REFERENCES: TRADE FAIRS AND EXHIBITION CENTERS
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INDEX FIRM’S PROFILE Curriculum Vitae ·
MAJOR PROJECTS IFA Trade Fair Center · Feria Valencia · Auditorium-Conservatory in Torrrevieja · Exhibition Site in San José · Multifunctional Complex in Montevideo · Preliminary studies Exhibition Center in Morocco · Events Center ‘Puerta de Oro’ in Barranquilla ·
FIRM’S PROFILE
A leading company in profesional services TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros is a leading company of professional services in engineering and architecture, dedicated to the design, planning and comprehensive development of infrastructure building projects in the urban environment. The company aims to promote a model of sustainable development and solidarity with future generations through the realization of projects which promote economic and social activity, respecting the values of cohabitation and environmental protection.
Close collaboration with the client TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros works in a global and interdisciplinary manner, due to an ample team of international professionals with extensive and proven experience, committed to finding creative solutions. Currently, the company, composed of a dynamic and highly qualified team of engineers, technical specialists and architects, has offices in Valencia, Alicante, and Madrid. Our work method seeks to promote an up-close collaboration with the client, based on a strong commitment and clearly focused on contributing added value. In this sense, in addition to offering an integral professional service, provides its clients with accentuated pro-active guidance.
Excellence and innovation is our commitment The search for excellence and continuous innovation in project design and sustainable development is the basis of a firm commitment to offering global, unique and efficient solutions to our clients’ necessities. TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros develops projects that are integrated with the surroundings. The application of sustainable criteria, both on the urban and architectural level, as well as the use of new technologies, allows us to realize interventions that are respectful with the environment. The companyhas certified and implemented an integrated quality management, environmental, and I+D+i system according to the UNE-EN ISO 9001, UNE-EN ISO 14001 and UNE 1666002 which supports our working commitment, pursuing the satisfaction of our clients.
International experience The Studio wills to know cultures and cities outside our borders, and develop projects which contribute to its development and progress. We have developed projects in Italy, Turkey, UAE, Morocco, Peru and Costa Rica.
TomรกsLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros opts for a concept of trade center capable of offering a competitive service and which aspires to become a model, whether on a national or international level. We concieve a design that not only allows maximum functionality of the building and infrastructures, but also provides distinguishing elements in the framework of sustainability and innovation
TRADE FAIRS AND EXHIBITION CENTERS
TomรกsLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros maintains a clear interest in the creation of new areas of urban centrality capable of efficiently respond to the residential, leisure, service and transport necessities of an increasingly complex society, providing innovative solutions which preserve the productive stability and internal balance of cities, as well as in waterfront spaces and cityport relationships
URBAN REGENERATION AND MASTERPLANS
The studio understands public non-residential and residential buildings as functionally and energy efficient architecture, relying on the concepts of economy of design, prefabrication, renewable energies, recyclable and low maintenance materials. The user becomes the protagonist of a distinctive and sustainable space. Architecture developed in this market includes hotels, hospitals, sports complexes, schools and residential
PUBLIC EQUIPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL
The practice conceives corporate and commercial architecture as key elements for projecting the values and concerns of organizations, institutions, and companies, becoming elements of implicit communication for their identity. The design responds perfectly to the demands of each client, creating functional spaces that foster productivity
CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
CURRICULUM VITAE
José María Tomás Llavador PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE José María Tomás Llavador (1954) is an architect with a degree from the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. In 1992 he founded his studio, TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros, structured by young professionals of diverse nationalities that form a creative, multidisciplinary and dynamic team. His work in Spain includes the Masterplan and extension project of Feria Valencia and IFA Alicante, the Masterplans of Balcón al Mar and the 32nd America’s Cup and has designed the team bases for Team Alinghi, BMW-Oracle Racing and Team Germany. He has designed and adapted the old Lanera or wool factory from 1909, in Valencia, transforming it into the current Hotel Westin. In 2007 his proposal, in collaboration with J. Nouvel, won the International Ideas Competition Valencia al mar - Marina Real Juan Carlos I. He is also the author of the design and construction of ACTIU Technological Park in Castalla (Alicante), which has been awarded the Internacional Green GOOD DESIGN™ from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum. 2011, the International BEX 2009 prize in the category of sustainable architecture, Honorable Mention of the 1st National Build Award NAPISA for Best Industrial project, 2009 and X FOPA Award to Project of the year in 2008. On an international level, José María Tomás has developed the projects for the commercial ports of Izmir and Mersin in Turkey; and an Urban Regeneration project in Lima, Peru. He has won the International Competitions for the development for the new waterfront of La Spezia (Italy) and for the design of the new Piazza della Visitazione in Matera (Italia), the latter awarded the International Architecture Award 2010 from the Chicago Atheneum and European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies. He is also working on projects in Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Turkey and Dubai. He has lectured at international conferences and professional forums in Istanbul, Palermo, Bologna, Lisbon and Rome. He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Associate urban planning Professor at the School of Architecture of the University of Valencia. Tomás Llavador founded and directs the magazine Lars. Cultura y Ciudad and the editorial I See Books, both dedicated to reflection and debate about the city and related social and cultural issues. Tomás Llavador’s work analyzes the city as a whole, seeking sustainable urban development together with a balanced and harmonic design, where space for living, working and playing coexist. He is especially interested in the urban transformation of opportunity spaces such as obsolete urban areas or waterfronts. Both at the urban and building scale, he creates flexible, mixed-use spaces with proper identity, where natural light, green spaces and sustainable materials are of major importance.
