Veteco-Asefave Award
The Veteco-Asefave Best Facade Award ceremony took place at IFEMA during ePower&Building within the framework of the Second Architecture Awards with eÑe
Gonzalo Carro received the Veteco-Asefave Award for Best Facade from José María Ezquiaga Domínguez, dean of the COAM, the organizing body of these Awards.
He BioCruces Institute On November 15 in Madrid, during the presentation of the II eÑe Architecture Awards, the Veteco-Asefave Award was awarded in the category of Best Façade for the new headquarters of the BioCruces Institute, designed by architects Gonzalo Carro and Fernando Garrido.
The new headquarters of the BioCruces Institute It is a highly flexible building that can house laboratories and adapt to changes. The award-winning building Veteco-Asefave The best façade is configured with an outer skin like a dense and uniform fabric to offer protection against direct sunlight while safeguarding the direct lines of sight of nearby buildings. Only in certain more representative areas, such as the entrance or rest areas, the envelope opens to offer its representative character. The white colour of the profiles used, forming a grid of vertical and horizontal lacquered aluminium slats, reinforces the image of the whole, contrasting with the surroundings.
The jury of the awards Veteco-Asefave, chaired by Luis Comeron Graupera, president of the Higher Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain (CSCAE), has highlighted the coherence of the sober image of the building with its use for research, while also reflecting the avant-garde work being carried out there.