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Woermann Tower and Square

This is a project by Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos + Casariego/Guerra and it is located at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain. It was submitted to Architecture News Plus (ANP) by Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos. Project's program: Residential tower, offices, shops and public square. There are nine images for Woermann Tower and Square.

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Project details

Project name: Woermann Tower and Square
Location: Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Program: Residential tower, offices, shops and public square
Area: Floor area: 25,967 m2
Year: Project start: 2001 • Completion: 2005
More details: Budget: ~19324128 Euro
Client: Ferrovial Inmobiliaria
Project by: Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos + Casariego/Guerra
Team: Principal directors: Iñaki Abalos, Juan Herreros, Renata Sentkiewicz Joaquin Casariego, Elsa Guerra • Project team: Eduardo Cadaval (competition coordination), David Sobrino, Irene Zuniga
Others: Artist collaborator: Albert Oehlen • Structural engineer: Obiol and Moya • M/E: PGI group • Geological Studies: José Manuel Sánchez-Alciturri • Economic Proposal: Jose Torras • Project Management: Prointec • Renderings: Gestalt

Project images

Designer's statement

Woermann Tower:

We fancy houses with generous ceiling heights, close to the traditional ones, enjoying the view as if from a watchtower. Large panels protected by deep shadows artificial-natural brise-soleil, and plant motifs in the thickness of the glass - so that nothing more is needed.

Woermann Tower is a virtual forest from which to enjoy the utopia of living immersed in a hybrid landscape.

The city is displayed in full harmony with that idea, a forest of natural and artificial shadows without scale.

The Woermann Tower aims to embody the hopes, desires and fantasies of a society that seeks to find compromise between nature and development, a form of intense and true to life landscape.

Woermann Square:

The public space appears as a large flat continuous Portuguese stone structure, open to the sea at one end and closed laterally by two buildings, with facilities on the first floor and shops on ground floor and basement. This area is well appointed in functional terms and is a tropical plaza designed to create a comfortable outdoor enclosure and also a gateway to the sea.