Complex cruise terminal and port services.

Site

Granada (Spain)

Objectives

Creation of a cruise terminal and services (shops, restaurants...) capable of holding 250,000 passengers a year.

ANALYSIS

• Transformation of a private dock in a large public space
• Port tissue restructuring and transformation of the industrial landscape
• Integration of economic port activities to the city
• Unification of different transportation systems (cars, trains and ships) and improving its infrastructure
• Roof completely passable for people and bicycles (recreational activities: exhibitions, markets, concerts ...)
• Analysis and detailed study of annual climatic conditions (temperature and annual solar conditions)
• Integration of Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems based on the use of renewable energy.
• Using the sea as a source thermo-accumulator for HVAC (study and simulation of fluids)
• Conception of light metal and serial modular structure. Industrialized fast construction and parameterized system.
• Large open interior spaces. Possibility of change of building’s use in the future.
• High performance transparent facades. Total natural light (energy saving)