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    Nursery school, Aspe, Alicante, 1982 collaborator: Ja\;er E!:'leban Mrutn

    The nm-dowrt surl'oundings 311(1 the reslI;cted size of lhe plot \\"ould sug-gest an inward-facing building. tra-duced hel'e as a white box with weU-lit spaces insido il. Composilionally. this i ruticulaled as tWQ patios onto which the clw!'l"Ooms apeno Dne 01' these ac-commodatc!' the sloping teJ'l'ain. lo \'dlOse lower le\'el one accedes via a set. of steps and a l'amp which tauten the space in Sel between every other classroom, the spccially adapted toilel facilities for the children are made blightel' by exteliol' \valls 01' glass block. The central space, p"o\' id-ing fOl' ancl mixed use Cthe en-trance hl11, dining room and covel'ed play area), l' ceives horizontaJ Iight fr'(uTI the patios anel vertical light from the skylighls in the ceiling.

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    ('Ioseel lo the out,iele, this building ap-pear5\ as a white }Jl'iEl-m. squal'c ofbasc, which defend5i itself from lhe 1'\1n-down slll"l'oundings. The steeply slop-ing plot has. a g'dl'den 011 its lower side. Succes~h'e patios are joine-d up to ei-ther side of a main centml spaee. The aller i~ double-height. in order to be able lO open onto lhe gal'den. Acces:;; is gnined da a I'amp which. with its diag-onallayout. becomes that space'5, main feutul'c. 'rhe Iight corl'e!-\pondence is thereby establ:hed bet ween lhe inle-l'io1' u;1CICI'Standing of the building. with it.c; large single !'pace. ami the ex-tedor, compact ami taul. ",hieh sug-gC:lts a similar sen!':e Di' unity. Various sll'atep;icall,v placeel skylighls lend " talltness lo said space. with light once more the millo COnCelll here.

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    NurselJ' school, Onil, Alicante, 1982 eoUaborator: Javier Esteban Martln

    The somewhat fragmentat"Y tloorplan is a consequence af adapting the stipu-lated program to the uneven topogr.-phy of lbe plot. Laid out lineat'ly, the classrooms are situated in the upper part of the building, with eaeh elass-room having an east-facing tenace connected to it to C'dtch the morning sun. A single ramp connects trus area lo the lower 0001", which contains the multi-purpose spaee through whieh one enters the building. This general space, with its extended flao!" a.rea and double height, has huge windows that look north onto an adjoining wood. Similar windows in the opposite cor-ner, where lhe access stai1's to the Ad-ministratian area m-e, receive direct ligh! rom the south.

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  • Gyrnnasium, Ciudad Univel'sitaria, Madrid, 1982

    'l'h15 building won first plize in a cQrn-petition held between the teaching al'-chil"d, of lhe Escuela de Arquitec-tura de Mad.tid to COnSb"llct ~t Sp01ts comple" in the grounds of the latter, 'rhe basie idea was lo take ad\'antage 01' lhe stl'ongly sloping ter"rain and to embed lhe l\\'o boxe~ containing the nece~s

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    Public school, San Seba tin de los Reyes, Madr id, 1983

    Situated on the outshirts 01' the conur-batian, as the rUlal building in a scmi-indllstlial "'''''. ami high np on a hil!, the building \Vas e1esigned as a SOl't of conclusiol1 lo lhe coHecHon of existing bllilelings. The use of a slol, ing mor unel the utmost economy imposed by the property are resolved in an immensely compact building, which emerges like a Une!" on the sea of SQWl1 l'ields SLU'-rounding t. The irnage is stl'ong ami easily l'eeognizabJe. lts functionallayout is the habitual one of a conido}' 11.l.nning east-west \'r'ith classrooms on either siele, terminating to lhe north in a tranvelose block of li:lb-ol'atories. The stail'cases ami sen'ices at the ends are hOl1sed in cylindel'S which, given their rounded f0l1ll, taut-en the main voJume and help lo undel'-tine its presence, The strong slope ex-isting above the east facade is made over into an aren of changing rooms anel porches which open onto lhe play area, This means that lhe facade is roUJ' stolies high, a fact which accentu-ates lhe foreeful "olumell'Y of the building.

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    Nm'sery sehool, San Sebastin de los Reyes, Madrid, 1984

    This small fow'-classl"oomed nursery sehaol forTns an annexe to the 1983 public schoo!. A lineal" layout backing onto the lateral load-beating wall \Vas decided on.with the classl'ooms facing south towards the sun. Set out along a connecting conidol', the diffel'ent ele-ments are nevett heless \'olumetl'icallv independent; each funcLion has its OWil fOl1n. 'fhe rectangular sel'vice COI 'es amI the cylinchical entnlllce hall m'e walled wilh glass block. While using the same constlUctional elements and maledals. the buil(ling sllives to have a neutral aspecl vis-a-vis lhe mrun sehaol which domina tes the ovel'all composition.

