https://pabloroquero.com Pablo Roquero Office Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:59:21 +0000 https://pabloroquero.com en https://pabloroquero.com/Ria-de-Ciencia-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:45:42 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Ria-de-Ciencia-_-Home RIA DE CIENCIA Developed in a post-industrial area next to the Rias of Vigo, this proposal aims to articulate the complex programmatic requirements of the CSIC Marine Research Institute with a system of collective and public spaces so that they jointly form a synergic platform for knowledge production. To efficiently resolve the coexistence of the modular rigor of the laboratory grid and the fluid integration to collaborative programs, a set of simple reticular volumes are slightly edited to create new spaces for interaction between research groups. Three landscape elements unite the campus. In the basement, an underground connector logistically links all buildings. At the ground level, a linear plaza carves into the buildings to connect their public programs to the outside. Finally, in the center of the campus, a carballeira garden provides workers and visitors with a green space to interact and exchange knowledge. <img width="3596" height="3455" width_o="3596" height_o="3455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23b170d796d98dde119eaf8763ae3a739c2766a9f5c662c8266ee58b9b005b72/01_IIM_PR.jpg" data-mid="180084420" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23b170d796d98dde119eaf8763ae3a739c2766a9f5c662c8266ee58b9b005b72/01_IIM_PR.jpg" /> <img width="3407" height="1653" width_o="3407" height_o="1653" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97a0019be99951a815c17a17e1db458995ec01abedfefb61f68d5b3d1bec0d3c/02_IIM_Aerial.jpg" data-mid="180084419" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/97a0019be99951a815c17a17e1db458995ec01abedfefb61f68d5b3d1bec0d3c/02_IIM_Aerial.jpg" /> <img width="3042" height="2988" width_o="3042" height_o="2988" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a8efc186c3b7101bb0391cdd9e6927337b5312d2995c71c56a35a1b8db3d9cb/03_IIM_Site.jpg" data-mid="180084422" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a8efc186c3b7101bb0391cdd9e6927337b5312d2995c71c56a35a1b8db3d9cb/03_IIM_Site.jpg" /> <img width="5295" height="5302" width_o="5295" height_o="5302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c561ff26f18c68b6328f7345aedfc94d4749c5bc659c3a4f5e2801080915d2c/04_IIM_RiaDiagram.jpg" data-mid="180084421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c561ff26f18c68b6328f7345aedfc94d4749c5bc659c3a4f5e2801080915d2c/04_IIM_RiaDiagram.jpg" /> <img width="5963" height="6054" width_o="5963" height_o="6054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7b55786c56913488345b3c1dacc29814e58775ee7adbfc3fd823d2410a7284e/05_IIM_Diagrams.jpg" data-mid="180084423" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7b55786c56913488345b3c1dacc29814e58775ee7adbfc3fd823d2410a7284e/05_IIM_Diagrams.jpg" /> <img width="7285" height="7127" width_o="7285" height_o="7127" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a72907f5ff20151cecc7b4752a4bdadc966c68c61c5d306c2dccf4d0036c3254/06_IIM_Building_Plans.jpg" data-mid="180084424" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a72907f5ff20151cecc7b4752a4bdadc966c68c61c5d306c2dccf4d0036c3254/06_IIM_Building_Plans.jpg" /> <img width="2023" height="1564" width_o="2023" height_o="1564" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c122c9204787cad72a480aaf2332a2a5d6fb63a7a5c3692c2c217d786626a096/07_IIM_PR.jpg" data-mid="180084425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c122c9204787cad72a480aaf2332a2a5d6fb63a7a5c3692c2c217d786626a096/07_IIM_PR.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="2887" width_o="3000" height_o="2887" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e79f66711169559005eef24804ee63028e4987ced6d0d82f5eca41a8e3d6084/08_IIM_PR.jpg" data-mid="180084426" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e79f66711169559005eef24804ee63028e4987ced6d0d82f5eca41a8e3d6084/08_IIM_PR.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Madrid-Library-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:15 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Madrid-Library-_-Home PARTICIPATORY LIBRARY IN MADRID The Las Tablas Municipal Library is a net-zero, highly dynamic building that can be designed through a participatory process, and transformed in time. To achieve this goal, the main strategy consists in dividing the program into independent volumes, which are then deployed around a patio. In the possible organization that is presented, the patio level contains the uses that are more dynamic and that require easier access from the street, such as the areas for children and teens, and the consultation areas. The second level houses, in turn, the