Metropol Parasol - Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    The columns become prominent points of access to the museum below as well as to the plaza and panorama deck above.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Realized as an innovative timber-construction with a polyurethane coating, the parasols grow out of the archeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Metropol Parasol achieves the highest of architectural standards and promises to have long-term impact on reactivating collective recognition of the city and its culture.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Eager queues of Sevillanos and tourists ascending by elevator to enjoy stunning views of the city from a new perspective.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    The fin-like façade of the upper deck will house a tapas bar as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Since completion of Metropol Parasol, the Plaza de la Encarnación has been re-energized with adjacent shops reporting record sales.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Metropol Parasol has become the city’s new icon, with ceremonies and interviews traditionally shrouded in the town hall or city square now taking advantage of the city’s new landmark.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Directly confronting the loss of public space, the design to integrate urban, architectural, and landscape design to create a sustainable response to the contemporary challenges facing the region was completed in April 2011. The redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnación is a new landmark and unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    The project promotes the small city within a highly competitive tourist market to create identity through the power of architecture and programmed activities on the square both day and night.

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    Project update 2011 - Metropol Parasol - Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain: Metropol Parasol has a mixed-use character that initiatives a dynamic development for culture and commerce in the heart of Seville.

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    Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Architect Jürgen Mayer H (pictured, far left) and his team from J Mayer H Architekten in Berlin.

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    Holcim Awards ceremony for Europe 2005 – Geneva, Switzerland

    Third prize (Holcim Award Bronze) (l-r): Justo Gonzalez Mormeneo; Gonzalo de Benito Secades (Spanish Ambassador to Switzerland); Pedro José Garcia de Barrio; Juan Antonio March Pujol (Spanish Ambassador to the UN); Jürgen Mayer H.; Carlos Merino Agueros

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Rendering of the Metropol Parasol.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Directly confronting the loss of public space, the design to integrate urban, architectural, and landscape design (inset) to create a sustainable response to the contemporary challenges facing the region was completed in April 2011.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Urban context.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Plan elevated plaza.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Plan skycafe.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Section and elevations.

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Panorama terrace.

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    Project entry 2005 - Metropol Parasol - Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain: Market, museum and plaza

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    Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

    Archaeology.

  • Awards Bronze 2005–2006 Europe

Metropol Parasol is a new landmark within the dense fabric of the inner city of Seville. The project demonstrates an innovative layering of varied cultural and commercial programs to revitalize a historical town square. Directly confronting the loss of public space, the work integrates urban, architectural, and landscape design to create a sustainable response to contemporary challenges facing the region.

By Jürgen Mayer H. - J. MAYER H. Architekten, Berlin, Germany and

Completed in 2011, Metropol Parasol is a new landmark within the dense fabric of the inner city of Seville. With a high degree of competence, the project demonstrates an innovative layering of varied cultural and commercial programs to revitalize a historical town square.

Directly confronting the loss of public space, the work convincingly integrates urban, architectural, and landscape design to create a sustainable response to contemporary challenges facing the region.

Metropol Parasol - Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación

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Project updates

June 20, 2011 | Project Update | Seville, Spain

Official completion of Metropol Parasol

Project update June 2011 – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, …

The Metropol Parasol project was completed in April 2011. The redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnación is a new landmark and unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville. In June 2011, architect Jürgen Mayer H and his team from J Mayer H Architekten in Berlin celebrated the completion of Metropol Parasol at the first seated dinner to be served in the tapas bar at the top of the iconic structure. The dinner, by invitation of the main contractor, was held in the raw shell of what is to be a tapas bar.

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October 24, 2005 | Global Holcim Awards finalists | Zurich, Switzerland

Holcim Awards competition goes global for sustainable construction projects

Following five regional competitions, 15 Award-winning projects will now compete in the first global Holcim Awards competition for sustainable construction projects. The global phase of the competition showcases the best entries from more than 1500 submissions from 118 countries, and encourages innovative, future-oriented and tangible approaches within the building and construction industry.

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September 16, 2005 | Winners for Europe announced | Geneva, Switzerland

Prizes for sustainable construction projects in Europe

The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction sought out the best sustainable construction projects in Europe – and awarded the winners about a quarter millions Swiss Francs at the Awards ceremony in Geneva. In his address, Swiss Federal Councillor Joseph Deiss said that sustainability, which has a long tradition in Switzerland, is necessary in all aspects of life, and that economic and ecological priorities are no contradiction.

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June 23, 2005 | Regional Jury Report – Europe | Zurich, Switzerland

“The highest of architectural standards that reactivates collective recognition of the city and its culture” – Holcim Awards Jury

Holcim Awards ceremony for Europe 2005 – Geneva, Switzerland

With a high degree of competence, the project demonstrates an innovative layering of varied cultural and commercial programs that serves to revitalize a historical town square. Directly confronting the loss of public space, the work convincingly integrates urban, architectural, and landscape design to create a sustainable response to the contemporary challenges facing the region.

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April 07, 2005 | Project Entry & Details | Seville

Project Entry 2005 for Europe

Project entry 2005 Europe – Metropol Parasol: Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville, Spain

The design is located in southern Europe in a peripheral region of Spain. Proposed is a covered market on the main square of an old town, a square currently squandered as a parking lot. The new roof acts as an umbrella shading the social activities below.

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Jürgen Mayer H, project authors of Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain on the Holcim Awards

Jürgen Mayer H, project authors of Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain on the Holcim Awards