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  • Extension to a school, AJuche Madr id, 1984

    This compact three-stol'y building 011 a 16 x 12 m recbmgle [unction. as the ancillary se.l'vices annex of an e:dsting .chool. [t is resolved \\;th enornlOUS ~obl"i ty in a suitably hollowcd-out. box oi' rcin-forcecl concrete. 'rhe libllU'Y is ocated on the grOlmd flool', and the offices on the first. 011 the top !lool' is the weJl-lit , multi-purpose hall, with a continuous strip of ~kylights which illuminate the ceiling along ts t",o inside edges. 'rhe diffcl"Cnl flool's were intended to be connected to those of the em'Jiel' buiJding, usillg lhe ncw staircase as an enl,rmlCe Lo the whole complex, AH thi, has becn l'calized "ith a lrcmendous econorny of mcans.

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    Public school, San Fermn, Madr id, 1985

    A preci~e institutional pl'ogram anel a set of sb;ct planning }'egulationR gave lise to an emphatically linear building: a thiek waH closed to the nOlth. in which the main conidor is located, and open towards the south and the sun. ",here the classroomg are. Needing exh'a space, the entrance hH II , the point where all the hotizontal and veltical cOI'l'idol"s meet. brcaches the waU and is revolved as a cylindl'ical rnas~ . Inside. there is the tripleheight space the diffel'ent levels gi\'c anta. ",hieh is dominated by an open !;:et of stai.rs prO\iding l'cady aecess to all palis orthe building. Glass-blocl, \Valls COI1Velt this into a space replete wilh a diffu.

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    1'''e (" ' '-I'e(/ stef'[ al/d gl(tJls b,'ick wall (jI l"l' en/rol/('e hall. al/d Olf' '"ll(orced l'Ollc' -ete: la,rf/f'O,-k ofllle moil1 R(atrrttlW,

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  • High Perfol1nance Sports Centel', Las Rozas, Madr id, 1987

    The idea, pul to fh-e temns of recog nized u'chitects, \Vas to cl"cate a series of buildings fol' the ll'aining of 'lite' sportsmen and women. In trus in-stance a I'csidential complex fol' more lhan 300 spOlt, people \Vas to be re-solved. A ramprut-Iike building around a squal'c i~ proposed. ",ith sufficienl presenee to be l'cad from the nearby ltighway ~lS an enol'mous, lensJIe box of grey granitc with the \'cl'ancJah open-ings hollowed out 01' t. Gencl'ally speaking lhe edil1ce has l\Vo 1100l'S bulo by maintaining the con!'istenc:y of the line of lhe cOlnice ami in order to adapt itself lo lhe tOJlography of lhe lenain, it rises to lhl'-ee 011 the south facade ami fou)' 011 the east.

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  • Pll blic hOllsing, La Via, Vallecas, Madrid, 1988 coUabol'atol's: Antonio Domnguez Iglesias amI Angel Ximnez de Embn

    [n compliance with ClUTenL building I'egulations, this l'ecluced-scale aprut-ment block, six stol'ies high md with extensixe views of Madrid lo the west, is set out in a line on the eclge of a conul'bation. The dwellings are resolved as a single continuous space, a horizontal space with horizontaJ Hght. between l\Yo fa-cacles, cne oi' ,:vhich faces the land~cape 01' the streeL, the other the eow'tyanL Entirely open 'om side to side and u'''''eloed by Light aocl Air. Ceil ing ,md 0001'. upper and Jower levels aU of a piece. Horizontal Light tautening the horizontal Space. The kitchen, the Heruth, in the center, pl'esiding over the space \vithoul intel'1'upting t. 011 both sides, four l'ooms. set out tWQ by two ~U1d with main senices, mru'lcing the b'ansverse axis. The geometlical contl"ivance of double axiality undcr-SCOl'CS lhe clarity of the controlled space. Three of the rooms are bcd-

    I"ooms, ;md the 1'ourth provides the conncclion wlth the outside, wlth the vertical comlllunications COlCS. Essential. rational, basic ~U1c\ efficient. As i1' taken ti'OI11 a manual. AII most anonymous. AlI but unsigncd by an architect. Almost without Archi-tectul'e. Using ahnost notrung. O' the essence. MOl'e \Vilh less.

