San Fernando Business Park on the outskirts of Madrid is being redesigned by British architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and Spanish architect Alonso & Balaguer. Two new buildings will also be added to the park.
The new buildings have been designed for beauty, efficiency and costs via the use of a curtained wall façade. Existing buildings will be linked to the new with a canopy providing shelter from the sun and a new entrance to give the park a refreshed modern feel.
Arup was selected by the architects for structural engineering, building services engineering and façade engineering.
The scope for the façades includes definition of construction details, selection of materials and systems, adaptation to local, national and European codes, façade and canopy specifications and site assistance. This allows the architectural team to design and execute the building's envelope in terms of thermal performance, acoustics, structure, aesthetics and maintenance.
The façade consists of curtain walls with high performance glass with an external skin of glass louvres in the south and west for controlling sunlight. The exterior canopy is made of metallic profiles with a netting designed to maximise brightness while minimising direct solar radiation.
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