UPC Campus

Here are the panels of the presentation...

3 for architectural concept



1 for materials


And 2 more for installations concept.



The rest will be kept in the hidden...


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UPC Campus

We were asked in this competition to think the common spaces of a University: 8 buildings were happening above floor and we had to think how they met in the underground.


We started by understanding the intervention area.


Then seeing which part of the program was circulation and which was going to be a closed, chopped space.


As we were doing a connection space, the circulation comes in the middle to connect to the different buildings at both sides.


Then this space gets deformed to seek for the light (some patios that where digging into the -1 level) and through this action we were creating bigger meeting spaces, like small plazas.


And finally we shaped the interior space of the room separating what could be really dark spaces (storages, changing rooms...) with the semi-public space (shops, gyms...), which could enjoy from the common space but required a controlled entrance.


And this was the resulting space of the 3 different typologies.


A conceptual view of the common space, being defined by two meandrical glass surfaces that created different access typologies and allowed for bigger meeting spaces.


A view of the common space showing this abstract fluid space with a transversal indifferent grid having all the required installations and offering this way big flexibility.


Another view of the common space, with the porch to the patio: a "smoking" room treated exactly as the other rooms.


View from a room: in the rooms the light goes down (direct) and in the common space goes up (indirect).


A plan showing the several space typologies.


A section showing the several light conditions and the tubes of the main installation channels. Height was fixed by the space.


Installations worked as the main concept: two meandrical main channels bring electricity to each point, and transversal lines distribute it through the rooms.


Illumination concept.

This competiton was done with RdL, estudio PVI and JTa; Arau Acústica also joined us as consultant.

Congratulations to the winners!

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Dinopolis - Teruel

Some schemes to help understanding the dinopolis project: from a shed to an experience.

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First plan that we recieved: technical space at the edge


Variant aproved: technical space in the middle to access all rooms + isolate sound


The experience as a sequence of rooms: exterior, queues, pre-show, show, exterior


Diferenciation of spaces to create experience: each space is different to the others to reinforce each of the characters. The addition makes the experience. Queues: black box, no input. decompresion room Pre-show: rocky material in walls and ceiling. mineral room Show: a second shaped-skin is created with camouflage textile. vegetal room


The queues is a black box with light only form top. This light changes to create the only input, plus the low sound of the other rooms creates the atmosphere and the rush to enter. In this room the security issues are explained


Pre-show came already as a txt room. Fisitor feels sourrounded by only one material: txt in a rocky texture, even the video is projected on a bigger "rock" of the texture. In this room attraction starts


Show is created by a tent-like shape on camouflage textile. This tent re-creates the video trace providing more comfortable spaces. The tent also hides all the technical issues, including the light that on running through creates shadows on the floor. In this room the 4d cinema happens


Sub experience 1: queues.


Sub experience 2: pre-show


Sub experience 3: show


Sequence of rooms: exterior, queues, pre-show, show, exterior


The sequence of experiences creates the attraction.

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Dinopolis - Teruel

Dinopolis atraction (Terra Colossus) opened Thursday for the authorities (photo) and Saturday for general public!

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We did everything in a record time of 3 months from comision till opening and 2 months of construction (photo of starting construction).

Aprox. the same photo 2 months later.

Queue space finally took the stars ceiling: a black space as decompresion chamber to enter a new experience.

Pre-show space is a mineral space (allready in comision). Finally the construction stress didn'l allow for our desired image (maybe next time!).

In the show the plants where replaced by a camouflage fabric, making it more abstract but keeping the values.

Grop (constructin company) added much more light than expected and we have to say it was a big improvement.
An example of the shadows created here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6QEwhkqnx8

At the beggining of the show the color lights are of and a white light through the fabric makes a helicopter effect.
You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsJ_UOP2MTM

This is more or less the space as nobody precieves it (with the light on)

Another image to help understanding the "tent" that converts the space from an industrial shed to a projection room.

This is the outside of the attraction. You can see it's basically an industrial shed.

The sourroundings allready call for the attraction.

We don't have a clue who did designed the logo.

The team after the effort: Santiado de León (RdL http://www.rdlarquitectos.com/), Miquel del Río (RaichdelRio, estudi d'arquitectura), Enric Iturbe (JTA), Lluís Raich (RaichdelRio, estudi d'arquitectura).

The team in the first shooting with people. If we had known maybe would'nt had step in! Miquel del Río, Santiago de León, Enric Iturbe and Lluís Raich.

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Dinopolis - Teruel

Last week we went to see the Dinopolis construction-site.

Working with the constructing company has some disadvantages and some parts of the project will be changed (it's part of the deal!), but I think the defining elements will stay there... let's wait to see how it ends!


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Dinopolis - Teruel

The project keeps going. Some minor changes are done to fine tune the plan but it keeps going fullspeed!
We went last week to meet the constructing company + checking the state of the works.

They are digging now the hole for the moving seats.

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Entrance space is clear, pre-show (mineral) too and now the big question mark is how to give characther to the show space

There are two options:

Keeping the whole space:
-leaves the installations free to manipulate
-keeps the industrial character of the room

Creating a new ceiling
-keeps the installations behind a ceiling
-makes the space more domestic

Whole space options:

Give character with some free shapes that act as illumination.

Leave a band of "black landscape" and painting heraklit with a landscape

new space options:

keeping the plants (preshow - show = mineral - natural)

the new space is a night sky (preshow - show = closed - open space)

What do you think?

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