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    Turgano House, Pozuelo, Madrid, 1988

    This house resulted from a competition organizecl by the Qwncrs among theiJ' al'chitect fliends. The topographical site, halfway up a hillside. ligol'oUS compliance with lhe planning ''egulatiolls, ami the need fol' maximum economy were all re olved compo!3itionally by means of a whitc, cubic 'cabin' 10 x 10 x 10 meters in sizc. The white cube i8 divided in two: a nOlthel'n haJ, \\;th the sel'vice zone; and a southcl11 half, wit,h the served spaces. The fil'st eontains a central strip ,,,,;th bathrooms, toilets and staiJ's, The bedJ'ooms and kitchen face due nOI'1h. The twin-lcvel living and dining al-eas are situated in lhe served balf, and the studio in the uppermost prut, The studio looks ove" the (tining area and the atter looks aver the liv-ing m'ca, thus pl'oducing a triple-height diagonal space, The cubic na-ture 01' th1s white cabin iR accentuated by the tension of the windows flush with the facade, ami by the white fin-ish givcn lo everything. In moving east-souUnrest, the Light. a majal' feature in this house, is gl'adual-Iy picked tlp, b'lIpped, by diffel'ent win-

    _ dows anel openings, and so becomes the "patial pl'otagonist of the designo This, then, is a diagonal space tl'a-vel'sed by diagonallight.

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    Al'onomet,;cs uf lhe IW1Uj(' mm fILe gal'dr'tl and flte streel. and del(.' of lhe S(illt! elel'O.tiol mJf!J"lookillg Ule !larde".

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    Tlle full-Iteight living space ol'erlooked by uJ1PCrlet:el U1'eas, and detail~ ufthe din:ing-room.

    AX01lOmetncs showillg tlU! linkage between tlle lmuer-fel'el fittil/{/S"pace. the middle-Iet'el dining-room alid th~ uppm'/(weI8tudg.

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    'Jess del Pozo' Store, Madrid, 1988 collabol'ator: Antonio Romel'o Fernndez

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    Public school, Loeches, Madrid, 1989

    Tbe ,-illage of Loeches is sel on a hiJI ovel'iooking the wide expanse of nat Coul1tl"yside SUlTounding t. Jt \Vas there, between two massive 17th-cen-tw-y church ami convent buildings, lhal a number of iJIstalTed schools had been constructed, totally at odds with lheir sw.oundings. The problem was resolved by fusing the same stone as in the convents to create a rampart wall. This sb"Ucture was intended to partilion off lhe former ami yet affi,.m a sense of continuity with the history of the place. The program unfolds intramurally. The self.effacing no.th facade appea,.s as one more wall, while lhe classl'ooms face south towards the sunshine. In lhe entrance hall, which has two differ-ent levelR tu compensale for the slop-ing terrain, two arge openings -ame tbe landscape. The passageway is illu-minated by light om the class.oom skylighls which sltines through the pa.tition lValls made of gla.

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    Extension to the Escuela de Al'quitectLU'a de Madrid, Madrid, 19 9

    The main virtues orthe Escuela de Ar-quitectura de Madl'id blliJding, de-~igned by lhe architect Pascual Bra'v'o, are the flexibility that (:omes from a well-organized sense of space ami the simplicity of its circulatory systern, with long conidol"s aid out side by side ami at lighl angles to eaeh othel' converging in a series of spacious hall-ways. CarefuJ anaJysis of the Uoorplan caUs for pl'olonging the exce5Sive length of the ' IJ fOl'med by lhe nOI1.h .nd easl wings by closing off the extant eoul't-yru'C! ami adding the neces8al"y vertical communications. Sel within lhis now endosed courlyru-d is a new and spa-eious Msembly hall \Vhose poly\'alent ami flexible ~ingle space is tautened by the lighl. The edifiee is lo be simple, following the stl'UetUl'all'hythms ofthe existing building and cmploying more 01' less the l:.:ame matel;als.

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  • Dalmau House, Burgos, 1990

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  • Arco, Madrid, 1990 collaborator: Alejandro Gmez Gm'ca

    We had at OU t' disposal Ol1e of the most l'igOl"OlIS ~md beautiful piece!o' 01" ;u'chitecture in Madrid: 'fhe Palacio de Cristal of the Casa de Campo, a \\'ork by F. As~ Cabrct'o. A p.r.-digm of Modern Architecure, lhe huge glass bax is builL uRing a simple thT'ee-dimen~ional struclure thal roors oyel' an apen expa nse from which the visitor can conlemplate

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    the vista of the wcstern edge 01" Ma-drid. The mmn idea of the inten'ention was to l'egenerate lhe order and lension of Baiel spacc. U' this was to be (\ fair with stand:; J"unning Cllong a Ilumbel' al' slreets, lS in ::lome ideal city. thcll they ought lo ruwe a beginning and an end. The rcsl al'e:.\s wel'e laid out al this eod. as a SOl1. af 'beh'edere'. Their being sit-

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    Gal'ca Marcos Rouse, Valdemoro, Madrid, 1991

