Project

DETAIL STRUCTURAL DESIGN INCLUDING THE FAÇADE FOR OXXEO OFFICE BUILDING IN MADRID. SPAIN

CLIENT GMP
SERVICE Detail design and structures construction supervision
DATE 2015-2017
LOCATION Madrid, Spain
ARCHITECTS RAFAEL DE LA HOZ

OXXEO building is located in Las Tablas PAU (urban extension planning), at the north of Madrid. It is one of the fastest growing areas of the capital and home to a high concentration of singular office buildings. The building, with chamfered vertices, 5 stories over ground level and 2 below ground level, adapts to the configuration of the triangular plot of land.

The main peculiarity of the building is its facade. It serves as a protection from direct sunlight while being an external bearing structure on which slabs rest and a visual and formal landmark, providing the building with character.

Aiming at granting flexibility to the building floor plan, the office space has no columns. For this reason, only 4 circular columns were built in the chamfers and central communication core, creating 20 m spans by means of a hybrid floor slab (metal-concrete) with metal decking.