The central pavilion in the IFEMA fairground. Madrid
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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.1992.v43.i417.1348Abstract
The Central Pavilion, with its square floor and a large circular central patio, rises in the southernmost point of the Axis of the IFEMA Fairground. This article deals with the composition of its two clearly distinguished glass façades. One, the one facing the patio, has glass panels of 1.25x3.00 m in isolated glass, 10 +c+ 10, fitting between the floor and the roof of the slab by means of a simple woodwork. It offers a subtle superposition of plans with perforated veneer railing and glass sunscreens. The exterior façade looms up as double. On one side, the same system as the one in the patio is maintained, on the other side an "open curtain wall" is located on top of the façade along its entire perimeter In this way a large gallery around the entire building is defined. Due to its upper ventilation and determined central space, the acclimatization of the building is provided. The structure supporting the curtain wall (together with the system of aisles), the special cross-section and the dimensions of the glass panels 4.00x2.50 m in isolated glass 12 +c+10 bring out the horizontality of the façade.
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