Extension and improvement of the E.D.A.R de Villaperez by Padilla-Nicás architects
30/03/2017.
[Villaperez-Oviedo/Asturias] Spain
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
metalocus, DANIEL MADERA
The architectural studio, based in Madrid, Padilla Nicás Arquitectos projected the expansion of new buildings and adaptation of the existing facilities for the extension of the Sewage Treatment Plant of Villaperez, near Oviedo, Spain.
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Site plan. Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Details. Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Details. Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Details. Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image courtesy of Padilla-Nicáis
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Water purification plant in Villapérez by Padilla-Nicás. Image © Mariela Apollonio
Padilla-Nicás Arquitectos had to work on the existing buildings and to propose several buildings whose volume was already pre-fixed, therefore, its objective was to provide to the new buildings new façades which respects the rural environment in which they are located responding to the necessities of use and heights, using materials of low cost to not exceed the budget.
Description of the project by padilla-nicás arquitectos
Villapérez Wastewater Treatment Plant, northeast of the city of Oviedo occupies a huge extension, about 21 hectares. It was realized at the beginning of the '90s and is composed of several constructions realized with concrete block plastered in yellow and roofs of sheet metallic red, with little attention for the environment in which they are located.
The commission consists of literally "giving a new face" to buildings, with sucha a big budget constraint that only was able to achieve the comission by painting the buildings, without changing their volumetrics or the layout or type of voids.
We apply colors that are diluted in the usually leaden sky of the environment. Employed in contiguous faces of each building, as it is seen in the developed elevations, it is tried to break the anodyne and the large volume of the buildings and to relate them to each other. This range of colors is complemented by a family of colors more intense and daring that allows to identify in each building the unique elements of use: accesses, connections, etc.
All this is completed with a powerful signage that helps to identify each building from the great distances that separate them.
Due to the increase of population whose waters are treated in this Station, it is necessary to construct three new buildings that must be made compulsory in prefabricated concrete, and whose position and volume can not be altered. Again our mission is focused on the treatment of the envelopes, proposing the size of the prefabricated panels. In addition, we use different shades in the pigmentation of the prefabricated ones to ensure that buildings are integrated with the environment.
The steel sheet bases that agglutinate the entrances, are painted with a intense yellow color. In this way, we can relate them to the intense colors of existing buildings.
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Architects
Padilla Nicás Arquitectos. Francisco José Padilla + Juan Manuel Nicás Caballero
Collaborators
Alfonso López / Daniel Guerra / Alba Romero / Giusy di Pinto
Developer
Acuaes + Principado de Asturias
Director of the works by the developer
Vanesa Mateo Pérez
Builder
UTE dragados
Location
Carretera de Villapérez s/n km 2 / Oviedo / Asturias / Spain
Dates
2015 (project) / 2015-2016 (ejecution)
Photography
Francisco José Padilla - Juan Manuel Nicás padilla nicás arquitectos
Francisco José Padilla Alonso (Madrid 1971) and Juan Manuel Nicás Caballero (Jaen 1975) formed padilla nicás in 2003 after meeting at Rafael Moneo´s office, where they worked as partners on various projects in Spain and the USA.
Currently their professional work combines design commissions at different scales, competitions and occasional teaching activities.
Francisco José Padilla, architectural license received from the ETSAM in 1997, began his career in the architectural firms of Andrés Perea, Pedro Feduchi and Ángel Fernández Alba before joining Rafael Moneo.
Juan Manuel Nicás, architectural license received from the ETSAG in 1999 with the National Prize for the Thesis Project, with a scholarship to the Academy of Spain in Rome before joining Rafael Moneo.