    A family house in a typicaJ residential area on the outskirts of Valdemoro (Madrid). The plot is 15 x 21 meter;; in size, on a comer and with two t~lcades gi,'ng onto the streeL The Bite is enclosed by walls, like a box open to the sky. In lhe middle. and ac co,"ling with the previously estab-lished setbacks, there is a white rec-tangular :nism with a base 8 x 14 me-ters in size. This box is OI'ga.nized around a twin-le\'el, convergent central space which is crossed diagonally by the Light. From a skytight in the roof, a vertical light which goe from side to side. From a lru'ge picttu'e window a hOli-zontal light which does the same. And so, through Light am1 Proportion. a srnall and simple enc10sed hOllse be-comes a large and open house in which. using almost nothing, everyt.hing is possible. 'Une baile a miI'3clcs', in shOlt.

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    7'hp ti l'ing spacl' ol'el'looked by Ihe up/Je1'-le;e( alcag. lhe skylighl. ami a..ro?lometric shou.>ing tJw entrance front.

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    Exten ion to a secondary school, Velilla de San Antonio, Madrid, 1991

    Tltis block with eight clas:-l"ooms ami a small &Jmnm~ium provides the finish-ing touch lO an already e:xisting scc-ondal"y school. A plismatic "oJume is 8et out on a 10 x 38 m rectangle, \dth a gymnasium on lhe bottom noor ,md four t1assrooms on eaeh of the two noor,; above. The layout used is lineru~ with a cOITidOl' to lhe nOlth and c1assrooms to lhe gouth. The whole widLh of the ground noor is de-\oled to the high-ceilinged gymna.'ium. Tms double height gives us an OppOl~llnity lo LUl

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    Four villas, Spanish Embassy, Algier , 1992

    Faul' llew dwellings were required fOI" the st"f[ ofthe Spanish Emb.RSY in AI-giers. The location is pmt of the garden of the Ambassador's Residence, on a long and na11'OW stl;p of land low clown by the entrance. The deci:5ive factors when choosing the appropriate typolo-gy were the limited amount al' M31'ply sloping terrain a\ailable. and the abundant existing greenel''y. A number of ndepenelent buildings m'e proposed. resolved veltically anel lVith their entrance at the midelle noor leve!. At gm'den heighl, the gl'ollnd nOO1" contain~ the exlensive living m'ea, which forms a continuum with che walleel patio. The top 0001' hOllse. the family bedrooms, ami use can be made of the I'oaf tel1'lCe which, at this height. provides unique views of the beautiful Bay of Algiers. While echoing the spatial handling of the Turg-dno House, the central space embodies a number of changes in the positioning of the windo\V apeltm"es. which gives lise to a diagonal space tautened by diagonal light.

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  • 'Janus' HOllSe, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 1992

    Trus hOURe OI;ginate~ in an entl"y rOl' aninternational competition convoked in Italy: la c"sa pi bella del mOl1do. lt responds to aU the requirements caJled fOl ' in the pr ogram \ViLh a single \'oJume in which lhe ground 11001' space open~ anto a gal'den sUl"l'ounded by walls. In the main living room tWQ split-Ie\'el spaces, of equal size in section ancl in plan, are conneeted diagonaJly. The di-agonallight fincls ts main focal poinl in the hllge sh-ylight ",hich is let inLo Lhe highest and mast remote part 01' the ceiling. Once again. and to be more precise, ir tha! is possible, a diagonal 'pace tra-versccl by cliagonallight.

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  • Caspar House, Zahora, Ccliz, 1992

    The cent's expl'ess wish was rOl' total ~eclusion . 1 t was clecided, therefol'e, to create a completely walled enclosul'e, an 'hOltus conclusus'. This originates in an 18 x 18 meter squal'''. e1efined by foUl' 3.5 meter-hjgh walls, which is di-vided into three equal paJts. Only the central pan is l'oofed overo Divided obliquely by a pair of 2 meter-high wall. into three paJts, having the pro-partions A: 2A: A, the service unlts are

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    included at the sides. The roof ovel' lhe central space is higher, 4.5 metel'S above the ground. Where the lo,," and high walls intersect there aJ'e row' 2 x 2 meter glazed openiJlgs. The horizon-tal plrule of the stone floor extonds through these four openings, giving a real sense DI' continuity between inside and outsicle. The omnipresent whiteness con-tlibutes to Lhe clal'it~f and continuity of

    the architecture. The dual symmetry of the composition is renclered more e,;dent by the like,vise symmetlical placing of the four lemon trees, whieh make for a spectacular erfect. The Light in this house is horizontal ane! continuous, ami l'cflectf:. off the walls of the east-west oriented pa-tios, In fine, this is a continuous hor-izontal space tautened by horizontal Iight.

