Castellana 94 Office Building . Madrid
beta.ø architecture office . TAAs – totem arquitectos asociados . photos: © Imagen Subliminal (Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero)
The building poses an alternative to the air-conditioned, sealed-envelope, energy-certified office environment.
First, the glass curtain-wall gives place to a faceted ceramic-clad envelope which, through shape, maximises summer radiation reflection and winter solar collection. Second, the convective air-conditioning system gives rise to a water radiant system which tempers the office space through high-inertia concrete slabs. Thus, structure and performance are integrated by means of its envelope and its environmental control systems.
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