POST-INDUSTRIAL AESTHETICS… The extremely complex functional facilities of the microbiological and chemical laboratory are hosted within a building marked by a post-industrial aesthetic character… compatible with a hyper-advanced image that aims to evoke emotions… URBAN REACTIVATOR… that revives the surrounding industrial landscape… through its perforated facades it filters the environment and generates its own interior landscape… HYPERTECHNOLOGY… the design of its exterior volumetric architecture is based on the hypertechnology of high-speed trains… and also based on the geometry of the Islamic West architecture, paying homage to Seville’s architectural legacy... it is technology in dialogue with tradition...
ACTIVE SKINS... the building protects itself from the sun, providing its own shading thanks to the fractured design that creates a double facade... it creates an inner glass envelope and an outer super-perforated aluminium envelope are made up, generated with parametric-computational systems... between these two building envelopes, the effect of a solar chimney is created and adjusted depending of the function of each of the building’s orientation: to the North with large perforations; to the West it is more opaque; to the East it receives the morning sun through variable perforations, and to the South – where the building facilities are located – it is practically opaque…
EXTERIOR SKINS, VARIABLE GEOMETRY… the outer skin has variable geometry… with its perforations it shifts and blurs the light creating a more intimate interior space… the interior glass skin, with functional geometry, wraps the laboratories… FUNCTIONAL LAYERS… the interior is composed by superimposed spatial strata… they generate a high spatial complexity, through the extension and overlapping slides of the different spaces and volumes… THE STAIRCASE-SCULPTURE… choreographs the building, with light descending from the lightwell…
HYPERTRANSPARENCIES… the interiors are illuminated, with sunlight filtered through the skylights, passing through the transparent glass planes… creating a play of light and shadow… with optimal conditions to inhabit and work… FRIENDLY ACCESSIBILITY… a ramp-bridge over the void of the patio for universal accessibility… WEIGHTLESSNESS AND LIGHTNESS… the building rises generating a sensation of weightlessness… it is suspended, with a large cantilever…
SUPERSTRUCTURE… a building of great sophistication, of reinforced concrete and steel, allowing for large spans across the building’s interior, creating very diaphanous spaces, necessary for the functioning of the laboratory…. a slab-grid - visible on the lower levels of the façade – has a clean meeting point with the exterior skin… RECYCLABLE MATERIALS… aluminium, concrete, steel, and glass… a set of materials that enhances the building’s expression and concept… SPATIAL SYMBIOSIS… that creates a feeling of anticipation and magical stillness in its occupants…
Team:
Architects: Penelas Architects – José Luis Esteban Penelas, Principal Architect
Architecture Team: Architects: Yolanda Hernández Lorente - María Esteban Casañas - Antonio Guijarro - Marina R. Sotoca./technical Architect: Antonio Atienza
Structures And Facilities Eng.: Bdev
Construction: Etosa
Aluminium Façade Construction: Elval Colour And Dardo
Client: Grupo Biomaster
Photographer: Imagen Subliminal (Miguel De Guzmán + Rocío Romero)
Materials used:
Facade cladding: Aluminium composite, Elval Colour
Flooring: Porcelain - corten steel type
Doors: Wood (interior) and aluminium (exterior)
Windows: Aluminium and glass, Cortizo
Roofing: Concrete pieces
Interior lighting: Leds
Interior furniture: Steel - Technical laboratory furniture
