Apartments, offices and shops building, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Abstract

This building stands on a square plot, between party walls, in a narrow old city street. The ground and basement levels are used for commercial spaces, the next levels above for office space and the last three upper levels for apartments, plus a setback penthouse. Each apartment, consisting of living-dining room, services and four double bed-rooms, is layed out lengthwise along a line perpendicular to the Street front, so as to better use the narrow available space, while the natural lighting and ventilation of the inner rooms is achieved by means of numerous shafts distributed throughout the surface. The building features reinforced concrete structure and special concrete panel partitions. The façade combines the same concrete panels, faced with ceramic tiles, with large aluminium windows and artificial, modular shaped, window sills and spandrels.