reading rooms, workshops, and study spaces. The constructive system manages solar control and ventilation while it triggers the building’s aesthetic solutions. The building facade combines ceramic, white bricks, and locally sourced materials. The skin alternates transparent, opaque, and open areas to calibrate the relationship between interior and exterior spaces, promoting a lively center for the local community while allowing different levels of quietness and activity for the library spaces. <img width="2540" height="2453" width_o="2540" height_o="2453" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62242839564f3f507f5657320ef404a053cbc45f828bd7e0155fef2849b1313d/01_TAB_image-007.jpg" data-mid="180084453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62242839564f3f507f5657320ef404a053cbc45f828bd7e0155fef2849b1313d/01_TAB_image-007.jpg" /> <img width="2406" height="1656" width_o="2406" height_o="1656" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/946f65de68fa52529d0fb3577f54cf7e9e671034dad2dff7a5f409e8f04a729f/02_TAB_image-001.jpg" data-mid="180084454" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/946f65de68fa52529d0fb3577f54cf7e9e671034dad2dff7a5f409e8f04a729f/02_TAB_image-001.jpg" /> <img width="2779" height="1955" width_o="2779" height_o="1955" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bff525053baeb193f58f8d960a151015adae8b540c43f241378c4813ba5f65c5/03_TAB_Sombras.jpg" data-mid="180084455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bff525053baeb193f58f8d960a151015adae8b540c43f241378c4813ba5f65c5/03_TAB_Sombras.jpg" /> <img width="2262" height="4655" width_o="2262" height_o="4655" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84b904a46811c18cfef28359466e9370c965b830502967fd94c73e42146636d7/05_TAB_Diagrama_02.jpg" data-mid="180084457" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84b904a46811c18cfef28359466e9370c965b830502967fd94c73e42146636d7/05_TAB_Diagrama_02.jpg" /> <img width="5853" height="4528" width_o="5853" height_o="4528" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d4074e6dbd48dca55a215fcd7f0c0d0d0d84c1add588aab238c78ded0bbd334/06_TAB_Plan.jpg" data-mid="180084458" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d4074e6dbd48dca55a215fcd7f0c0d0d0d84c1add588aab238c78ded0bbd334/06_TAB_Plan.jpg" /> <img width="3312" height="4296" width_o="3312" height_o="4296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39987701c345e58b2b504fee4d9e5b0cdea0ebe40e59199c225973a52657a64e/04_TAB_Diagrama_01.jpg" data-mid="180084456" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39987701c345e58b2b504fee4d9e5b0cdea0ebe40e59199c225973a52657a64e/04_TAB_Diagrama_01.jpg" /> <img width="9921" height="1245" width_o="9921" height_o="1245" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ab7f88597052c66418483eab3fdf76d4a021f056f7f9f06150c53abef93fc67/08_TAB_Section.jpg" data-mid="180084460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ab7f88597052c66418483eab3fdf76d4a021f056f7f9f06150c53abef93fc67/08_TAB_Section.jpg" /> <img width="5285" height="2916" width_o="5285" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5f416e8a56dce73ba3ff54904febfcaaaf52e745002a92cc01dbb18d8785633/09_TAB_image-008.jpg" data-mid="180084461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5f416e8a56dce73ba3ff54904febfcaaaf52e745002a92cc01dbb18d8785633/09_TAB_image-008.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/What-s-Next-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:22 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/What-s-Next-_-Home <img width="3938" height="5999" width_o="3938" height_o="5999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b96f76916f7745bed4b79c5eedb4b437d6da29e645109032f48a685a9cea44b/HousingNext_Poster_01.png" data-mid="180084469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b96f76916f7745bed4b79c5eedb4b437d6da29e645109032f48a685a9cea44b/HousingNext_Poster_01.png" /> HOUSING WHAT’S NEXT? Considering the remarkable increase in the world’s population over the last century, it is imperative to contemplate the measures taken to accommodate this surge. Statistical data indicates that societies have been successful in constructing enough dwellings to offset the quantitative shortfall. The current challenge, however, revolves around enhancing the quality of the existing housing stock. The developing nations of the Global South are experiencing a significant rise in population growth, and it is crucial to explore the potential of housing to reshape the urban landscape in order to create better cities. This project by the Housing and Urban Development Division of the IDB is an invitation to make strategic use of lessons learned, to imagine new solutions and possibilities, and to bring a renewed agenda to housing and urban development in the years to come. HOUSING WHAT’S NEXT? Considering the remarkable increase in