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Bus Station of Trujillo, Spain by Isabel Amores + Modesto García

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Article source: Isabel Amores + Modesto García

Setting up

When the road is reaching the town, the rocky landscape turns into a skyline of stone carved by man and History. A big animal‐feed silo, with huge concrete pipes looms over this skyline, showing how important is livestock sector where farming is really hard.

Image Courtesy © Fernando Alda

Architects: Isabel Amores + Modesto García
Project: Bus Station of Trujillo
Location: Trujillo, Cáceres, Spain
Photography: Fernando Alda
Collaborators architecture: ISABEL GONZÁLEZ
Structure : M. del MAR MUÑOZ‐REJA, ALEJANDRO CABANAS
Installation: LAURA FERNÁNDEZ, FELIPE RAMOS, SALVADOR RUIZ
Measuring: JORGE AYALA
Competition: 1er PREMIO
Budget: 1.120.542,29 euros
Surface: 2.643,82 m2
Project: 03.2013
Construction: 03.2015

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Tags: Caceres, Spain, Trujillo
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Chan Chan Visitor Center in Trujillo, Peru by Utopus studio

Sunday, June 9th, 2013

Article source: Utopus studio

The visitors’ center serves as an entry and educational center for the archaeological site of Chan Chan, an ancient city that was once the capital of the Chimor Kingdom (4th to 11th century) that existed along the north coast of South America. The visitors’ center is located at the entrance of the Tschudi Palace, the only palace open to visitors among the other eight palaces of the ancient city of Chan Chan.

Architects: Utopus studio
Project: Chan Chan
Location: Chan-Chan Ruins, Trujillo, Peru
Date: 1998
Client: National Institute of Culture (Instituto Nacional de Cultura)
Area: 625 sqm
Materials: adobe, wood, cane, earth, brick, gravel and ceramic
Program: ramps, courtyard, tickets booth, exhibition galleries, cafeteria, and shops
Software used: CAD and free hand drawings