Blue Building in Madrid, Spain by Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos

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Innovation, sustainability and design together in the blueBUILDING 

Located in the city’s financial heart, just a few steps from La Castellana, the project the project is a benchmark for innovation, sustainability and design, developed by Zurich Group, to accommodate 300 to 1200sqm-offices, achieving the A Energy Performance Certificate and the LEED Gold rating.

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• Architects: Rafael de La-Hoz Arquitectos
• Project: Blue Building
• Location: Calle Lázaro Galdiano, 6. Madrid, Spain
• Design Director: Hugo Berenguer
• Project Director: Javier Lallana, Ángel Rolan
• Team Architects: Paola Merani, Silvia Rodríguez, Beatriz Heras, Cristina Galego
• Cost consultant: Saúl Castellanos      
• Quantity Surveyors: Amaya Díaz de Cerio, Alberto González Moreno

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• Worksite Supervision: Paola Merani 
• Visualization Team: Luis Muñoz, Daniel Roris, Carlos Ripoll, Alejandro Martínez
• Models: Víctor Coronel, Fernando Mont
• Communication: Mónica F. Ferreras
• Graphics: Sergio Fabón
• Structural Engineering: CHC Ingenieros
• Structural Auditor: Vorsevi SA
• MEP Engineering: JG Ingenieros
• Facade Engineering & Building Façade Consultancy: Bellapart SAU
• Energy Efficiency Auditor: APPLUS
• LEED Consulting: JG Ingenieros       
• LEED Commissioning: APPLUS       
• Health and Safety Study: SMdos       
• Topography: ALLPE SL
• Geotechniques: Vorsevi SA                                                                            
• Client: Zurich Insurance PLC, Spain
• Contractor: PBS Construcciones, S.L.
• Size: 12.047,66 sqm
• Above-ground Area: 9.324,32 sqm
• Below-ground Size: 2.743,14 sqm
• Buildable Area: 8.680 sqm
• Plot Occupancy: 100%
• Above-ground Floors: 9
• Below-ground Floors: 3
• Commercial Premises: 2   
• Parking slots: 59

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It is an integral refurbishment and conversion of the building aimed at optimizing its efficiency and sustainability, as well as turning it into a state-of-the-art building in a privileged location.

A pioneering and exclusive air conditioning system characterized by a very high energy optimization that results in low consumption, efficiency, comfort and minimum maintenance costs. The building has been awarded with the Three Diamond Award 2017, which honors the most efficient building in Spain.

It is a pioneering hybrid air-conditioning system that uses water and gas as transmission fluids. The use of water allows optimal comfort and a natural thermal sensation for user satisfaction. While the gas helps to optimize cold/heat performance, efficiency and sustainability with personal air-conditioning control.

Its double skin façade enables environmental and acoustic control by emphasizing transparency, adopting a curtain wall solution on the four facades, with a three-dimensional layout combining glass and micro perforated stainless steel sheets.

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Tags: Madrid, ​​Spain

Categories: Building, Office space, Offices

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