Colmenarejo Memory
+ MUNICIPAL HALL AND MAIN SQUARE.
COLMENAREJO, MADRID +
The initial intention of paving a small square in
a village within the Metropolitan Area of Madrid, provoked the
proposal of using the last available plot to create a Municipal
Hall that would encourage citizens initiatives. For the square,
we proposed an outline that could reorganize the unorthodox
group of elements that were to be preserved, while the hall
was thought to be a covered extension of the square and like
a tensed enclosure of its incomplete body. To give both ideas
birth, an extremely light and permeable constructive system
was used, finished with natural or recycled materials allowing
incessant look changes and very different uses of the space.
The project changes the hierarchies and perception of the space,
opening a dialogue between memory and present, with the intention
of reflecting the changing condition of these peripheral areas.
Colmenarejo Card MUNICIPAL HALL AND MAIN SQUARE. MADRID.
1997-1999 Customer: Madrid Goverment and City Council of Colmenarejo Architects: Iñaki Ábalos, Juan Herreros,
Ángel Jaramillo Collaborators: David Franco , Carolina González Estructure: Juan Gómez Measurement and Installation: Juan José Núñez Work Direction: Abalos&Herreros, Ángel Valdivieso Quantity Surveyor: Laura Martín, Óscar Miranzo, José
Antonio Rodríguez
Abalos & Herreros Arquitects