The headquarters of the CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
FOUNDATION creates a "gate" to the Huerta de San Pablo, providing a
shortcut to the Office of Culture from the Street Capitulares. The new crosswalk
is marked by the separation to the adjacent buildings and resolves the
difference of levels between the street and the garden, integrating the
building of and enhancing the urban permeability of the quarter of San Pablo. The main volume is separated from the existing buildings
creating an interstitial space capable of supporting various functions:
easement of light and views of existing windows, external circulation building
without architectural barriers to allow access to all floors independently, a
panoramic “promenade” to the rooftop terrace / viewpoint to the Roman Temple as
well as to the Huerta de San Pablo. The sidewalls are overhauled with a green wall, which
creates the background scenario to the Contemporary Architecture Foundation
headquarters that is in itself a semi-transparent volume.