, London, where also made some research and gave seminars. Specialized in photography and modern architecture, is author of the book “Picnic de Pioneros”, abnd has also published several articles in magazines, read papers in congress and symposiums and given lectures in other cultural associations. Now works both in teaching architecture as well as developing professional practice, where has gained some prizes in competitions of architecture.

Jorge Tárrago, graduated Architect and PHD at the University of Navarre, Spain. Has developed teaching experience and collaborating in theoretical investigation in the Project Department of the School of Architectural. In 2005 gets the PhD. Nowadays is the Studies in Chief Coordinator of the School of Architecture in Pamplona, Spain, and develops, teaching and professional practice.

In 2007 published the book “inhabiting inspiration / building up the myth. Studio-houses for artists in the interwar period”. Has spending short stays in la Fondation Le Corbusier and also as a Visiting Scholar at Columbia School of Architecture, NYC. He has also given lectures in Poitiers, Sydney or Los Angeles. Coordinator of the magazine Ra, Magazine of Architecture. Now works both in teaching architecture as well as developing professional practice, where has gained some prizes in competitions of architecture.

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