Baluarte Building

This project was undertaken by the studio when Jorge Bueso-Inchausti was still a partner. After his departure, he carried out the project and the completed building. We wanted to include it as a tribute to Jorge and the many years during which he formed part of the studio.

The project is an exercise in synthesis of what formally and functionally is an office building. Made up of two completely diaphanous half floors, as the vertical structure was arranged outside not to interfere either with the floor or the enclosure. The half floors are connected via a central element, housing communications and services which, outside,is of greater mass in order to articulate the volumes around it and to identify the entrance.

In terms of composition, horizontal patterns predominate on the curtain wall in search of a contrast with the concrete pillars which, connected by massive edge beams over the glassed area, support and enrich the multi-faceted geometry of the closed-in spaces.