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  • 'Drago' school, Cdiz,1992

    The bltilding, with its vast while fac-ade overlooking the sea, i5 devised a.~ a continuation ofthe long .nd high \Vhite walls of the old 'maritime' cemetel)' of Cdiz, The entil'e "aJume is handled in such a way lhat it repai!'s the [ab';c of the city at the point where ils streets end, The overall space is laid out 011 an ir-regular, trapezoidal base, and uses the simple device of a regular, square eourtyard around which the corridors

    nm. Its squareness is accentuated by faul' palm trees set into the stone pcwing. 'fhe more public spaces, thase sub-ject to gJ'catest use, m'e acated in the pm't of the building that o\'e,'-look. the sea, A deep, double-height aperlure announces the public na-tu!'e of the building to the city and subsumes the library and cafeteria spaees, The gloomy depths o[ these is tautened by the strong sunlight

    eoming f!'om lhe lofty, ei!'cula!' sky-Iight, The 'pace which dominates the whole building is the main, t1iple-height en-trance hall \Vhere all the co!'ridors meet. [ts \'clticalitv is taut oed bv the (liagonal light f1'OI'; its high skyl'ghts, and endowed with eontinuity by the seaward-facing oval apelture whose setting at an intermediary level l'en-de!'s this possible, A vertical space tautened by diagonal Iight,

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    This stone constlUction, el'ccled on the remains of a former rnansion, j;:. con-ceived as a building-cum-cOlu'tyard. one genera.ted by dialog betwcen two L-shaped entities. The first of lhese takes in the ("'0 his-tOI;C facadef', al1 the pal'ts of which are rc-el.abol'ated in slone. Its wall-like na-tw.., is underlined by both the treat-ment ofthe stone (with hOlizontal flut.-ing) anel the increased depth of al} ts openings. The second 'L' is also elaborated in stone. han"le". here, to be as smooth as skin. The openings are long. n3lTQW

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    The site, alongside the f'ol1ner high-way lo Madrid and with a previously adapted space. i" definetl on its other three sides by a nwnbel' of Ilot vel'y in-teresting apartment blocks.. The solution is a slone box whose trapezoidal ground plan foUo\\"" the la)'out of the site. A robust "nd heavy 'stereot.omic' hox, then, o gl'ay gran-te. On the inside, \\l1th a reduced fl aor-plan and sticldng out above so as lo eateh the light from on high, a light-weight and 'lectonic', white cubic box fOl1ning the geometric and conceptual center of lhe proposed system, ami perforated aU ove" like a pieee of gJl.lyel'e cheese. 'fhe perforalions in it.s permeable douhle skin, \\ith their con-trollable opening and closing, allow fol' the potentiaUy \\"de-ranging play of natw1J light. whieh Ihus beeomes the saurce of spatial tension in this 'mod-ern' enlerlainment center. The inlel'stitial space between the two boxes will be llsed rol' a IibraJ")', mu~e-

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    An international compehtion was 01'-garuzed to erect a nc\\" building in Copenhagen for Lhe Phi.lhm'monic 01'-chestra the1'c. Ul' pl"Oposal wa~ fOI" a 'belvedere' beside lhe cru1a1. A rock be-side the ",atel', hollO\ved out inside and carved outsi(le. On the nside, enclo~ed within the rock like a treasure. a sel'ie~ 01' acouslically well-appoil1tcd ~paces - a concerl ha, the Copenhagen Philharmonic Hall, an auditot1um - in which lo heaJ' and take in the musito On the oUlside, set clown on the rock Iike a 'behedere'. a sel'jes of visuaUv \\'cll-sited spaces - l central square. ~l restaurant, a library - fl'om which 1.0 see aJl(ll~lke in the landscape. Perfect-Iy pl'otectcd within a g!lSS box. The hl1ge CalTee! rock w0111d be of 5tone, sawcut Iight-gl't\y granite. sup--pOl'ted on t\ strong monolithic slrllc-tltl"e of reinforced concrete, 'fhe musi-cal boxcs hol1owed out inside would be t'inished in Danish beech wood, 'rhe glass box would be made u!3ing a pre-cise lightweight stl'uctUl'e of~teel, plu~ gla::;~.