the world’s population over the last century, it is imperative to contemplate the measures taken to accommodate this surge. Statistical data indicates that societies have been successful in constructing enough dwellings to offset the quantitative shortfall. The current challenge, however, revolves around enhancing the quality of the existing housing stock. The developing nations of the Global South are experiencing a significant rise in population growth, and it is crucial to explore the potential of housing to reshape the urban landscape in order to create better cities. This project by the Housing and Urban Development Division of the IDB is an invitation to make strategic use of lessons learned, to imagine new solutions and possibilities, and to bring a renewed agenda to housing and urban development in the years to come. <img width="3938" height="5999" width_o="3938" height_o="5999" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b96f76916f7745bed4b79c5eedb4b437d6da29e645109032f48a685a9cea44b/HousingNext_Poster_01.png" data-mid="180084469" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b96f76916f7745bed4b79c5eedb4b437d6da29e645109032f48a685a9cea44b/HousingNext_Poster_01.png" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Edificio-Brits-_-Home-1 Sun, 25 Aug 2024 20:45:11 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Edificio-Brits-_-Home-1 EDIFICIO BRITS This 83-unit residential building explores a micro-urban structure that articulates landscape and architecture in a spatial organization that anchors and orchestrates the multiple forces acting upon the development process over time. Formally, the building distorts the sense of front and back. Resampling the metrics of the municipal urban fabric on top of a semi-sunken plinth, the project resolves a large, deep, sloped plot and provides good solar exposure, privacy, and views for all apartments. The project’s ground floor is laid out in rings around an infrastructural garden that, beyond supporting leisure activities, manages climate-change events and features local flora to promote the reconstitution of regional ecologies. Facing this central garden, a covered pedestrian ring provides access to all towers and amenities, fostering the building’s collective life. <img width="2210" height="1245" width_o="2210" height_o="1245" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22dabfd2b4da893efb6bd1294dfa89a6fd3be8f79004851f0403f9c0c483c164/01_BRITS_Ext-02_N.jpg" data-mid="216921688" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/22dabfd2b4da893efb6bd1294dfa89a6fd3be8f79004851f0403f9c0c483c164/01_BRITS_Ext-02_N.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="2166" width_o="2000" height_o="2166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f07ad556b3aa32541b9e718131a644365af4a1a8dc7cf026d884e2ce063beccb/04_BRITS_Aerial.jpg" data-mid="216921691" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f07ad556b3aa32541b9e718131a644365af4a1a8dc7cf026d884e2ce063beccb/04_BRITS_Aerial.jpg" /> <img width="4635" height="4486" width_o="4635" height_o="4486" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06d2cb69cc8e22c95b4a50b98864bfd4385d9dfc66de86bb9fdf134760a39f3d/IMG_6475.jpeg" data-mid="216921705" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06d2cb69cc8e22c95b4a50b98864bfd4385d9dfc66de86bb9fdf134760a39f3d/IMG_6475.jpeg" /> <img width="1125" height="1393" width_o="1125" height_o="1393" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/125a127796225aa80bab5bda02c07c3d287fa63a1bbb6ebf262d2261ebc00da7/Screenshot-2024-08-24-at-12.32.35PM.jpeg" data-mid="216921704" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/125a127796225aa80bab5bda02c07c3d287fa63a1bbb6ebf262d2261ebc00da7/Screenshot-2024-08-24-at-12.32.35PM.jpeg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; https://pabloroquero.com/Fusione-_-Home Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:59:21 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Fusione-_-Home EDIFICIO FUSIONE Situated within a suburban setting, the design comprises two independent buildings that interplay voids and solids to structure a shared access streets and a variety of communal and private gardens. While a two-story building preserves the scale of the streetscape, a three-story volume folds towards the back of the plot to organize the plot. On the ground floor, this differentiation allows for a campus-like feeling, with double-oriented units with gardens, cross-ventilation, and good solar exposure. Below ground, a parking and facilities level interconnects the entire development, providing shared access for apartment units and direct access for townhouse units. Through the articulation of the void space, the design explores the close integration of different canonical housing and garden typologies in a single collective project. <img width="1500" height="1072" width_o="1500" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8a22a5482d8b630c485c4729128ac3e3cc810fea6067bdef2571c26e7084a22/Escorzada2V3_.jpg" data-mid="216933808" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a8a22a5482d8b630c485c4729128ac3e3cc810fea6067bdef2571c26e7084a22/Escorzada2V3_.