Convention Centre of Castilla y León

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados (1)
Navarro Baldeweg Asociados
Juan Navarro Baldeweg

Volumetrically emphatic and silent, this conference centre is part of the foundation that maintains the city's monumental skyline. A solid and an airy body give shape to the project. The Vaguada de la Palma is a natural topographical boundary of the old town, a boundary that in our site was reaffirmed by the retaining wall built with materials from the old Roman wall. The consideration of the terrain on the perimeter of the walled enclosure and the appearance of this walled centre were the starting point, a simulation of the image that the future conference centre would have.

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Duccio Malagamba

The new buildings retain the function of a physical boundary, where an access road has been opened up and an entrance has been created in the form of a propylon. As a result, the new building can be characterised in three ways: as a base for the old town, as a wall construction that clearly draws attention to its profile on the lower perimeter of the city, and as a passageway and vestibule between the consolidated upper city centre and the Vaguada park. The project has been developed in two visible bodies, united on the ground floor, which surround the plaza in between. The auditoriums are in the large body. The smaller body is on the outside. Independent entrances from the square allow for a very flexible use of the centre. As a result, the seminar rooms and an exhibition hall can be used independently or together, as desired, with the Conference Centre and the large exhibition hall which is connected to the foyer of the auditoriums.

Javier Azurmendi Pérez
Duccio Malagamba

Volumetrically emphatic and silent, this conference centre is part of the foundation that maintains the city's monumental skyline. A solid and an airy body give shape to the project. The first of these, a box within a box, opens with large segmental arches. The second consists, on the one hand, of a volume defined by a boundary of columns supporting a roof and, on the other, of an enclosed outdoor space with two tiered platforms facing each other.

COAM (1985). Arquitectura, Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (nº 255), pp.16-29
COAM (1985). Arquitectura, Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (nº 255), pp.16-29

The roof of the auditorium is the most emblematic element of the complex: a portion of sphere perforated with an oculus and separated from the walls by luminous fissures between which it seems to float weightlessly. Even so, the conciliatory atmosphere persists: the large, airy and light frame is concealed within the solid prism, so as not to compete with either the church domes or their towers.

Javier Azurmendi Pérez

General information

Convention Centre of Castilla y León

YEAR

1991

Status

Built

Option to visit

Visit by appointment

Address

Hl. de Oviedo, s/n

37008 Salamanca - Salamanca

Latitude: 40.962687572

Longitude: -5.669551491

Classification

Building materials

Stone

Concrete

Built area

501 - 5000 m²

Awards

ACUE 1992

Involved architects

Juan Navarro Baldeweg

Involved architectural firms

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados

Information provided by

Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA)

EUMies Award

Website links

(2017). Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Ministerio de Fomento Secretaría General Técnica Centro de Publicaciones.

COAM (1985). Arquitectura, Revista del Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (nº 255), pp.16-29

EUMies Award

Navarro Baldeweg Asociados

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