New headquarters of the Azahar Group of companies

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Carlos Ferrater Lambarri
Núria Ayala Prats
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The growth and expansion of the Azahar Group made it necessary to build a corporate headquarters that reflected its environmental and artistic commitment. The project considered three situations: the covered greenhouses and outdoor nursery plantations, a building for complementary services to the company's activities and the corporate headquarters.

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The headquarters building was erected as an icon, closely related to the landscape. Both to the north and west the mountains are the backdrop against which the roofs are geometrically cut out. From a distance, its faceted shape and profile place it in its surroundings. The volume is oriented on an east-west axis, and is structured in two wings linked by a central body around two courtyards of different character: one, an outdoor foyer for the reception of users and visitors; the other, landscaped and more private. The building thus closes itself off from the distant landscape and establishes a complex interior/exterior relationship.

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The courtyards allow cross views through glazed enclosures and help to control direct radiation in the interior living spaces, but provide so much light that artificial light seems unnecessary. The wings housing the company's departments converge in a distribution hall, which is also the exhibition and representation space. It is lit from above, with north light penetrating the building through a large skylight above a sequence of beams. The interior ceilings reinforce the geometry of the roof and the spatial continuity by means of glass spandrels resting on the thin dividing surfaces of each room.

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General information

New headquarters of the Azahar Group of companies

YEAR

2009

Status

Built

Option to visit

Closed to visitors

Address

Rd. N-340,

12100 Benicàssim - Castelló

Latitude: 40.029531914

Longitude: 0.0075562451

Classification

Construction system

COTETERM (PAREX) System

Built area

501 - 5000 m²

Awards

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Involved architects

Carlos Ferrater Lambarri

Núria Ayala Prats

Collaborators

Emilio Llobat (Arquitecto técnico)

Involved architectural firms

OAB - Office of Architecture in Barcelona

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