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="2480" width_o="2480" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db7adaf8f7a87e4a73fc49936a436b0a945f72c066e050a2d9ca71fb35091913/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-01.jpg" data-mid="216933815" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/db7adaf8f7a87e4a73fc49936a436b0a945f72c066e050a2d9ca71fb35091913/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-01.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="2480" width_o="2480" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0101854f650ae06b923f26483cbf60b14f1822072ff8b4e1ef13dccfb308c0e7/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-02.jpg" data-mid="216933816" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0101854f650ae06b923f26483cbf60b14f1822072ff8b4e1ef13dccfb308c0e7/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-02.jpg" /> <img width="2480" height="2480" width_o="2480" height_o="2480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1426758dc2271b77d25f0b75051d3dcacf6676dace6fb970b56c0b8bd2ef51e1/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-03.jpg" data-mid="216933817" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1426758dc2271b77d25f0b75051d3dcacf6676dace6fb970b56c0b8bd2ef51e1/05_BAE_Diagrams_Frontales-03.jpg" /> <img width="4431" height="3352" width_o="4431" height_o="3352" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42b192109bf763272fd101a51e457e14163668f3a1cb00fd77c2a99dfae72d3c/00_BAE_Landscape.jpg" data-mid="216933809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42b192109bf763272fd101a51e457e14163668f3a1cb00fd77c2a99dfae72d3c/00_BAE_Landscape.jpg" /> <img width="1844" height="1500" width_o="1844" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cc1979fc810d53991803b3aaa1f68c6d189d495b295d8b66814e6c48260ad2f/02_BAE_Acceso.jpg" data-mid="216933803" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5cc1979fc810d53991803b3aaa1f68c6d189d495b295d8b66814e6c48260ad2f/02_BAE_Acceso.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1429" width_o="2000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7b36651fa9c0d1eaa5d28717060e6b5442d0645687cb9bc5a42ee60f96e873f/Fachada-3_.jpg" data-mid="216933807" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7b36651fa9c0d1eaa5d28717060e6b5442d0645687cb9bc5a42ee60f96e873f/Fachada-3_.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1176" width_o="2000" height_o="1176" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dab3d46b6ee07fdd4bfdcd5a327239fcaaf1c664cfd5814b7dc5e9f91366ad11/04_BAE_Interior.jpg" data-mid="216933805" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dab3d46b6ee07fdd4bfdcd5a327239fcaaf1c664cfd5814b7dc5e9f91366ad11/04_BAE_Interior.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Art-Complex-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:29 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Art-Complex-_-Home A RESILIENT ART COMPLEX Currently, under construction and over 400,000 sqm, this project explores new relationships between form and (undetermined) function. Developed in the context of non-western rapid urbanization, amid the creation of the institutional organizations that will define the cultural visions to support these future buildings, the design of this cultural complex integrated architecture and landscape to perform simultaneously as content and container, as art and architecture. By articulating flexible and resilient architectural and urban configurations, this project explored the latent possibilities of regional-local architecture to adapt to new scales and programs while hosting and remaining open to its future art programs. <img width="2000" height="1420" width_o="2000" height_o="1420" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12b248dce147c3932d4ecbea44585602fe89061697eed402c51a597b22acec3b/01_RC_EN_01.jpg" data-mid="180084489" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12b248dce147c3932d4ecbea44585602fe89061697eed402c51a597b22acec3b/01_RC_EN_01.