MAJOR WORKS FERIA VALENCIA [1999-2009] Masterplan Feria Valencia – Masterplan, feasibility study, program and infrastructures, urban design and planning; 612,000,000 m² New Pavilions (2001-2008) – Design and construction of the 4 new pavilions; 285,756 m²; 352,625,620 € (518,553,986.90 $)
YOUTH SOCIAL CENTER IN XIRIVELLA [2010-2011] Design and construction of a facility for young people; Xirivella, Valencia (Spain); Ayto. de Xirivella; 722.19 m²; 520,264.80 € (754,748.14 $)
Central Forum (2001-2003) – Design and construction of the new access hall; 5,585 m²; 4,224,921.09 € (6,129,193.02 $)
TEAM ALINGHI BASE. 32ND AMERICA’S CUP [2004-2005] Design and construction of the base for Team Alinghi, defending champion of the competition; Muelle de la Aduana, Port of Valencia, (Spain); Team Alinghi ; 5,500m²; 4,847,883.49 € (7,032,824.58 $)
Events Center + Pavilion 5 (2001-2008) – Design and construction of the emblematic building for Feria Valencia and an underground pavilion for special events; 10,275 m² + 11,919 m²; 60,023,512.25 € (87,076,109.22 $)
NAZARET SPORTS PARK [2000-2003] Design and construction sports indoor facility located in the maritime district; Valencia (Spain); Ayuntamiento de Valencia; 9,057m²; 4,665,990 € (6,579,556.34 $)
Infrastructure (2002-2007) – Design and construction of the bridge, highway connection, pedestrian access, tram connection, landscape design and green areas, and parking structure; 12,555,271.71 € (18,208,129.87 $)
THE OCEANOGRÁFICO AQUARIUM [1996] Design and construction of the largest marine park in Europe. Designed in collaboration with Félix Candela; Valencia (Spain); Civis Project Management plc; 130,000 m²; 170,000,000 € (239,540,051.54 $)
Metro Station and Access Hall (2007-2008) – 18,126,823.39 € (26,296,582.69 $) AUDITORIUM-CONSERVATORY IN TORREVIEJA [2006-2011] Architectural design and landscaping for the AuditoriumConservatory in Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain; SPTCV; 15,618.33 m² + 78,000 m² urbanization; 26,420,000 € (38,327,494 $) IFA EXHIBITION CENTER MASTERPLAN [2007-In progress] Masterplan, feasibility study, program, urban design, landscaping and concept design for the IFA exhibition center and business hub; IFA; Current phases include the architectural design and the landscaping project; 412,786m²; 300,000,000 € (435,210,000 $) SURGICAL WING. GENERAL HOSPITAL [2008-In progress] Design and construction of the extension of the surgical mechanisms; Valencia (Spain); Consorcio Hospital General Universitario; 15,000 m²; 19,000,000 € (27,563,300 $) TECHNOLOGICAL PARK ACTIU [2005-2009] Design and construction of a sustainable complex for ACTIU, a firm which designs and manufactures furniture and avant-garde interior equipment; Castalla, Alicante (Spain); Corporación ACTIU; 69,000 m²; 58,000,000 € (84,140,600 $) EXTENSION FOR THE IVAM [2002-2005] Extension project for the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, turning it into one of the most emblematic architectural works in Valencia. Designed in collaboration with SANAA; Valencia (Spain); IVAM; 33,097 m²; 48,036,138 € (69,686,025.40 $) WESTIN VALENCIA HOTEL ‘LA LANERA’ [2004-2006] Design and adaptation to a 5-star luxury hotel of the historic building of ‘La Lanera’; Valencia (Spain); Hotel Alameda Valencia; 20,800 m²; 17,013,553 € (24,681,561.34 $) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF VALENCIA [2008-2010] Design and construction of a new emblematic space for the Chamber of Commerce which effectively resolves its multiple uses; Valencia (Spain); Cámara oficial de comercio, ind. y navegación; 17,939.61 m², 7,360,517.38 € (10,677,902.56 $) SOCIOCULTURAL CENTER ‘LA ALTRUISTA’ [2009-2011] Design and construction of a cultural and rescreational facility for the municipality; Tavernes Blanques, Valencia (Spain); Ayto. de Tavernes Blanques; 1,126.17 m²; 882,489 € (1,280,226.79 $)
THEATER-AUDITORIUM IN MATERA, PIAZZA DELLA VISITAZIONE [2008-In progress] Design and program, landscape design, urbanization, infrastructures, installations and architectural concept design for the Piazza della Visitazione in Matera (Italy); Commune di Matera; 11,008.75m² ; 24,535,000€ (35,592,925 $) MASTERPLAN AND PROJECTS FOR THE 32ND AMERICA’S CUP [2004-2007] Design and urban development, program, infrastructures, design of the public transports network, design of public spaces including the feasibility study of the Port’s Interior Harbour for the election of Valencia as host city of the 32nd America’s Cup; Valencia (Spain); Consorcio Valencia 2007; 340,000 m² MARINA REAL JUAN CARLOS I . GRAO SECTOR [2007-2010] Winning proposal for the design of the urban plan for the Port and the final area of the Turia river, including connections with the coastal neighborhoods and the urban center. Feasibility study; 400,000 m² ; Valencia (Spain); Consorcio Valencia 2007 F1 URBAN CIRCUIT [2007-2010] Conceptual design, landscaping and construction supervision for the F1 urban circuit; Valencia (Spain); UTE Fórmula 1; 49,871 m² (permanent gardening) + 38.518 m² (mobile gardening) ; 5,000,000 € (7,253,500 $) WATERFRONT LA SPEZIA [2007-2010] Winning proposal for the urban design for the conversion of the commercial port into a public space, including the redesign connection between the city and the sea, definition of public uses, green spaces, infrastructure, pedestrian and public transport traffic, urban planning and feasibility study; La Spezia (Italy); Autorità Portuale della Spezia; 600,000 m²; 215,000,000 € MASTERPLAN PLAYA DE PALMA [2007-2008] Finalist proposal for the urban design for the conversion of the waterfront, including the marine parade, public uses, green spaces, infrastructures, traffic and urban transport, study for a new touristic model and the feasibility study: Playa de Palma, Mallorca (Spain); Consorcio Platja de Palma; 450,000 m²
