Goodbye to the open-air parking of
El Corte Inglés in Castellana
.
An avant-garde
office building
will put an end to the popular car park located on the Cercanías de Nuevos Ministerios next year, inhabiting the only plot that was free of construction in the financial area of Azca and changing the panoramic view of the great artery of Madrid.
The department stores, owners of the land, have recently selected
Heatherwick Studio
for the design of the property
, a prestigious architecture firm now in charge of developing the
Google headquarters in London and Silicon Valley
and which will debut in our country with this work.
Castellana 69, the name that has been given to the future block, will have
five floors
, as well as an underground car park.
Social and environmental sustainability and energy efficiency will be its hallmarks, as pointed out by the study, who with its peculiar design intends to turn the building into
an architectural icon of Madrid
.
The construction, which will have
an area of 15,000 square meters
, will feature an innovative green façade and an interior patio
full of trees and plants
, which have been designed with the intention of bringing nature to the workplace and the city.
The main objective in this regard, as detailed by the same source, is "to humanize the workplace, creating an inspiring and stimulating environment."
The interior of the building, full of plants and trees.HEATHERWICK STUDIO
The interior of the building will also provide
organizational flexibility
and will be able to respond to the demands of new work patterns.
Sustainable materials and advanced technology
will be used in construction,
and
natural resources will be harnessed.
The design will make the most of the local climate and the
solar panels
that will be installed in the building will produce more energy than it will be able to consume, thus achieving a
zero carbon
impact on nature
.
In addition, the amount of carbon that will be emitted during its lifting will be a small part compared to the construction of a typical office building, they have added from Heatherwick Studio.
"It is exciting for my studio to build our
first project in Spain
. Castellana 69 is an exciting opportunity to get away from the formality and rigidity of many modern office buildings and develop a more humanized workspace that, at the same time, prioritizes social and environmental sustainability. We are proud to have El Corte Inglés as a client and we share its
commitment to making cities greener and more people-centered
, "said the owner and founder of the company,
Thomas Heatherwich
.
A reality in 2024
Both the study and El Corte Inglés foresee that the works can begin in the first quarter of next year so that the building is ready in 2024.
The building seen from Castellana.HEATHERWICK STUDIO
The company currently chaired by Marta Álvarez acquired the site where Castellana 69 will be built from Adif years ago and, after overcoming the stumbling block posed by the declaration as an Asset of Cultural Interest of the BBVA Tower, which is located in its closest environment, has decided to start this project that will
cover part of the facade of the largest shopping center
that the group has in the city.
Before the rumors, the company has indicated to this newspaper that it rules out moving its headquarters from Hermosilla street to this property, which will
be used solely for rent
, as it already did with a part of Torre Titania, the building where El Corte is located. English and that he counts as a tenant with the consulting firm EY (Ernst & Young).
The proposal from the Heatherwich design and architecture studio, in which the local offices of CLK Arquitectos and the consulting engineering group BAC have collaborated, was the one that most convinced El Corte Inglés, who selected it in
a competition
in which they participated five national and international firms.
A renowned studio
As indicated by the study, Heatherwick identifies with projects that have a lasting and positive impact for the city.
In addition to being committed to the environment, they have the conviction that great design makes
cities more livable
.
Panoramic view of the building.HEATHERWICK STUDIO
The London-based company is currently working on
30 projects in 10 countries
.
Among the most striking are Google's new headquarters in King`s Cross (London) and Silicon Valley (in collaboration with BIG), as well as 1,000 Trees, an impressive building on the banks of the Suzhou stream in Shanghai.
In addition, his works include several internationally renowned constructions: Little Island,
a new public park on the Hudson River
(New York);
the Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary African Art) in Cape Town;
the Vessel in Hudson Yards
(New York), the Learning Hub of the Technological University of Nanyang of Singapore or the Pavilion of the United Kingdom in the Universal Exhibition of Shanghai in 2010.
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