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    This nvolved a competition fol' -10 pub-tic housing unitR in Ibiza, on an inegu-lar city al ami with variolls plannillg regulations As the design brief put it. the "part-ments \\Iere intended lo engage with the foUowing factoes: expert.ise. con-stl1.1ctionaJ simplicity, rnaximum pliva-el', effeetive control of the light. clmit)' and tlexibility. AlI t his in a functional 90 m2 that again offered, in pUl'er form this time, a diagonal space with diago-nal light in the main room, plus an ad-joining plivate patio. A suitably de-signe

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    A n extl'a clas~}"oom block wa:::. re-'Iuired rOl' the Rchool which had been pre,iously enlar ged in 1989. This b planned 3.'i a eontinuation of the fil'st. lf lhe eal'liel' exten5ion wa:; a kind 01' rampan. lhis was to be a fur-ther continuation o' it. resolving the )Jl'oblem of Lhe corner amI so complel-ing the II'hole. 1'he basicaUy simple Pl'ogram il:; domi-nHted by t lle entrance hall. ",hose d Oll-ble height accomodales the exi~ting slope. Diffel'enl openingli are made. in atcordance with the tensions 01' lhe FoLUTounding landscape. 'fhe lighting here is resolved by pCl'forations in lhe roof, ol' sufficient :.-ize to create

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    The site. to the extreme nOlth of Lhe city, looking tOW31'ds the mounta.illS, is 100 x 100m in size. A paved public ~pace is Cl-eated, with trees. As a back-drop we situate a line of lo\\' buildings containing lhe necessaJ'y amenities une! commercial pl'erruses. Pl'esiding ove!" the center of lhe apen space is un empty cylinchical enclosure of con-crete capable of hOllsing a pOltable bul1ring 60 m in diametel' and 9 m high. In thb.; way we succeed in kceping lhe Rpecifications that much simpler. the costs do'\\'1l, ami the space more \iable fOI" a vcu;ety of different uses. The scheme is l'ounded off with fUJ'thel' smal! buildings in the COl'nel"S which enSLU'e that lhe place is clecu'ly ~ignpost"'!. As for lhe cylincl!ical enLity of pale gold-colored concrete, variou~ open-ing!i' are mude in it which respond to the if;sue oC scale, as well as of dialog, "is-a.-vis its interseclioll \,-ith the ~unlight. AH this is I'calized wilh the maximum economy of means.

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    This edifice is localeel on a 126 x 66 m .ite on the slilll:u'gely unbllt Unh'er-sidad de Alicante campu~. "What is a Library? A pet"Son,

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    Oll.l' aim is to make the hest. most sober, Rchool \Ve can. \Vith the same economy of menns that nature dis-plaY8. With logic, order and c!a;ty. Flexibility is the main featm'e of a re-sponse adjusted lo lhe functioning of the stiplllated teaching pl'Ogram. The qllality ofthe space is based on the fOlthrightness of lhe stluctru'al solu tion, a compact box of bm-e concrete, and on the precise handling of the lighl. The central entrance hall is re solved as a diagonal space traversed by diagonallight. Vis-a-vis the ten;tory - open country-side - the building affu'ms its public na-tW'e through a presence strong enough lO tUI'n it. 1nto an obligatol"y reference point. A certnin volition exists to create an ru'chetype by follO\l'ing the philosophy 01' 'more with less',

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    The ta.k in hand was to intcl'yene in an ongoing project which was present-ing a number 01' problems. Aft.er con-sulting [ve bodie. (Real Academia de Bellas Arte5, Con5;cjo Supelior de Ar-quitectos, lhe University, lhe Ministr)' of Public Work. and lhe ~Iinistl-v of FOI'eign Affa.,. itselD, a competition lo I'esol\'e the matter \Vas convoked among the m'thitects ",ha appe,u'ed in .lU theiJ' li~t~ : Senz de Oza, Cano La~so. Moneo. NavlliTo. Casas amI Campo Baeza. A cletcl"Olining faclol' was lo consen'e lhe volllmetl"y afthe cm'tie}" design ane! the foundation8 lhat had been alrcHdy luid: a base occupying l he cntire tdan-gular site fram which rose thl'ee iden-tical t-:c\'en-story \'olumes, the whole thing cw'renlly sUlTounded by high-density apartment buildings of the same 01' greatel' height than the planned edifice, OUI' scheme consists of sUl1"0unding lhe whale \yilh a gal'den hanging over a Im'ge me.h-like stnlctw'e, of the same height

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    \Ve are working on the given volume-try of a sel;es of seven-stOlJ' blocks. each \\ith a 27 x 18 In grounel plan, which "land opposite Ciudadela Pm'k in Barcelona. We opt fOl' a I;gorously ordel'ed noorplan, Dile offel"ing the greatest tlexibility possible, with a vmtical eore in the centel'. As to the light: a gla. .. facacle is pl'O-posed with ~lltem.ating translucenl and u'ansparent bands which wauld vm'y as per their Olientalion. A stone poclium is set up on the graund tloor of eaeh block, in response to the city at that le\'el. which in addilion l'e-salves a1l lhe pl'oblems 01' secllrity. The structUl'e is lightweight, of metal, AL the very top, on the nat ,'oof \\ith its irnpre~sive view8 of lhe city. a kimI of trans.lucenl beh~edere is erected on a nat expanse of stone. The ill'chilecture proposed herc t so translucenL as to seem built from clouds, is a furthel' expl'ession of lhe e8senliality \Ve seek.