IFA TRADE FAIR CENTER IFA EXHIBITION CENTER MASTERPLAN 路 IFA MEET. NEW ACCESS HALL 路 IFA SPEAK + IFA ARENA 路
IFA Exhibition Center Masterplan THE ENSEMBLE OF PROPOSED SERVICES AND THE STRATEGIC LOCATION OF THE COMPLEX WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN AREA WILL ALLOW THE CREATION OF A NEW URBAN CENTER www.ifa2011.com
AREAS TABLE
TOTAL 185.270 m² built 48.268 m² exhibition (gross) 30.277 m² exhibition (net) Aforo: 4.526 seats / 30 rooms/halls
IFA Meet 4.750 m² built 2.000 m² exhibition IFA Arena 19.200 m² built 10.760 m² exhibition IFA Space 1 19.600 m² built 15.632 m² exhibition Aforo: 608 seats IFA Link + IFA Speak 25.400 m² built 8.500 m² exhibition Aforo: 3.620 seats IFA Center (Business Center) 95.000 m² built Parking Outside: 1.900 places Underground: 4.700 places
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Elche, Alicante, ESPAÑA 2005 - 2009 Trade fair Institución Ferial Alicantina
Urban design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Participation rate:
412,786 m² 185,270 m² 100%
The project is strategically located within the metropolitan area of Alicante and Elche, equidistant from both cities and directly connected to the A-7 motorway and the international airport of El Altet. The expansion of the complex entails improving the connection with the N-340 road and connecting IFA with Vía Parque, a new fast track that joins Alicante with Elche and other towns in the metropolitan area. In the future, IFA visitors will also be able to use other means of transport, such as the light-rail metro and train, since the line that runs alongside the current site will be extended to make way for the high-speed railway line Madrid-Alicante-Murcia. For the institution, this offers the opportunity of sharing an intermodal station with the airport, which strengthens its possibilities as a services center. In the masterplan, a green space is reserved parallel to the railway line in order to minimize its visual impact and give continuity to other landscaped areas contemplated within the adjacent urban sector. The design includes a bicycle lane and a pedestrian route that will improve urban quality and increase local use of IFA and its surroundings. Overall, the design dedicates 50,000 m2 to gardens and palm groves, giving the ensemble a fully Mediterranean character while generating minimal impact on the territory. The project contemplates the design of new pavilions that will make it possible to increase the exhibition space and capture new events that respond to the needs of Alicante´s business fabric. In addition a conference center, a multifunctional pavilion and a business center will support the trade fair activity. The large outdoor gallery that connects all of these spaces is articulated as a lightweight roof structure that creates a play of shadow and light to mitigate the excess sunlight. As well as organizing the flow of visitors and users, this space could become one more exhibition area within the complex.
IFA Meet - New access hall MODERNIZATIONA AND REDESIGN OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE NEW IFA EXHIBITION CENTER www.ifa2011.com
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Elche, Alicante, SPAIN 2007 - 2009 Access hall Institución Ferial Alicantina, IFA
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
5,303.80 m² 5,610,551.63 € 6,676,556.44 € 100%
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The project for the new IFA trade fair enlarges the existing exhibition spaces. The complex is designed as an urban facility which entails the extension of the exhibition pavilions and new facilities such as a multifunctional pavilion, a convention hall, offices, hotels and a business center which allow us to propose a comprehensive fair project near the airport. With the new project, the institution will be among the top ten European trade fair institutions for its size and variety of program, defining a new urban center in Elche, Alicante. The first stage involved the upgrading and redesign of the main access to pavilion 1, the IFA Meet. The existing building has been redesigned, modifying its current layout and creating 12 new meeting rooms with capacity for 20 to 80 people, all equipped with the latest voice and data as well as audiovisual technology and designed for optimum acoustic conditions.