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1860" width_o="3000" height_o="1860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdf719437fb8d549fae6fdb2aaf6c3369d73bc8b501ca8218d85282c8caba2bc/02_RC_PR_01.jpg" data-mid="180084490" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdf719437fb8d549fae6fdb2aaf6c3369d73bc8b501ca8218d85282c8caba2bc/02_RC_PR_01.jpg" /> <img width="2510" height="1638" width_o="2510" height_o="1638" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c4e5cb79567378bc23f7e8a1a5970269f862da551024777d4c19955cc83df86/03_RC_PR_02.jpg" data-mid="180084491" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c4e5cb79567378bc23f7e8a1a5970269f862da551024777d4c19955cc83df86/03_RC_PR_02.jpg" /> <img width="2389" height="6000" width_o="2389" height_o="6000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c5027645b80f92f2fd050e17ccc82520244077a97e58aa15fbe2ca9a4cfb107d/11_RC_Diagrams.png" data-mid="180084499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c5027645b80f92f2fd050e17ccc82520244077a97e58aa15fbe2ca9a4cfb107d/11_RC_Diagrams.png" /> <img width="3699" height="1929" width_o="3699" height_o="1929" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0363b057bc68de58308b4c9edd14b5f2f777d62bd356ec2c3c44c068da0f4edb/04_RC_EN_02.jpg" data-mid="180084492" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0363b057bc68de58308b4c9edd14b5f2f777d62bd356ec2c3c44c068da0f4edb/04_RC_EN_02.jpg" /> <img width="3042" height="1680" width_o="3042" height_o="1680" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/006c5827c0a3aeb94a2d7f064cee1253cb7d0916dc66d02c6b7e924c8b3c24c4/05_RC_PR_03.jpg" data-mid="180084493" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/006c5827c0a3aeb94a2d7f064cee1253cb7d0916dc66d02c6b7e924c8b3c24c4/05_RC_PR_03.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="1080" width_o="2800" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a99f8d0fae5b2bcd1df8700ceeb76c14c5ff1c09bafd5c88081f2afa29c4977/06_RC_PR_04.png" data-mid="180084494" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a99f8d0fae5b2bcd1df8700ceeb76c14c5ff1c09bafd5c88081f2afa29c4977/06_RC_PR_04.png" /> <img width="2184" height="1692" width_o="2184" height_o="1692" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b36a70c4e98abf2e0a0164c6f95dd6a38d2dad6a25e266748a0af97c7682f1d/07_RC_PR_05.png" data-mid="180084495" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b36a70c4e98abf2e0a0164c6f95dd6a38d2dad6a25e266748a0af97c7682f1d/07_RC_PR_05.png" /> <img width="2000" height="2000" width_o="2000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4f00d9652bf91f835452d309b35f0a98476edb2a0ae9f4a05ef3efc433c5efe/08_RC_PR_06.png" data-mid="180084496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4f00d9652bf91f835452d309b35f0a98476edb2a0ae9f4a05ef3efc433c5efe/08_RC_PR_06.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1334" width_o="2000" height_o="1334" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/932517806219fb6e0c6b302533bb432ae794cac5b365638f76fcef9dca7a7160/10_RC_GG_01.jpg" data-mid="180084498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/932517806219fb6e0c6b302533bb432ae794cac5b365638f76fcef9dca7a7160/10_RC_GG_01.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1420" width_o="2000" height_o="1420" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c53ed172f6bf65585624f6b5a89264cefea00d860c4307d66ff7beab1acab71d/09_RC_EN_03.jpg" data-mid="180084497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c53ed172f6bf65585624f6b5a89264cefea00d860c4307d66ff7beab1acab71d/09_RC_EN_03.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Smart-City-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:51 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Smart-City-_-Home <img width="4607" height="6478" width_o="4607" height_o="6478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fae5ed84c0ba8a37a504182235eb65354e3c2a87e1f345a39e6fc669695a3ce7/01_Xiongan_MR.jpg" data-mid="180084525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fae5ed84c0ba8a37a504182235eb65354e3c2a87e1f345a39e6fc669695a3ce7/01_Xiongan_MR.jpg" /> A HUMAN-CENTERED SMART CITY Developed under a set of subsequent design competitions, this project aimed to develop a holistic “smart city” proposal with the objective of creating a human-centered stack of technologies that would bring together the digital and physical experience in multifaceted relationships. With this goal, a collection of sub-projects was designed under a framework that combined spatial, technological, and organizational proposals meant to co-exist in time with diverse life spans. The urban product of this stack of soft and hard infrastructures was intended to be a platform for innovation, co-creation, and development, connecting the near present with the far future. The proposed infrastructural elements and urban artifacts aimed to respond to the stakeholders’ multidimensional aspirations in a vision that promoted innovation and resiliency while prioritizing the urban needs of its future inhabitants. A HUMAN-CENTERED SMART CITY Developed under a set of subsequent design competitions, this project aimed to develop a holistic “smart city” proposal with the objective of creating a human-centered stack of technologies that would bring together the digital and physical experience in multifaceted relationships. With this goal, a collection of sub-projects was designed under a framework