Archello Awards · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024 · Winners Announced
Archello Awards 2024
Winners Announced
'PALACIO DEL SOL' ECO-HALL

'PALACIO DEL SOL' ECO-HALL

Luis De Garrido Architects as Architects

The project's first objective is to integrate fully, in every sense, the building on the natural environment. Therefore, from a formal point of view, the building is designed as a curved folding field. Like a desert dune.


Thus, the resulting building only has two facades, the north and south. In winter, open the shading of the south facade and the building is illuminated and heated by direct sunlight. In contrast, in summer, sunscreens are closed from the south side, so that the building is kept cool, and is illuminated by indirect sunlight overhead, and from the north.


The huge wave of building houses an airy interior space, which can be easily reconfigured to accommodate any type of function inside. Initially, the main objective of the building is to house various local and national shows (such as Fair sausage). However, the building can be reconfigured to house a sports hall, function rooms, mass entertainment, etc ....


The roof of the building is a continuous curve of the field, and incorporates a plantation of vines, which is one of the most common farm environment. Wine is a symbol of Requena, along with the sausage, and other cultural activities.


At the top of the "wave" is the solar tower, which houses a set of solar thermal sensors to power the underfloor heating the building.

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