IFA Speak + IFA Arena A SPACE WHERE USES SUCH AS SPORTS, CULTURAL EVENTS OR EXHIBITIONS ARE POSSIBLE www.ifa2011.com
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Elche, Alicante, SPAIN 2009 - 2010 Multifunctional halls Institución Ferial Alicantina, IFA
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
15,000 m² + 45,000m² 82,880,838.07 € 98,628,197.30 € 100%
IFA SPEAK IFA SPEAK convention center is a privileged venue for business and dialog between diverse entities and traders. It allows to simultaneously house meetings of different nature and number of persons, guaranteeing VIP accesses to distinguished visitors, while allowing the access of a large number of participants in case of large events or meetings. The Center can house meetings from 20 up to 1,500 people distributed in 18 spaces of different sizes, reaching a total capacity of 2,830 persons. It is one of the major and most modern European complexes, architectural avantgarde reference, an innovative and multipurpose building.
IFA ARENA The multifunctional pavilion IFA ARENA will turn into the neuralgic center of the trade fair. A functional architecture is proposed, projected to facilitate the development of diverse events. A pavilion that can quickly transform and house totally different functions. It is a building whose configuration allows the compatibility of uses such as sports, exhibitions, or events of cultural character. The main characteristics of the new pavilion are the great versatility of uses and the clear, open interior spaces, making possible the global utilization of the building or the separated use of each of the pavilions in the same space and time. The interior is conceived to enjoy the different spaces, allowing visual fluency to the continuity between the interior street, named IFA LINK, and the roof of the IFA ARENA.
FERIA VALENCIA MASTERPLAN NEW FERIA VALENCIA · CENTRAL FORUM. FERIA VALENCIA · NEW PAVILIONS. FERIA VALENCIA · CENTRO DE EVENTOS + PABELLÓN 5. FERIA VALENCIA ·
Masterplan New Feria Valencia THE DESIGN OF AN IMAGE OF MODERNITY AND RACIONALITY RAISES THE CONVERSION OF FERIA VALENCIA INTO A NEW URBAN CENTRALITY www.feriavalencia.com
AREAS TABLE
TOTAL 615.716 m² global surface 242.000 m² for exhibition 8 pavilions 4.000 parking spaces
Central Forum 5.585 m² built 4.655 m² useful New Pavilions 285.756 m² built 228.605 m² useful 4 Exhibition Pavilions (38.150 m² in 3 levels) Events Center 10.275 m² built 8.220 m² useful Capacity: 800 seats / 20 rooms (20-450 people)
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Valencia, SPAIN 1999 - 2007 Trade fair Feria Valencia
Urban design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Participation rate:
251,802 m² 602,901.32 m² 100%
< SELECTED PUBLICATIONS > - CONSTRUIR CON ACERO. Arquitectura en España 1993-2007 - LA FERIA DE VALENCIA. Editorial Motta - ARQUITECTURA VIVA Nº 103 - EUROP’A Número especial 2007
The urban character of Feria Valencia creates a constant dialogue with the residents and neighbourhoods of the city. Initially, however, its location posed a number of complex challenges. As the urban growth of the area impeded any further extension of the Fair, creative and bold solutions had to be found. One inconvenience was the busy traffic on the road that crossed the exhibition center. A connection axis with the access motorway is created, using the new underpass as a traffic interchange and the bridges and footbridges over the CV-31 motorway to connect the circulation with the fair complex. This also allows converting the large green plaza into a pedestrian space. The large subterranean car parks acts like an interchange which differentiates between public and private transport, were designed to improve accessibility to the Trade Fair. The new exhibition complex operates on two scales: the urban and the human. Despite the fact that the buildings constructed conform a large volume, a hierarchy was established: an order for access to the Fair that makes it accessible and harmonious with the surrounding urban environment. Feria Valencia is now a friendly environment, eminently pedestrian, around a large landscaped reception plaza, favorable even for family leisure.
