The new Seville Provincial Government has been housed in the 18th century’s military quarter -a two-storey high building around a courtyard - and a new building to be constructed on the empty plot beyond. The main façade is almost parallel to a large road running around what used to be the medieval city walls.The quarter is constructed on strict neoclassical principle with a rectangular floor plan and a large central courtyard that leads to the area where the new intervention project was to be located. The two buildings together generate a new courtyard in the middle of them, with an enclosure wall towards the bustling street and the rear facade of the existing building. For the public entering the building, the sequence of courtyards form a succession of agreeable open spaces, both with its own characteristics: one historic, one contemporary. The new building - obviously different from the old quarters - aspires to be a solemn and elegant complement to the neoclassical building next to it. Despite the diversity of window openings (vertical in the outer façades and curtain walls inside), the materials employed -stone, metal and glazed support structures of nearly the same colour- give the new building a sense of one-ness. A certain structural compactness informs the entire project, since the real structural mechanisms are hidden behind this system of stone facing, which looks deceptively load bearing.
Client:
Provincial Legation of Seville
Address:
Avda. Menéndez Pelayo, 32. 41004 Seville, Spain
Typology:
Offices
Status:
Built
Competition:
1991
Design of project:
1991
Construction:
1991 - 1995
Implementation:
1995
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Collaborators:Anet Goemans, Blanca Sánchez, Christoph Wübbe, Juan Carlos Mulero, Luis Gutiérrez, Miguel A. Maese, Miguel Velasco
Lightning design:ETINSA (proyect), CIASA (site control)
Photography:Duccio Malagamba
Structural engineering:Controlex
Climate engineering:ETINSA (proyect), CIASA (site control)
Building physics advisor:ETINSA (proyect), CIASA (site control)
Survey:Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Site control:Análisis de Edificación y Construcción
Contractors:Cubiertas y Mzov.
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