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Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos de Morro Jable
Awards: 2008 Competition_ 1st Prize Description: Located in a privileged position, above the beaches at South Fuerteventura, the building emerges through the excavation and the mimesis with the site. Textures, colours and finishes answer to this aim, creating a piece which recalls a broken rock, coming away from earth. It is a sponge building, able…
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Hatching – The Origination of a City
Architecture Venice Biennale 2014 – Morocco Pavilion FUNDAMENTAL-(ISM)S Molding Nature to Make Life Possible Symbiosis between the natural energy and the manipulation of the form Hatching is a machine that produces life through: Catching the trade winds at great altitudes Water condensation from the clouds Protection from the warm winds in the lower parts Protection from…
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Premios Archdaily 2012
In: ecopresscomunicaciones.wordpress.com Expertos de todo el mundo, lectores del portal sobre arquitectura más visitado [http://www.archdaily.com], han seleccionado la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor, ubicada en Las Chumberas [San Cristóbal de La Laguna], entre las candidatas a los Premios Archdaily al Mejor Edificio del Año 2012. La obra, de Menis Arquitectos, es una de las cinco construcciones…
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Un lugar para la espiritualidad
In: Paperblog Esta es una de las obras más emblemáticas del Arquitecto Español Fernando Menis. Ubicada en La Laguna, Tenerife la Iglesia del Santísimo Redentor nos cautiva por la austeridad de los cuatro imponentes volúmenes realizados en hormigón que la conforman, separados entre sí permitiendo la entrada a la espiritualidad por medio de la luz…
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Auditorio Insular de los Llanos de Aridane
Competition for Los Llanos Auditorium 1st place, 2006 The Auditorium rises as a broken petrous rock embedded in the ground and embraced by the landslide from Taburiente’s crater (an important natural park in the Canary Islands). The fundamental program consists of 5 pieces emerging from the ground, while in the landslide that embraces it, the…
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Iglesia para Air Force Village
Architects: Fernando Martin Menis Location: San Antonio Texas. EEUU Use: Church. Religious Center Structure: Reinforced concrete Materials: Concrete walls, steel Status: Project 2009 Client: Air Force EEUU Budget: $4,000,000 USD Chapel sitting generates two distinct exterior spaces. A main plaza becomes an area of social convergence, accommodating emergent functions such as a small cafe and…
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Observatorio Cultural en Icod de los Vinos
Suggesting a falling rock from its natural terrain, the construction of this building, apart from San Felipe Street, seeks better ventilation and use of natural light, to get more sustainability, energy saving and interior quality of spaces. The program is laid out along various levels according to the particularities of the location, suggesting the placement…
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Orquesta Sinfónica de Varsovia
Architects: Fernando Martin Menis Location: Warsaw, Poland Use: Cultural, headquarters of the Warsaw Symphony Orchestra Structure: Reinforced Concrete Materials: Local stone, concrete, glass rocks Status: Project 2010 Client: City Hall of Warsaw The project site was created by and for the existing environment and not only urban because it also has a strong social aspect.…
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Museo Arqueológico de Zonzamas
Lanzarote Island Located in one of the largest sites on the island, Archaeological Museum Zonzamas will study and illustrate the culture of the early inhabitants of Lanzarote. The volume of the museum subsides in the territory beneath the fields. Cracks appear on the surface and the exhibition halls are naturally lit. In the north area…
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Complejo histórico industrial antiguas Minas de Almadén
Minas de Almaden Competition, 2002. 1st prize Almadén is situated in Ciudad Real County, Spain. It’s a historical city generated by the history of the mine. The project aims to establish the necessary premises to boost the future of Almaden, stepping forward in the history, to determine the rehabilitation and transformation of the facilities of…
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