Rafael De La Hoz

A.M.A. Headquarters

A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba

A.M.A. HEADQUARTERS

Rafael De La-Hoz Arquitectos

PHOTOGRAPHS
Duccio Malagamba, Javier Ortega

AREA
10000.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Madrid, Spain

CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings

Text description provided by architect.

This project is located in the Cristalia Business Park in the “Campo de las Naciones” of Madrid.

A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba

It is a ten thousand square meter outstanding building, which has seven office floors assigned to be the headquarters of an insurance company.

In order to respect as much as possible the Business Park landscape which demands that the buildings footprint occupy the minimum ground floor, this building is conceived of as a volume that raises its side façades as a heavy mass over the ground.

A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba

In this way, two great 25 sqm long cantilevers emerge, allowing the landscape to spread along the building.

The external departments of the company take advantage of this unique location with the client attention area and the large auditorium, whose slope benefits from the shape of the building.

A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba

The façades clearly present the solution of the structural difficulties of its design.

In this way, a game of tension elements, placed diagonally, is sketched on the glass façade that directly reflects the law of the strains of the structure.

A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba


A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba


A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba
A.M.A. Headquarters
© Duccio Malagamba

Rafael De La Hoz
T +34 917 453500
Rafael De La Hoz
P.º de la Castellana, 82, Chamartín, 28046 Madrid, Spain