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    Por thi. apartment building the archi-tect developed. 'efinecl ami radicalized a model elaborat..ed in previous schemes: a single living area which ill-cOI-porates the kitchen, enclosed in a translucent glass vitTine in arder to maximize the limited space available. [t5 being tautened by Iight i5 the cen-tral coneem here. A horizonuli light fol' the continuous horizontal space of the middle 0001'. A diagonal [ight that Cro5Ses the higher diagonal "paee on the top 0001'. On the 50utu facade looking onto an in-tel;or patio, and framing the pictul'e windows of the apartments, are p1'O-jections which, as well as being eHves offering protection from the Slln! un-derscore lhe continuity of the inlCl;or space. The nOlth facade giving anto the approach 1'oad has horizontal nu~h window~ which lencl it a serene ami neutral airo Built of s imple mateJ1als. and of a uniform whileness 1 these d\Vellings are a ftllther attempt at ,c tirming the idea of"more \\;th less", In this case at the ilmnedjate service of society.

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    'Ve are df'Foigning a ~mall space 15 x 15 m in area, 7.5 m hjgh, on a ~ite 8UI'-rounded by trees, to be a public schaol gymnasium. \Ve respond with a light-lled, semi-cubic formo l'he extremely simple stl'ucture is mude up ofthree 5-meter span::;, with a l1umbcl' of viel'endel benms, 2.5 m long, that lea\'e a final c1em'ance of 5 metCl'5 n-ee, a .... reqlle~ted. This is I'e~olved with standard squm'c hoBo\\' I'ebm-s of

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    A pieee of commemol'ative architec-tw'e was requested fOI" the gateway to a pru'k in S. Dona di Piave in Venice, to go alongside two wOl'ks commissioned by the same client fram Alda Rossi and Alvaro Siza. A classical theme lo be elaborated fol' the new centm-y, The central iclea is fol' a huge cube' which we cover \\;th floweting plants and which, providing a shOlt cut. leads l1to lhe park. All this is realized in the sim-plest way passible. A light-angled clihedran formed by t\\'o white walls. each 6 x 6 m, is sel up in such a way tllal, fl'om the front, the viewel' can gl'asp the idea of the ClIbe. A 2 x 2 m opening, which shows the seale of the operation. is cut out of the fOI'e-edge to provide an entran ce. White-flowered climbing plants, jas-mine and wistetia, are planted inside. In growing up the cube they \\;11 even-tually protl1.l.de fTom it and spl'cad ovel" the rool" of ail" 01' lhe white bax. In gra",ing up the cube in lItis way the thousands of flowers will become mil-lions of tlowers and lUll1 this gateway af flowel"s into a mythical thing.

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    1946 BOI1l in \ 'alladolid

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    1971 Fc::.ti\'lll Hall (projeCl), Santander

    1973 Parador t-.il:lcional fpruject), Cuenen (\\;th .Julio Cano Lal"Ro. Miguel ~ I al'lfn Esellncia-no. Jo. Manuel 8anz Sanz ,lI1d Antonio )l:t~ Guindal)

    1974 Garca del Valle House. Cllid~lll de Santo Dumingo. AlgptI"Y SCllOI (wojt':'

  • Bibliography

    Lite rllture o n AJbcrto Campo Bueza

    Books K. FrampLOn. C. Jam,c. ('OIlIJlO Bae;w, RocklXlrl, Mas!' l1 ou , l l rqlli/ccll/'U l'8/xoiolll (lel R XX (SIlJilI}/.(I A'/i~, 1'01. XL).l::;;pa~a Calpe.1\lach;d 1!Y.xi. F. A~en$iQ Cel"Vf: I'. :\ J'q/litl'Chlm dr ra~;O!l, A I'CO, Bat'cE!lona 19H7. Re.~idellluf -"XICe,\ nI t!tr \\'0"'([, "01. 2. Imagc;;:. Melbourne 1997, 'AJberto Camj)o Raeza. Centl"U de Inno\';.lcin Tecnolgica (>n 1nc;:\', in E l ('ml(l/l:- HO. 1 ~>9..'). A, Okabe, Euro--A I'chitect;, lbkyo 1908.

