Large overhangs and huge windows, wood and concrete, communal spaces that encourage encounters, classrooms that can be extended outside. This project for the secondary school building of the Pablo Picasso School near Salamanca seeks to generate a friendly, cheerful space that the students can take ownership of. The building occupies the northern part of the … [Read more...]
SJM Kidney Transplant & EMB Neurosurgery Hospitals
The SJM Kidney Transplant & EMB Neurosurgery Hospitals in Kuwait are one of our most recent projects. This commission, already at an advanced design stage, has taken as its starting point a programme we had already worked with for a different location in Kuwait City, the Kidney Transplant Hospital. It now moves to a new site on the waterfront, and is expanded with a … [Read more...]
Idiazábal Silo
The proposal of AGi architects for the new Idiazábal Cheese Interpretation Centre is born from the understanding and respect for the environment in which it is located and the industrial heritage it houses. It is a unique space part of the Green Ring of Vitoria-Gasteiz, at the confluence with the Errekaleor stream. The new complex will allow the production of Idiazábal cheese … [Read more...]
Bausher Heights
Bausher Heights is a masterplan project in the metropolitan context of Greater Muscat. Our proposal weaves one of the gaps located in the surroundings of the capital with the existing urban developments. We propose an urbanism that includes the cultural values of Oman under a perspective of strong sustainability. We designed a development that combines luxury and tradition. … [Read more...]
New residence and day center for elderly people in Torrecilla en Cameros
At AGi architects we have won the competition for the new residence and day center for elderly people in Torrecilla en Cameros, La Rioja. In this project we have worked intensively to implement the specific needs of this program and of the site where it will be located. We believe that architecture is a major agent in creating social, psychological and physical well-being … [Read more...]
Second prize in the competition for the new EMUASA headquarters
We have won the second prize in the competition for the EMUASA headquarters in Murcia. We propose a small tower for the new headquarters of the Murcia water company. By compacting the project at one end of the site, we free up space for the creation of a garden and a parking area covered by a solar canopy that allows for the collection of renewable … [Read more...]
Nuevo Bretón Theater
The future expansion of the most important space dedicated to performing arts in La Rioja (Spain) was a closer reality with the publication, a few months ago, of the competition for the design of the Nuevo Bretón Theater in the center of Logroño. The Bretón Theater was inaugurated in 1880. One hundred and forty years later, we wanted to update it to today's needs. The … [Read more...]
Recent competitions at AGi architects
Ten competitions per year, in locations as different as Saudi Arabia, Norway, or rural areas of Galicia, but with a special focus on public, cultural and educational programs. New buildings and also interventions in historical contexts, but with emphasis on the rehabilitation of existing buildings. At AGi architects we have opted for the development of competitions as a … [Read more...]
Expansion of the Archive of the City of Burgos in the Castilfalé Palace
The Castilfalé Palace is a fine example of Renaissance architecture in Burgos, originally built in the second half of the 16th century. Converted and altered in the 1920s, it now houses the municipal archives of the city of Burgos. Our proposal was the winner of the competition for the expansion of the city archives on the adjoining site. The palace is located in front of … [Read more...]
Wafra Living. Building completion revealed
Wafra Living's design proposes an innovative housing organization in Kuwait, where block housing with common spaces was rare until ten years ago. Pablo Lopez, architect at AGi architects, tells us about this large-scale residential complex recently completed in Kuwait. One of the objectives of the project was to integrate the level of privacy typical of Arab culture into the … [Read more...]