Central Forum. Feria Valencia IT IS THE MAIN ACCESS AND ACCREDITATION BUILDING FOR FERIA VALENCIA AND THE ACCESS POINT TO THE EXHIBITION PAVILIONS www.feriavalencia.com
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Valencia, SPAIN November 2001 - March 2003 Access hall Feria Valencia
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
5,585 m² 4,224,921.09 € 5,027,656.10 € 100%
< AWARDS > - Premio Internacional de Arquitectura 2010 del Chicago Athenaeum y European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, Foro Centro y Pabellon 5. 2010
< SELECT PUBLICATIONS > - CONSTRUIR CON ACERO. Arquitectura en España 1993-2007 - LA FERIA DE VALENCIA. Editorial Motta - ARQUITECTURA VIVA Nº 103
The Central Forum is the main access and accreditation building for Feria Valencia. It acts as the interchange for visitors arriving from the tunnel level, underground car park or the pedestrian plaza. It provides access to the exhibition halls and links the various levels with stairs and panoramic lifts. The building has three floors, two below plaza level, and is located on one end of the main street that connects the pavilions. This solution frees level 2 of the large volume of traffic which used to accumulate there, and enables pedestrian access from the plaza. The steel and glass structure makes the top level the visual reference for this new entrance to the installations. At the plaza level, the Central Forum is a double height open-plan space enclosed with a glass and steel façade. This structure rests on the exposed concrete wall that stands in front of the perimeter vehicular road of the pavilion building. The material chosen make the building visually light and distinguishes it from its surrounding environment. The scale of the volume was studied in relation to the dimension of the new pavilions that protrude slightly from behind it. The use of prefabricated façade elements allowed us to construct the building in just two months. To ensure that the Central Forum could receive a large number of visitors, we designed a singular structure with large spans and a height of 22 meters. Four central concrete columns support the floor slabs and roof structure. The façade is supported by a border of arched steel columns. In total, 672 panels of glass are installed on a steel substructure that forms a jagged profile in which the upper pieces are translucent and the lower transparent. The length of each horizontal line varies, respecting the curve of the columns that sustain the façade. The design of the jagged facade profiles responds to controlling direct solar radiation, while optimizing views to the plaza. The translucent panels project shade over the access area, helping to control sunlight levels and temperature inside the space.
New pavilions. Feria Valencia THE DESIGN OF AN IMAGE OF MODERNITY AND RACIONALITY CONVERTS FERIA VALENCIA INTO AN URBAN CENTER AREA www.feriavalencia.com
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Valencia, SPAIN October 2001 - March 2008 Exhibition hall Feria Valencia
Architectural design: Roof structure: Mix structure: Installations:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros MC2 Julio Martinez Calzón CESMA Ingenieros IDOM
Surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
285,756 m² 260,296,246.76 € 309,752,533.65 € 100%
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The exhibition pavilions represent the pillars of every trade fair. All the other buildings acquire significance in dialogue with them. In the new Feria Valencia the four large pavilions stand out not only for their dimension, but also for their urban integration. Viewed from above, it is striking to observe their harmony and connection with the other buildings of the site, a far cry from the architectural chaos of the past. Each pavilion covers a surface area of 11,000 square meters. The pavilions are organized on various levels –an original solution given that exhibition sites around the world are generally built and extended horizontally rather than vertically. Several configurations of access and control were designed to facilitate the flexibility and versatility of the space. The pavilions can be used simultaneously and be linked to one another when large events are hosted that require as much space as possible. Furthermore, the space on a single level can be divided to host a number of different events simultaneously. The ensemble of pavilions is connected by a central street-gallery, cross-shaped in floor plan, which makes the most of natural sunlight filtered through the roof. The result is a luminous street that organizes and gives access to all services, including restaurants, visitor information, offices, etc. This inviting location naturally fosters exchanges between exhibitors and clients. It is a lively and diverse place where busy and crowded areas alternate with quieter ones suitable for more contemplative and relaxing activities. In contrast, the pavilions are large warehouses, where the lighting is artificial and controlled, converting them into multi-purpose spaces. Only on the upper exhibition level, the roof, a lightweight double-layer spaceframe structure over a single space of 160x72m, allows natural light to filter through ribbon-like skylights. The existence of an exterior perimeter street allows the circulation of large trucks on each exhibition floor level, and direct access to large-size transport.
Events Center + Pavilion 5. Feria Valencia THE URBAN CHARACTER OF FERIA VALENCIA CREATES A CONSTANT DIALOGUE WITH THE INHABITANTS AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CITY www.feriavalencia.com
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Valencia, SPAIN October 2001 - March 2008 Access hall + Auditorium + Exhibition hall Feria Valencia
Architectural design: Structural engineer: Roof system / Façade: Pre-conformed concrete: Acoustics:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros MC2 Julio Martinez Calzón Mero TSK PACADAR UPV Jaime Llinares
Surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
10,275 m² + 11,919 m² 50,439,926.26 € 60,023,512.25 € 100%
< AWARDS > - International Architecture Award 2010 del Chicago Athenaeum and European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. 2010 - First Prize, ANCEDE National Building Award (National Association for prefabrication and Cement Derivatives). 2005 - Honorable Mention, International Prize BIBM 2005
< SELECT PUBLICATIONS > - CONSTRUIR CON ACERO. Arquitectura en España 1993-2007 - LA FERIA DE VALENCIA. Editorial Motta - EUROP’A Número especial 2007
Feria Valencia was lacking an emblematic building which identified it architectonically and transmitted a message of modernity according to its new philosophy of business center and maximum prestige institutional building. All the buildings in the exhibition site are conceived by these parameters, but this function falls on the Events Center. Access from the large pedestrian plaza occurs through the pointed arch, beginning of the glazed ellipsoid which hovers to the west, above the CV-31 freeway. Once inside, the central space functions as a visitors’ reception area, very open and spectacular because of the height of the vaulted roof. On the lowest level of the Events Center one finds the access to Pavilion 5, where the center is converted into a lobby for a multi-purpose pavilion. From here one can contemplate the scope of the building, its glazed roof at almost 30m height and the upper floors which pour out over the central garden space. Thanks to its large bays and free height, the building can de used to host both conventional trade fair activities and institutional, civic or cultural events.
