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Magén Arquitectos designs wood-clad building in Spain

Published: 30-Jul-2010

Magén Arquitectos have designed a new public building in Zaragoza, Spain, for the city’s environmental services department, featuring a soft Ipe wood-clad exterior.

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Located next to the Ebro River, the building resembles a sculpture or a piece of furniture because of its sculpted form. The city’s offices are housed on the ground floor, while the public entrance to the sloping site is on the second level.

The building features a top level of wood paneling, a glass mid-section and concrete black bottom. It also houses a glass-walled meeting room and outdoor amphitheater, creating an open plan. The meeting room’s glass walls feature a cantilevered roofing system that allows the glass panels to float below, blurring the boundaries between the outdoors and the interior. Wood is the dominant element in the entire facility, with wooden ceilings, floorings and paneling.

The facility incorporates a host of sustainable elements such as solar panels, rain catchment and a green roof. The roof of the facility maximizes orientation with its embedded solar panels feeding the local grid to offset the building’s energy consumption. A planted section provides natural habitat and helps to reduce cooling needs and the urban heat island effect. A public path allows access to views of the river and park. The roof also acts as a rain catchment area, collecting rainwater for building use.

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