Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura

Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior PhotographyImprovement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior Photography, FacadeImprovement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Interior PhotographyImprovement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Interior Photography, Stairs, ConcreteImprovement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - More Images+ 15

  • Architects: DJarquitectura
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  570
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
  • Lead Architect: Diego Jiménez López, Juana Sánchez Gómez Equipo de diseño: Jorge Salguero Ropero, Jorge Salguero Ropero Ingeniero de caminos: Jorge Barrios Corpa
  • Promotor: Universidad de Málaga
  • Design Team: Jorge Salguero Ropero
  • Civil Engineer: Jorge Barrios Corpa
  • Country: Spain
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Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Jesus Granada

Text description provided by the architects. The Faculty of Fine Arts decides to occupy the old buildings of the University's engineering school, made up of three disparate buildings from different periods, each of them with a free and autonomous design, which has generated an organization of voids occupied by roofs and facilities, offering a desolate appearance. In contrast, there is the intense use by students, which due to its decadent semblance is a sign of inspiration and creativity.

Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Jesus Granada
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Demolition Floor Plan
Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Image 16 of 20
Ground Floor Plan
Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Image 11 of 20
© Jesus Granada

The commission consists of eliminating the existing structures and renovating the facilities, preparing them for adequate use, and building a reference place for acts and artistic presentations. To these requirements we add the condition that it must connect the different buildings, facilitating their relationship, accessibility, and evacuation.

Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Interior Photography, Stairs, Concrete
© Jesus Granada
Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Jesus Granada

The existing floor is replaced by a new one that resolves accessibility and recovers the original levels of the accesses. A concrete structure embedded in one of the courtyards, with simple rhetoric and complex technology, a floor that curls upwards looking for the different levels of the buildings; some platforms and stairs with variable widths that allow extending the use of the classrooms to the outside.

Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Interior Photography
© Jesus Granada
Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior Photography, Column, Arch
© Nicolás Díaz

An architecture built only of bone, without muscles or skin. That floats from its perimeter releasing the ground, with two walls that are attached to the buildings, creating a whole new identity for this courtyard, transmuting the existing gaps with another language.

Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura - Exterior Photography, Stairs
© Nicolás Díaz

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Address:Malaga, Spain

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Cite: "Improvement in the Courtyards of the University of Malaga / DJarquitectura" [#revolucionenelpatio, mejora en los patios de la Universidad de Málaga / DJarquitectura] 03 Apr 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/959153/improvement-in-the-courtyards-of-the-university-of-malaga-djarquitectura> ISSN 0719-8884

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