AUDITORIUM-CONSERVATORY IN TORREVIEJA LANDSCAPE DESIGN AUDITORIUM-CONSERVATORY 路 AUDITORIUM-CONSERVATORY IN TORREVIEJA 路
Landscape design Auditorium-Conservatory CREATION OF A GREEN SPACE IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VISITOR TO THE AUDITORIUM-CONSERVATORY ARES TABLE
TOTAL 107.623 m² plot 16.165,95 m² built 15.914 m² parking and traffic 59.828,10 m² of garden
Auditorium 12.012,33 m² built Chamber Hall Aforo: 384 spectators Stage surface: 92 m² Total surface: 458 m² Symphonic Hall Capacity: 1452 spectators Stage surface: 230 m² Total surface: 1.500 m² Conservatory 3.606 m² built 44 classrooms (240 students) 7 buildings Library Administration Individual classrooms Individual cabins Choir and dance classrooms Laboratory -
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Torrevieja, Alicante, SPAIN 2007 - 2011 Auditorium-Conservatory Sociedad de Proyectos Temáticos de la C.V.
Urban design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
100,017 m² 9,531,353.82 € 11,342,311.05 € 100%
The building is located on a site adjacent to a protected natural landscape area, el Alto de San Jaime, 70 meters above sea level. It becomes a lighthouse perched over Torrevieja and, to the east and west, the two salt mines, historically a source of wealth for this city with a long maritime legacy. The landscape design intervention aims to equip the Auditorium and the Conservatory with the services needed to obtain high functionality and accessibility, as well as to provide the area with singular free spaces suitable for the building it houses. The landscape design is conditioned by the large amount of existing waste materials on the terrain, heavily concentrated in some areas and much less pronounced in others. That is why earthmoving acquires utmost importance. The adopted general solution is to reduce to the maximum the removal of these waste materials, taking advantage of the land’s condition and distributing the spaces properly. The rest of the plot is a gardened area. This area is divided into plots of morterenca soil, which have been designed to simulate the natural land trying to minimize the removal of waste materials but taking into account the building’s determining slope and the adjacent land. The purpose of these plots is to frame and center the Auditorium in a natural staggered landscape, starting from the highest platform next to the roundabout and gradually going down to the lowest area on the southern limit of the plot. The different platforms of the plots are defined by masonry walls of 70 cm in height irregularly aligned.
Auditorium-Conservatory in Torrevieja THE BUILDING BECOMES A LIGHTHOUSE OPEN TO THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH A GLASS FAÇADE THAT ALLOWS VISUAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE LANDSCAPE
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Torrevieja, Alicante, SPAIN 2006 - 2011 Auditorium-Conservatory Sociedad de Proyectos Temáticos de la C.V.
Architectural design: Acoustics: Main contractor: Structure: Quality control:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros UPV, Jaime Llinares UTE Acciona/Torrescámara/Elecnor Valter Valenciana Estructuras GEOCISA
Built area: Total surface area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
17,909.27 m² 107,623 m² 42,648,883.95 € 50,752,171.90 € 100%
The building is located on a site adjacent to a protected natural landscape area, el Alto de San Jaime, 70 meters above sea level. It becomes a lighthouse perched over Torrevieja and, to the east and west, the two salt mines, historically a source of wealth for this city with a long maritime legacy. The project contemplates the insertion of a music center divided into two fundamental areas inside an extensive garden space of 95,665 m². The Auditorium has a symphony hall for 1,450 spectators and a chamber music hall for 385 spectators, comprised in a volume with an elliptical floorplan, 75m x 48m in dimension. A large vestibule wraps around the two halls, adapting to the grade change of the site and creating a transition space between the exterior and interior. It is a permeable and translucent building open to the landscape with a glass façade that allows a visual dialogue between the landscape and the interior. The Conservatory is situated to the northeast of the Auditorium, differentiated volumes that are organized around an axis of communication. Morphologically it follows a similar model to that of a university campus, consisting of a series of dispersed pieces of one and two floor levels connected, both outdoors and indoors, by circulation spaces and gardens.
