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Torre Cepsa
Torre Repsol, Torre Caja Madrid, Torre Bankia
Building
Completed
2008
Office
Concrete-Steel Composite
248.3 m / 815 ft
49
5
1150
19
107,966 m² / 1,162,136 ft²
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Construction Start
Completed
Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
13 January 2013
As the tallest building in Spain, the Torre Caja Madrid is an iconic landmark. Norman Foster Architects designed an archway that rises from the ground,...
Compositionally the building can be thought of as a tall arch, the services and circulation cores framing open office floors. The orientation of the typical floor plan positions the unoccupied cores to the east and west to minimize heat gain on the inhabited space. The office space is enclosed within a unifying curtain wall system composed of triple glazed units with a solar protective coating and motorized internal blinds for glare control integrated within the cavity. The opening at the top of the building mitigates wind impact and is designed to house wind turbines as a possible future innovation.
Although the building is conceived as a corporate headquarters—housing Caja Madrid, the largest savings bank in Madrid—it also has the flexibility to be partly sub-let, enabling Caja Madrid to expand or contract its accommodation easily in the future as required. This degree of flexibility results in part from pushing the service cores to the edges of the plan to create uninterrupted 1,200 sq m (12,900 sq ft) floor plates. Vertical circulation routes occupy minimal space with the core area use being optimized through the installation of a lift destination control system.
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