    Litemt.UI'C by Alberto CrulllJO Baezn

    Thcoredcal 1.0 td(" C01l.'~tIid((, La (L'N/uilf('fltl'(l (1 /" luz dt: {a:- pal(lbra,~. Colegio Oficial de Ar-t, Se) lembcr 199'2: in Archltl'di Ih, Ma,\" 1!)!-):3: in Boh' /!)1 Acadmico ET8~ \( ' 17. Janu;I I'Y HJ!J8: iJl \D, A I'cfli(('(' lllf'll LJf~irln 110. W9t, 'El blanco certcl'O', in BcwmeiJfH.'T. De-tember l~H ; in Ayq/tttedUlu 291. Mareh 191)'2: in ('a.'/clf)c!lfl . Sl"plembcr 19H2: in E'hill/ '/1gk/flsl 11. Hit.).!. 'AJ"cllitectUl'a :-:ine luce nulla architectUl'a ('::.t'. in L idlfjf.'1t. Uchf /ll/(I AIY'/j/ekt/I/", l!)!)'2: Jl C'("(J 7, H"J:~; in Al'dtltl'{'U l f), May Wf):~; in Dmll/I,~ 760. May 1H~)'I: in 1hlfel' 7, ETSAN, 1!I!),1; in l),~eli) I l/t(Titn', S('ptember H1H.I: in EhitIHli>luw,'f/ 1:1 HY,)5: in O/1It1l Lu("i,. (Cat.1Iogo Hilarlo 8I'a,"0), On~m' o no lX'n::.al"', Pl"ogl'amme of 1994 l f);) :;TSA M t'OlII"l-'e. M:uhid: Progmnune of 1!~)6..Hf.l7 EPFL C(lU~'. Lau~nn('. 'Mo!' \\'ilh Le:;;~ (Idea, Light ami aravll'y \VeH Tem!)(ll"f.lu)', in f \ n'/ileclw'(! oI tllt' F:,'18(,/ltial. Ah"al' Aalto S:>'Inpo~mn. 1 9c.J,~. '('lIe"'l. cabaa, C,"'

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    Architcl!ture '7 i\l :.1:'te's of i\ladrid ami 7 + 7 Young ArchitecLr;', in \ -tc' Atc/ i/('('ture (Lmi C"'/1U1IUml 89. ~hu'ch 197~. 'El on-bligo de huela e:, de hormign', in OS 4~. 19&'l ('l'd.dao Anclo). 'De cmo 108 jvenc:, dioses bajaron .1 PanleUelia'. in b'l C)'oquj.~ 11-12, Al1gll~tOctober 19.'

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    On cOIlSlruCLioll mauuge mcnL Joaqun Ferm.ndez Madrid Antonio Prez. Villcgas Lui!l Ro(biguez Casanova Fernando Romel"O

    SLructures Rafael AbellZ Jos Domngo F'abre Je.;;;:,l1S Gmez de Barl'eda Andrs Rubio

    Assistan ts Rafael Andui,.

  • In his introductory essay to this survey of Alberto Campo Baeza's projects

    and finished building s, Antonio Pizza begins by listing the influences on the

    Spanish architect's career since 1971, the year in which he graduated from the

    Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid. In particular, Pizza rightly draws attention

    to the importance of what Campo Baeza learned from Alejandro de la Sota,

    one of the most gifted of Spain's postwar architects. Campo Baeza's most

    characteristic architecture preserves features of de la Sota's severely rational

    compositional style, though the influences on his worl( are not just Spanish.

    They also inelude Jorn Utzon, Tadao Ando and other internationally famous

    architects (Antonio Pizza gives a full list in his introductory essay). Moreover,

    Campo Baeza's poetics is the outcome of a complex and wide-ranging

    dialogue with architectural history that has provided him not so much with a

    set of formal models as with a repertoire of compositional strategies, raising

    questions of method which he has answered by inverting Mies van der Rohe's

    celebrated dictum "Iess is more" to give "ms con menos", more with less.

    The fact that achieving "more with less" is Campo Baeza's ultimate aim, and

    that variation rather than variety is one of the fundamental and most

    characteristic "techniques" he employs in his architecture, only goes to show

    how superficial the efforts of critics have been in attempting to reduce the

    tectonic austerity and luminarist poetry of his buildings to just another form of

    minimalism. Campo Baeza's simplified assemblies of primary geometric forms

    carry tlle rejection of decoration to disconcerting, almost hermetic extremes.

    Eliminating the superfluous and doing everything possible to communicate

    what remains by means of essentiality - a more conceptual notion than

    minimalism in that it suggests simplification and purification, an expression

    of essence - is both the primary aim and the message of Campo Baeza's

    architecture. The pure, dazzling whiteness to which his buildings and interiors

    aspire, and in many cases atta in, is only the most obvious of the effects

    Campo Baeza is striving to achieve. What the architecture surveyed in this

    book conveys more than anything is a sen se of timelessness and other-

    worldliness. Through his ability to reject the secondary features of what

    constitutes tlle essential fascination of the modern, Campo Baeza shows

    us that the present is essentially an inhospitable and uninhabitable place.

    It is this existential insight that achieves architectural form in his buildings.