Sacred Art Business Park in Seville

Seville. Spain | 2010

Seville City Council

Located in a business park with access to good transportation infrastructures, very close to the beltway and the new entry to the city through the north, the Sacred Art Business Park is an initiative of the Seville City Council, which wanted to address the needs of a deeply rooted professional field in the Andalusian capital, that of religious crafts. This sector demanded space to develop its activities and stimulate the modernization processes of its companies, improve its production facilities and its work environment.

The Sacred Art Business Park draws inspiration from the traditional Mediterranean souk to recreate the private atmosphere of the old quarters where crafts people, grouped into different trades, manufactured and sold their products. It is a complex of nine buildings whose combination creates an urban and public space formed by streets perpendicular to one another. The street intersections generate two plazas of different sizes, with orange trees as only decorative element, which can be used for public markets or as resting area for artisans. At each end of the main road there is an arrival area for visitors and a building for complementary uses. Each building has a variable number of workshops that are conceived as flexible production spaces, built with surfaces illuminated in accordance with their potential use. The production spaces are located behind a continuous enclosure built with a lattice of white concrete prefabricated pieces, modulated following a five-meter grid, and adaptable to each specific need.


Awards

Premio | Arquitectura Plus | 2011
Premio | Bauwelt Preis | 2011

Publications

AV Monografías n. 147-148 | 2011
V Premio de Arquitectura Ascensores Enor | 2011
37º 23′ N 5º 59′ W. Sevilla Contemporánea Arquitectura 2000-2010 | 2011
Convention Centers | 2012
1000 x European Architecture | 2012
Emergentes 14 | 2014
Detail n. 4 | 2011
AV Proyectos n. 13 | 2006
TC Cuadernos n. 71 | 2005