EXHIBITION SITE IN SAN JOSÉ
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Exhibition Site in San José COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION SITE DESIGNED AS AN URBAN FACILITY
AREAS TABLE levels: 2
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Green area: 23.480 m² of soil 6.000 m² useful Tertiary:
36.800 m² of soil 94.600 m² useful
Sporty:
12.600 m² of soil 565 m² useful
Parking:
35.000 m² of soil 70.000 m² useful
Trade Fair Hall m² soil: 15.000 m² overall: 20.985
levels: 2
Mall m² soil: 20.000 m² overall: 40.000
levels: 8
Offices m² soil: 6.000 m² overall: 48.000
TOTAL Exhibition: 43.450 m² of soil 63.790 m² useful
Events Center m² soil: 5.475 m² overall: 10.950
levels: 6
Hotels 4-5* m² soil: 5.000 m² overall: 30.000
levels: 6
Green Area m² soil: 5.000 m² overall: 30.000
levels: 1
Parking m² soil: 15.000 m² overall: 15.000
levels:1/2
Underground Parking m² soil: 62.000 m² overall: 104.000
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
San José, COSTA RICA June 2007 - In progress Exhibition complex Alta Feria
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
235,000 m² 266,065 m² 108,606,000 € 129,241,140 € 100%
The project of Costa Rica’s trade fair aims to create a competitive exhibition site designed as an urban facility that brings together the exhibition halls and convention center along with a business center formed by offices and hotels which complements the services offered. Trade fair use area consists of a multifunctional pavilion, an exhibition hall and a convention and events center. The Multifunctional Hall may be used as exposition uses, sports uses, music events, etc... The exhibition pavilion, with its volumetric and structural design (open plan and high clearance), facilitates the performance of different kind events allowing the subdivision of space by moving panels, creating two smaller spaces. The Convention Center will become a privileged location for conducting business and will accommodate at the same time meetings of different kind and number of people, ensuring VIP access to illustrious people while allowing entry of a large number of participants in case of events or meetings of considerable importance in number of attendees. Offices and hotels area occupies a key location in the north of the complex, between the Trade Fair with the green axis and the adjoining urban space, and serves as a transition piece between them, since it is related typologically with the existing environment. Among the exhibition halls and office center is well connected the green axis. It is a modeled landscaped park, with paths that cross forming walks and connections. Integrated in lies a series of small pavilions that house restaurants and shops, and are an attraction and meeting point for users of all surrounding areas.
MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX IN MONTEVIDEO
Multifunctional Complex in Montevideo LARGE URBAN FACILITY SERVING THE CITY, CAPABLE OF HOLDING ANY TYPE OF PUBLIC EVENT.
AREAS TABLE
Trade Fair Hall 9.400 m² exposition 12.280 m² total Convention Center 2.180 m² Auditorium 2.148 m² Boardrooms 13.774 m² total
Parking: 17.000 m² Urbanization: 64.806 m² Covered Spaces: 3.400 m²
Multifunctional Arena 970 m² de court 4.334 m² de tribunes 19.223 m² total
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Montevideo, URUGUAY January 2012 - In progress Exhibition Pavilion Events center Odetur
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
98,000 m² 62,277 m² 37,200,000 € 44,268,000 € 100%
The project is a multifunctional complex that must become centrality creator and dynamics generator of the area and the whole city of Montevideo. The complex consists of a Trade Fair Pavilion, a convention center and a Multifunctional Arena. Besides the three main buildings the project includes the development of the site, both exhibition outdoor use and and parking areas for the campus, as well as public areas forming green and sports areas. With the intention of creating three separate buildings that can function as a set, have designed three different volumes unified by an enclosing structure. The new multifunctional complex is presented urbanistically as a large scale single piece. Compositionally the three volumes together form an L which embraces a large open plaza that can accommodate some of the outdoors fair activities. The buildings of pure geometric forms are joined by a spatial structure which forms the outer skin of the complex. This would allow the flexibility of simultaneous, singular or joint use. The shell structure has several functions. Besides unify architecturally the three buildings, acts as a large outdoor pergola protects from sun, rain and wind. The power of three simple volumetric contrasts with the large variety of interspaces that are created under that pergola - such as access areas, protected areas, waiting areas and terraces to enjoy and the articulation areas between buildings. The shell is light, transparent and frees sight to the three volumes of bright colors behind it. Large curtains, which hang from the structure and move with the wind, give a feeling of moving architecture. These canvases can have function for advertising. The new multifunctional complex of Montevideo has all the ability to become both an architectural landmark as a major urban facilities serving the city with the power to host any type of public event.
PRELIMINARY STUDIES EXHIBITION CENTER IN MOROCCO
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Preliminary studies Exhibition Center in Morocco MODULAR EXHIBITION SET THAT ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY OF USES IN THE SAME COMPLEX.
AREAS TABLE
Convention Center Auditorium (1.500 seats): 1.852 m² Wards (2): 381 m² Permanent Exposition: 1.925 m² Total: 6.608 m² Trade Fair Hall Exposition: 7.020 m² Total: 9.138 m² Wards, Offices and Restaurants Boardrooms (10): 1.036 m² Offices: 985 m² Restaurants: 1.650 m² Total: 4.800 m²
Total area: 46.564 m² Plot area: 37.467 m²
Parking Car: 710 spaces Bus: 30 spaces Loading and unloading: 5 spaces
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
MOROCCO July 2010 - In progress Events Center Asociación Empresarial Sectorial
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
37,467 m² 46,564 m² 22,993,882.70 € 27,362,720.40 € 100%
The Convention and Exhibition Center in Morocco has a privileged location near the sea and the city. This is a building integrated in the nearby environment to the construction of new luxury hotels. The project consists of three volumes with different uses but joined together by a copper enveloping structure that transforms the resort in one piece at the urban level. This space, in addition to architecturally unify the three buildings, acts as a large pergola that protects outdoor spaces from sun, rain and wind. The Event Center houses a large modular auditorium for 1,500 people, allowing flexible use: fashion shows, congresses, cinema, theater, etc... Two smaller rooms add annexes uses to support the conference. The Fair Trade Pavilion has a permanent samples exhibition area and a modular space of almost 10,000 m².