that combined spatial, technological, and organizational proposals meant to co-exist in time with diverse life spans. The urban product of this stack of soft and hard infrastructures was intended to be a platform for innovation, co-creation, and development, connecting the near present with the far future. The proposed infrastructural elements and urban artifacts aimed to respond to the stakeholders’ multidimensional aspirations in a vision that promoted innovation and resiliency while prioritizing the urban needs of its future inhabitants. <img width="4607" height="6478" width_o="4607" height_o="6478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fae5ed84c0ba8a37a504182235eb65354e3c2a87e1f345a39e6fc669695a3ce7/01_Xiongan_MR.jpg" data-mid="180084525" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fae5ed84c0ba8a37a504182235eb65354e3c2a87e1f345a39e6fc669695a3ce7/01_Xiongan_MR.jpg" /> <img width="6472" height="6221" width_o="6472" height_o="6221" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/023a4121803f8b3e64253db8ebc77371c89bdb4ee324e644d8fd7c8eaa219493/02_Xiongan_Stack.jpg" data-mid="180084526" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/023a4121803f8b3e64253db8ebc77371c89bdb4ee324e644d8fd7c8eaa219493/02_Xiongan_Stack.jpg" /> <img width="9839" height="7274" width_o="9839" height_o="7274" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee2820b615339c19db9fdbc4a6f0c836e8be46f447637fb0c8758cf896a3e403/03_Xiongan_Stack.jpg" data-mid="180084527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee2820b615339c19db9fdbc4a6f0c836e8be46f447637fb0c8758cf896a3e403/03_Xiongan_Stack.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Ostrava-_-Home Sun, 25 Aug 2024 04:19:46 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Ostrava-_-Home <img width="2900" height="3455" width_o="2900" height_o="3455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf63204b71652ba923ba39fc63667df1e480fc42b1d4f1940ef8d23366b7f6e8/detalle01_S.jpg" data-mid="216897583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf63204b71652ba923ba39fc63667df1e480fc42b1d4f1940ef8d23366b7f6e8/detalle01_S.jpg" /> THOROUGHFARE ARCADIA While a simply iconic and autonomous building may initially answer the most basic programmatic and representational project requirements, this proposal seeks to challenge the conventional notion of iconic architecture by prioritizing a deeply interconnected urban environment that can thrive by creating a meaningful space for the city. Rather than isolating itself as a standalone statement, the design forgoes self-referential monumentalism in favor of an open, vibrant complex that actively engages with the city’s public domain. By anchoring the Karolina District urban space, the project invites community engagement and promotes accessibility. This approach creates welcoming spaces for visitors, encourages social interaction, and contributes to the economic and cultural vitality of the district. The project unveils an integrated design that crafts a variegated continuum of vertical green spaces and urban courtyards. Stretching from lively thoroughfares to serene private winter gardens and terraces, this verdant expanse caters to diverse user experiences to foster a harmonious environment where the city’s energy coexists with intimate landscapes of domestic retreat. THOROUGHFARE ARCADIA While a simply iconic and autonomous building may initially answer the most basic programmatic and representational project requirements, this proposal seeks to challenge the conventional notion of iconic architecture by prioritizing a deeply interconnected urban environment that can thrive by creating a meaningful space for the city. Rather than isolating itself as a standalone statement, the design forgoes self-referential monumentalism in favor of an open, vibrant complex that actively engages with the city’s public domain. By anchoring the Karolina District urban space, the project invites community engagement and promotes accessibility. This approach creates welcoming spaces for visitors, encourages social interaction, and contributes to the economic and cultural vitality of the district. The project unveils an integrated design that crafts a variegated continuum of vertical green spaces and urban courtyards. Stretching from lively thoroughfares to serene private winter gardens and terraces, this verdant expanse caters to diverse user experiences to foster a harmonious environment where the city’s energy coexists with intimate landscapes of domestic retreat. <img width="2900" height="3455" width_o="2900" height_o="3455" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf63204b71652ba923ba39fc63667df1e480fc42b1d4f1940ef8d23366b7f6e8/detalle01_S.jpg" data-mid="216897583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf63204b71652ba923ba39fc63667df1e480fc42b1d4f1940ef8d23366b7f6e8/detalle01_S.