REPORT

The new Seville Provincial Government was to be housed in the existing barracks -a two-storey, 18th-century structure- and a new building to be constructed on the empty land behind the barracks.

The barracks are constructed on strict neoclassical principles with a rectangular floor plan and a large central courtyard. Their main façade is almost parallel to a large road running around what used to be the medieval city walls.

The central courtyard leads back to the area where the rest of the project was to be located. The two buildings, which form a new courtyard with the enclosure wall to the street and the pre-existing building, house the administrative representation activities and the administration. Courtyards and atriums make up a sequence of open spaces. These are situated under another sequence of stone lintels lying across the glazed panels of the offices. A certain structural hermeticism informs the entire project, since the real structural mechanisms are hidden behind tihs system of stone facing, which looks deceptively load bearing.

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. Different as it is from the old barracks, it aspires to be a mute, elegant complement to the neoclassical building next to it.

Publication´s title: Offices for Provincial Government Headquarters at old cavalry barracks, Seville

Typology: Offices , TransformationClient: Provincial Legation of SevilleSurface: 20.830 m²Year: 1991 - 1995Status: Built Budget: 23.320.731 €

SummarySummary

Seville, Spain

Offices for Provincial Government Headquarters at old cavalry barracks. Transformation and extension

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Sections Floor plans

Ground floor

First floor

Structural Section Technical Data

MAIN DATAClient:Address:Type:Status: Building costs:Difference with budget:

DATASCompetition: Design of project: Construction:Implementation:

SURFACESSite:Main building:Other buildings:TOTAL:

PROJECT TEAMMain Architect:Collaborators: Local Architect: Interior design:Lighting design:Landscape architect:Restoration architect:Digital imaging:Model:Photography: Structural engineering: Climate engineer:Building physics advisor:Fire safety specialist:Health and Safety: Urban planning: Survey:Site control:Contractors:

Offices for Provincial Government Headquarters at old cavalry barracks. Transformation and extension. Seville, Spain

TECHNICAL DATA OF THE PROJECT

Provincial Legation of SevilleAvda. Menéndez Pelayo, 32. 41004 Seville, SpainOffices, TransformationBuilt23.320.731 € (excl. VAT, price actualized: 01-2008 11,7 % (motivo, mejora de calidad del cliente)

-19911991 - 19951995

5.712 m²7.153 m²Old stables: 9.010 m² - Courtyards: 4.667 m²20.830 m²

Cruz y Ortiz ArquitectosBlanca Sánchez--ETINSA----Duccio MalagambaCONTROLEXETINSAETINSA--Cruz y Ortiz ArquitectosAnálisis de la Edificación, Juan A. Molina, Manuel Delgado, Carlos CastroCubiertas y Mzov, S.A.

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