Proyects + Constructed Work

Valdemingómez Memory
+ VALDEMINGOMEZ CITY-DUMP RECYCLING PLANT
VALDEMINGÓMEZ,MADRID +

The project is part of a set of actions destinated on getting a rational rubbish recycle and treatment system as well as incorporating the closed rubbish tip within the future Southeast Regional park, one of the most attractive adventures of the city to equilibrate the social and environmental differences between north and south.

The recycling plant brings together an heterogeneous rubbish selection, processing and storage complex, as well as the workshops and offices, all beneath a vast green inclined roof which echoes the gravitational nature of the process as well as the original hillside on which it sits, a hillside “put back” by making use of the compost produced.

Its volume is wrapped in recycled polycarbonate, which unifies the different programs and incorporates a museum area with a display intended to encourage people’s environmental awareness. The green roof, the polycarbonate, the lightweight bolted structure and the set of interior facings shows this spirit, making a constructional system that shows the greatest environmental commitment that can be obtained using techniques available on the market.

The building is finished with two complementary constructions, one intended for the compounds elaboration from organic waste, and the second, the lorries, that enter the area, control and weighing. Both of them have been treated as industrial pieces that go with the scale and singularity of the landscape, being understood as a general system adaptation to its technical and landscaping responsibilities.

The complex has a working life of 25 years. After this time all the materials can be recycled, or they can be used as parts of the park installations.

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VALDEMINGOMEZ CITY-DUMP RECYCLING PLANT
VALDEMINGÓMEZ, MADRID. 1996-1999
Firm Contest. Adjudicate Proposal
Customer: Vertresa-RWE Process and Madrid City Council
Architects: Iñaki Ábalos, Juan Herreros, Ángel Jaramillo.
Collaborators: Aurelie Beriot, Ángel Borrego, Cristina Díaz, David Franco, Mé Auxiliadora Gálvez, Rafael Hernández, Efrén García-Grinda, Pablo Martínez
Scale Models: Jorge Queipo, David Franco, Pablo Martínez
Etructures: Obiol y Moya
Engineer: Servicios Técnicos de Vertresa. Fernando Valledor
Instalations: José María Cruz, Pedro José Blanco
Landscape: Fernando Valero
Environmental Impact Study: Javier Ceballos
Geological Study: Andrés Carbó
Multimedia: Lunatus
graphic Information: Gestalt
Work Direction: Abalos&Herreros
Project Manager: Juan Sempere ( IMES )
Technical Control: Juan Espinosa (Vertresa)
Financial Study: Miguel Ángel Rica, José Torras