Caja Vital Kutxa Headquarters

This is the headquarters for the local savings bank. The building reproduces the scale of the surrounding small woods, a park of the Natura 2000 networking programme.

The structural concept is based on pairs of exterior metal supports, clad in stainless steel composite panels. One of the arms has been conceived as a 26 meter cantilever. In this case the concept changes and the pairs do not have any structural function.

A double height hall located in the heart of the building has its two façades enclosed by a work of art. They have been constructed with bright red polyurethane panels with a manually painted biological pattern.

The idea is to identify the building as a live organism in motion. A black skin made of glass protects the inhabited spaces behind the stainless steel pairs.

Architects: Mozas Aguirre arquitectos – Javier Mozas & Eduardo Aguirre

Location: Madrid, Spain

Project year: 2005

Construction year: 2007

Client: Local Savings Bank: Caja Vital Kutxa Headquarters

Structural Engineer: NB 35, Madrid

Artists: Javier Perez: two walls and ceiling of the main hall / Miguel Gonzalez de San Román: paintings on the basement

Site Area: 11,042 sqm

Constructed Area: 16,578 sqm

Photographs: Cesar San Millan