New Dune is a project for a resort located around a wave pool on the Costa del Sol. Our approach focused on enhancing the whole surfing experience. We wanted to create a place that would evoke the same sensations as surfing in the ocean. The surfing experience begins long before the actual surfing. Arriving at the beach, preparing the equipment, waiting for the … [Read more...]
Looking back at our 2020/21 works
As the academic year draws to a close, we take the opportunity to look back. In these exceptional months at a global level, we have won competitions in different parts of the world, as well as completed works in Kuwait and Spain. We also continue with the construction process of other projects, highlighting our participation in the Dubai World Expo 2020, where we are completing … [Read more...]
A summer house, as seen through the eyes of Modern Art
Architectural atlas What does the perfect summer house look like? How does Modern Art reflect architecture? Crossing these two questions, in this new article we write a little story about a vacation day reconstructed through the summer experiences of different artists of the twentieth century. In the US west coast, in California and near the Mediterranean, artists were … [Read more...]
Cities of Justice in Saudi Arabia
A City for Justice is the winning proposal of the international competition for the design of a city of justice in Saudi Arabia. The project had to propose a scheme that could be developed in three different locations, Riyadh, Mecca and Jeddah. AGi architects' proposal was the winner, and was praised for being able to generate a systematization concept valid for all three … [Read more...]
Tamdeen Square Mall
Tamdeen Square Mall is a retail and commercial development located near one of our projects, Tamdeen Square Residences. The plot is situated within a new urban development in the south of Kuwait City, off the Fahaheel highway that runs southward along the seashore all the way to the Arabian border. Masterplan envisions a mix-use area combining low-to-medium-rise residential and … [Read more...]
Landscape and heritage, two intertwined ideas
Heritage means "that which may be inherited" coming from Old French iritage, eritage, heritage "heir; inheritance, ancestral estate, heirloom," from heriter "inherit," from Late Latin hereditare. Its meaning "condition or state transmitted from ancestors" is from 1620s. With the French Revolution, it acquired a new meaning. The related word patrimonie began to refer to goods … [Read more...]
Alcouve. Center for the promotion and image of Galician agricultural, livestock and forestry products
Alcouve, in Galician, is a place where the seeds of plants are sown to be cultivated for a short period of time and then transplanted. Alcouve was the name of our proposal for the competition launched to adapt the Pazo de Quián, in Sergude (Boqueixón), into a mirror of the Galician rural world. Sergude is a village located in the visual basin formed by the mountains of Pico … [Read more...]
Food Market in Villanueva de la Serena
This 1954 food market is located in Villanueva de la Serena's Paseo de San Francisco, which is one of the main axes of the town center. A competition for remodelling the building allowed us to propose a sustainable way of preserving the traditional food market. In addition, it also enabled us to expand the programming of this space with areas dedicated to gastronomy and … [Read more...]
Gallery of Machines. A new Railway Museum
The Delicias station, in Madrid, is going to be upgraded to accommodate a new Railway Museum. It is located near the main cultural centers of the city, such as Medialab Prado, Tabacalera and Matadero Madrid. These are renovated industrial buildings which bear witness to the economic past of the south of Madrid. While industrial heritage continues to be threatened by urban … [Read more...]
Archipelago Villa
Archipelago Villa's concept is born from the idea of living the house in a different way. We organized the house in independent areas, which we called islands, each dedicated to a specific function. Every island establishes a relationship with its own garden. And at the same time, each island is connected to the others. In this way, the living spaces and gardens form a whole, … [Read more...]