CANTOBLANCO.
B UILDING FOR BUSINESS R+D+i ACTIVITIES
Parcel 26. Universidad Autónoma de Cantoblanco.
2010. MADRID

PROJECT SUMMARY.

The complex is to be used primarily for research, development and innovation in science and business, mainly in the fields of bio-science and chemistry, information technology, new materials and nano-technology, the environment and renewable energy.  

The design concept places a communications/distribution hub at the center of three buildings containing units for the incubation of businesses.    

The layout of the complex generates an atrium facing north, flanked on each floor by passageways in the form of galleries which, as well as communicating the different areas, themselves form an informal break-out space next to the business areas.  

The level above the atrium houses the space dedicated to meetings, presentations, library, document processing and management.  The top floor is an exhibition space that continues out to garden terraces. 

Using the existing slope, the design proposes a porticoed ground floor for access to bays for delivery, collection, distribution, maintenance and storage of products, materials and waste residues. 

This level also provides access to two floors of underground parking via a two-way vehicle ramp, built in a combination straight-curved path with bends of approximately 90 sexagesimal degrees.  

Pedestrian access is from calle Nicolás Cabrera, which is also the location of reception and access control.  The central vestibule rises up through the remaining floors. 

On the ground level, two wings are dedicated to business areas.  On the upper floors all three bodies of the building are dedicated to business use. 

The central hub is furnished with a bank of elevators, a goods elevator, staircase, mens and womens toilets with fully adapted access, lockers, vending area, etc.  

At the northern end of each of the wings that surround the atrium is a vertical communications nucleus equipped with an external evacuation staircase and maintenance station.

The modular design of the complex as a whole and of its spaces and infrastucture allows for a multiplicity of available spaces, a multiplier of the basic units and the planned modulation. 

Interconnection between the spaces dedicated to installations and those dedicated to R+D+i provides maximum flexibility both to adapt general installations and to create specific installations or fittings needed for different activities in any area of the building.  

The complex is therefore fully versatile, allowing the location of different activities in multiple areas.  It is also efficient to operate, as a whole and in part, and can easily be divided into sectors for different uses.
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