The first premise of the Project is the location of the Convention Center and its
adjacent program, in order to arrange a great diaphanous hall of 7.200 m2; the
second premise looks after its optimum performance. Connections and relations
among the different pieces of the program are a key component in the project.
Our architecture seeks, strengthens and gives a clear differential value to the
perimeter external location of all facility cores, vertical communication,
emergency stairs, bathrooms... in order to make possible the freeing of central
space, giving maximum flexibility to future adaptations of the functional
program.
The exterior space has an outdoor auditorium for one thousand people, visually
related to the access hall. The lobby will be a diaphanous space, with enough
height to connect the sights of the first floor foyer.
The Convention Center program is formally unified by a great flat roof that
shelters the complex entirely. Due to its characteristics of size and proximity to
the airport, this roof is meant to be the fifth fac?ade of the building, and is being
treated as such. Apart from its function of solar energy and rainwater collector, it
also works as a communication agent (through ads) of the events that might be
scheduled in the complex.
This metallic roof, as well as understanding the building as an interrelated
space, will also contain the necessary facilities and will project shadows and
lights that recall the Mediterranean Sea, giving the set a modern image with a
context.