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Vertical-Grids-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:46:56 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Vertical-Grids-_-Home VERTICAL GRIDS This project in Xiamen explores the vertical multiplication of the ground floor by intertwining the architectural and public urban realms. This highrise building located in the central district of a masterplan for Xiamen’s Binhai Area creates a multi-level, three-dimensional cluster of vertical and horizontal elements that allows for office space, commercial strips, civic and cultural facilities, and public space and landscape to articulate and interact in space. Expressing a minimalist formal structure, this building plays out a mute expressiveness that transcends scales to operate both at the level of its details and its massing. In this operation, the spatial qualities of the building layout are emboldened, and the exuberance of the local natural landscape and the local topographical silhouette is highlighted. <img width="4205" height="5278" width_o="4205" height_o="5278" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b45822a9a260b41479b88e39efd536b9f27555864a452085280b0bdc3e2483b/01_XIA_MR_01.jpg" data-mid="180084528" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b45822a9a260b41479b88e39efd536b9f27555864a452085280b0bdc3e2483b/01_XIA_MR_01.jpg" /> https://pabloroquero.com/Open-School-_-Home Fri, 26 May 2023 19:47:47 +0000 Pablo Roquero Office https://pabloroquero.com/Open-School-_-Home OPEN SCHOOL IN SMICHOV Located in Prague, this building design aims to reconcile openness with introversion by resolving its dual condition as a free-form pavilion and as an urban block. As the school edges align to all adjacent streets at the ground level, and gradually open on the south and north sides in the higher levels, this transition gives the school an open character and enriches the nearby environment with the lively presence of the school to the city. Extending at all levels, a diagonal terraced connection between the east and west wings provides brake-out spaces, shared classrooms, and lab spaces. As it unfolds to the ground and underground, this connective space also manages the school’s programmatic connections to the community and becomes an extended center for local development. <img width="6769" height="6711" width_o="6769" height_o="6711" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/121f83f6867ae51f7c9644441e635283217e401219108673d151b65f4f1f151f/01_SMV_Terraces-Illustration.png" data-mid="180084540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/121f83f6867ae51f7c9644441e635283217e401219108673d151b65f4f1f151f/01_SMV_Terraces-Illustration.png" /> <img width="3872" height="2592" width_o="3872" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5208cc56c1fc7a69415e4862d90c1caee8ebee249ab32946ef468ce23ef8683c/02_SMV_DSC_0341.jpg" data-mid="180084541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5208cc56c1fc7a69415e4862d90c1caee8ebee249ab32946ef468ce23ef8683c/02_SMV_DSC_0341.jpg" /> <img width="6355" height="4495" width_o="6355" height_o="4495" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/181f211893e81746c86f45158940add4e34242ae3efdda1125f223186acfd115/05_SMV_Diagrams_02.jpg" data-mid="180084546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/181f211893e81746c86f45158940add4e34242ae3efdda1125f223186acfd115/05_SMV_Diagrams_02.jpg" /> <img width="5174" height="5859" width_o="5174" height_o="5859" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4c0aad2ad1b84da9ae09ed7cea2d69742ac06b0635b2b2079bf9a9ff607d9f63/04_SMV_Diagrams_01.jpg" data-mid="180084545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4c0aad2ad1b84da9ae09ed7cea2d69742ac06b0635b2b2079bf9a9ff607d9f63/04_SMV_Diagrams_01.jpg" /> <img width="4476" height="8197" width_o="4476" height_o="8197" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e62299b4084871a144696ce587a13b5bb4d8377e2993da6a2a7c15d674522d2b/03_SMV_Plans.jpg" data-mid="180084543" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e62299b4084871a144696ce587a13b5bb4d8377e2993da6a2a7c15d674522d2b/03_SMV_Plans.jpg" /> <img width="5168" height="5550" width_o="5168" height_o="5550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d62fe2235f28bcf6f72c35bee38dc6a0b3932e8f0c6cc5a78b2608a0df8ac5bf/06_SMV_Sections.jpg" data-mid="180084547" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d62fe2235f28bcf6f72c35bee38dc6a0b3932e8f0c6cc5a78b2608a0df8ac5bf/06_SMV_Sections.jpg" /> <img width="5178" height="2324" width_o="5178" height_o="2324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cb2c210c0c00b43105e407083df1bc29b6775e51e9675d5529f6188c43f3d3e/07_SMV_Sideparkview.jpg" data-mid="180084548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cb2c210c0c00b43105e407083df1bc29b6775e51e9675d5529f6188c43f3d3e/07_SMV_Sideparkview.jpg" />