Satellite Control Center Hispasat
Satellite Control Center Hispasat
Herreros Arquitectos
SIZE
100,000 sqft - 300,000 sqft
YEAR
2009
TYPE
Commercial
BUDGET
$1M - 5M
The project arises from the need to respond to gaps in use and operation of the building and to internal problems of radiation and illumination generated by the current façade.
The project requires the re-use and re-distribution of operational areas, district offices and its institutional zones.
This is resolved with glass screens of degrees of opacity, colors and designs that create a new ar- tificial landscape of outer space.
The façade is resolved with a se- skin which consists of modules of 5mm sheet-aluminum pa- neling, with perforations varying in density according to lighting needs for comfort and energy dissipation in relation to heat gains and radiation.
The metallic shades in the new skin react to atmos- pheric changes and especially to the different sunsets that occur in this vast and open area of Arganda del Rey where the Control Center is located.