EVENTS CENTER ‘PUERTA DE ORO’ IN BARRANQUILLA
Events Center ‘Puerta de Oro’ in Barranquilla SINGULAR AND REPRESENTATIVE BUILDING WHICH OFFERS EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT USES REQUIRED
AREAS TABLE
Convention Center Large lounge: 2.500 m² Wards: 780 m² Central Plaza: 2.800 m² Food Court: 1.200 m² Total Built: 9.768 m² Exposition site Expositive covered: 6.000 m² Expositive half covered: 6.000 m² Conference Room: 400 m² Plaza: 2.000 m² Total Built: 13.589 m²
Total Area: 56.476 m² Built Area: 27.826 m² Parking: 23.000 m² Grid of 12x12 m
Parking Cars: 20.000 m² Buses (40 spaces): 3.000 m² Load (5 spaces): 350 m²
Location: Term of work: Main use: Client:
Barranquilla, COLOMBIA Junio 2010 - En proceso Events center CEEC S.A
Architectural design:
TomásLlavador Arquitectos e Ingenieros
Total surface area: Built area: Budget (PEM): Budget (PEC): Participation rate:
56,476 m² 27,826 m² 11,312,055.68 € 13,461,346.26 € 100%
The Caribbean Event Center, Puerta de Oro, wants to be a reflection of the new economic, social and urban dynamic that is presented in the city of Barranquilla. It is a complex aimed at business meetings, cultural, professional, academic, folkloric and fun events, among others. Is projected as the most modern and complete Caribbean Center events, and its design harmoniously integrate the concepts of sustainable construction, energy efficiency, as well as incorporating of new technologies. It proposes the construction of a representative building that offers a unique and effective solution to the various uses required. The cube as first piece, color and vegetation are the three elements that underpin the design. Ventilation and lighting of each of the spaces are secured by a series of different dimensions cubic yards which also allow indoor gardens. It brings together different uses: Convention Centre, Exhibition Centre and Administrative area, with many amenities such as restaurant, cafeteria and lounges. The space generated by the connecting roof is a link that allows global functioning as a single building, as well as an independent and autonomous of each volume. That keeps the different uses but connected and allowing different access points. The warmth of this space, with the soft light, the freshness of the vegetation, the color of the environment, give it a unique character, respond to historic urban gallery model adapted to the specific needs of the buildings, materializing in itself a new collective meeting point.
José María Tomás Llavador founded his studio, ÁREAS Ingeniería y Arquitectura [brand TomásLlavador Arquitectos + Ingenieros] in 1992. Nowadays it is a leading company of professional services in architecture and engineering, dedicated to the design, planning and comprehensive development of building and infrastructure projects in the urban environment. it has offices in Valencia, Dubai and El Salvador and has developed projects in Italy, Turkey, UAE, Morocco, Peru, El Salvador and Costa Rica. The wide range of typologies the Studio has worked on comprises from trade fairs and hospitals to sports stadiums, ports and waterfronts, railway stations, universities and urban parks. The works in Spain include the Masterplan and extension project of Feria Valencia -the third largest in Europe with aproximately 1,000,000 built square metres- and IFA Alicante, an Auditorium and Conservatory in Torrevieja, Olympic Pools in Valencia, the Masterplans of Balcón al Mar and the 32nd America’s Cup and the design of the team bases for Team Alinghi, BMW-Oracle Racing and Team Germany. TomásLlavador Arquitectos + Ingenieros has designed and adapted the old Lanera or wool factory from 1909, in Valencia, transforming it into the current Hotel Westin. In 2007 the proposal, in collaboration with J. Nouvel, won the International Ideas Competition Valencia al mar - Marina Real Juan Carlos I. José María Tomás Llavador is also the author of the design and construction of ACTIU Technological Park in Castalla (Alicante), which has been Certified EB GOLD 2011 and awarded the Internacional Green GOOD DESIGN™ from the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum. 2011, the International BEX 2009 prize in the category of sustainable architecture, Honorable Mention of the 1st National Build Award NAPISA for Best Industrial project, 2009 and X FOPA Award to Project of the year in 2008. In collaboration with Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, the studio designed the the extension of the IVAM (Institut Valencia d’Art Modern), Spain’s first modern art museum which was was awarded the Golden Lion Award in the 2004 Venice Biennale. On an international level, TomásLlavador Arquitectos + Ingenieros has developed the projects for the commercial ports of Izmir and Mersin in Turkey; and an Urban Regeneration project in Lima, Peru. The studio has won the International Competitions for the development for the new waterfront of La Spezia (Italy) and for the design of the new Piazza della Visitazione in Matera (Italy), the latter awarded the International Architecture Award 2010 from the Chicago Atheneum and European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies.
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