METROPOL PARASOL. FINALISTS. MIES VAN DER ROHE 2013

5 / 5. FINALISTS. Announced for the 2013 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe.

METROPOL PARASOL

Office / Architect.- J. MAYER H. / Jürgen Mayer H. www.jmayerh.de
City / Country.- SEVILLE / SPAIN
Programme.- MIXED USE

Metropol Parasol is a new icon project for Seville, - a place of identification to articulate Seville’s role as one of Spains most fascinating cultural destinations. These large mushroom, realized as a polyurethane coated timber construction, offer an archeological site, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. MP is defining an unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city.

Site area: 18.000m²
Total Floor Area: 12.670 m²

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Easter procession 2011 in Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville. © Fernando Alda.

Panoramic view on the Parasols onto old Seville. © David Franck.

South view of Plaza de la Encarnación. © David Franck.

North view of Plaza de la Encarnación. © Hufton & Crow.

Students assembling in Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville. © Fernando Alda.

Panoramic Skywalk and Cafe inside the Parasols.

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Jürgen MAYER H.

Jürgen Mayer H. Founded in 1996 in Berlin, Germany, J. MAYER H Architects’ studio, focuses on works at the intersection of architecture, communication and new technology. From urban planning schemes and buildings to installation work and objects with new materials, the relationship between the human body, technology and nature form the background for a new production of space.

Jürgen Mayer H. is the founder and principal of this crossdisciplinairy studio. He studied at Stuttgart University, The Cooper Union and Princeton Universtiy. His work has been published and exhibited worldwide and is part of numerous collections including MoMA New York and SF MoMA. National and international awards include the Mies-van-der-Rohe-Award-Emerging-Architect-Special-Mention-2003 ,Winner Holcim Award Bronze 2005 and Winner Audi Urban Future Award 2010. Jürgen Mayer H. has taught at Princeton University, University of the Arts Berlin, Harvard University, Kunsthochschule Berlin, the Architectural Association in London, the Columbia University, New York and at the University of Toronto, Canada.