multi-sport pavilion ufv

date: 2012 – 2016 type: sports center built area: 9,000 sq.m location: Pozuelo, Spain client: Francisco de Vitoria University project by: Alberto Campo Baeza

Representation in architecture is an aspect that’s often overlooked, yet in this digital age we always

perceive it as the initial portrayal of an architectural project through either photographs or renders.

Perhaps due to the over-saturated amount of online images, we have stopped analyzing pictures—objects

that can conjure a building’s beauty.

The Multi-sport Pavilion in Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), Madrid, was completed under the

minimal design of Alberto Campo Baeza. Using translucency as a device for natural light, the Spanish

architect also maximised the height limit to the building for a lightness that lifts the entire space.

The visual effect is captured perfectly through the lens of photographer Javier Callejas. Not only is the

space given more depth and spaciousness, but the simple interior also highlights supporting structures

holding up the spanning roof. With an interplay of translucent and transparent glass, Baeza carefully

manipulates spatial moments to create visual links with the campus.