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Project Location

Plasencia, Spain

Year of Completion

2011

Building Type

Institutional

Building Massing

Low Rise

Selgas Cano

Architect Location

Madrid, Spain

Owner

Junta de Extremadura

Student Author

Rui Guo

Archived Year

12-19-2018

Climate

Hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa)

Application

Exterior

Material and its Properties

ETFE as raincoat of the architecture. Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE), polymethyl methacrylate (acrylic) and polycarbonate The membrane system functions as a “Raincoat“ in the mild climate at Plasencia which empowered the building opens to the weather as different points along its circulation system.

Manufacturer

Lastra & Zorrilla

Location of Manufacturer

Tower of Toralla 7/8 - South Wing Buzón 127. Island of Toralla 36331 VIGO SPAIN

Fabricator

Lastra & Zorrilla

Location of Fabricator

Tower of Toralla 7/8 - South Wing Buzón 127. Island of Toralla 36331 VIGO SPAIN

Architect Website

http://www.selgascano.net/

Manufacturer Website

http://www.arquitextil.net/

Fabricator Website

http://www.arquitextil.net/

Other Sources

https://worldarchitecture.org/articles/cvfmm/selgascano_s_multifaceted_plasencia_conference_center_and_auditrium_opened_in_spain.html

http://www.fhecor.es/proyecto.php?id=378#2

https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12870-selgascanos-surreal-auditorium-in-western-spain

https://afasiaarchzine.com/2016/04/selgascano-13/

https://inspiration.detail.de/process-auditorium-and-congress-centre-in-plasencia-114122.html?slideraccess=1&lang=en

https://iwan.com/portfolio/plasencia-auditorium-and-congress-center-selgas-cano/

Environmental Response

Recycled materials

Plasencia Congress Center

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