Logrono Town Square
Logrono, Spain · 1981
Photo · Photo by Lluis Casals
A precedent for monumental civic interiors, demonstrating how a curved atrium, slender structural columns, and high-level clerestory glazing can create a luminous, open public hall.
- What we like about this project
- The circular reception desk features a polished brass rim that catches the overhead light.
Materials
- terrazzo
- polished-stone
- wood-veneer
- brass
- painted-plaster
- steel-framed-glass
Visual identifiers
- circular-atrium
- cylindrical-columns
- curved-reception-desk
- clerestory-glazing
- interior-ramp
Style tags
- modernist
- rationalist
- monumental
Visual tags
- civic-architecture
- atrium
- monumental-interior
- daylit-hall
- mezzanine
- curved-geometry
- Geometry
- A sweeping curved atrium defined by a circular reception desk in the foreground, concentric rows of slender cylindrical columns, and a multi-tiered curved mezzanine with a continuous steel-framed glass clerestory wall.
- Facade system
- Interior steel-framed glass partition wall acting as a light well screen.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete column-and-slab system with non-loadbearing interior partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale public lobby or civic hall, with double-height volumes and monumental structural columns.
- Lighting
- Bright, diffused daylight floods down from the upper clerestory glazing, contrasting with the warm, dim artificial lighting under the deep mezzanine soffits.
- Atmosphere
- A quiet, dignified civic atmosphere defined by soft overhead light and polished, reflective floor surfaces.
- Environmental context
- An expansive, monumental civic interior with deep indoor vistas and integrated ramps connecting different levels.
- Spatial experience
- The space transitions from a compressed, low-ceilinged foreground under a deep soffit into a luminous, double-height circular hall washed in natural light from above.
- Composition rhythm
- A steady rhythm of slender vertical columns supports the sweeping horizontal curve of the upper mezzanine.
- Style reading
- Late modernist rationalism
- Program
- Town hall or civic administration building
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- terrazzo, polished-stone, wood-veneer, brass, painted-plaster, steel-framed-glass
- Visual identifiers
- circular-atrium, cylindrical-columns, curved-reception-desk, clerestory-glazing, interior-ramp
- Style tags
- modernist, rationalist, monumental
- Visual tags
- civic-architecture, atrium, monumental-interior, daylit-hall, mezzanine, curved-geometry
- Geometry
- A sweeping curved atrium defined by a circular reception desk in the foreground, concentric rows of slender cylindrical columns, and a multi-tiered curved mezzanine with a continuous steel-framed glass clerestory wall.
- Facade system
- Interior steel-framed glass partition wall acting as a light well screen.
- Structural guess
- Reinforced concrete column-and-slab system with non-loadbearing interior partitions.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale public lobby or civic hall, with double-height volumes and monumental structural columns.
- Lighting
- Bright, diffused daylight floods down from the upper clerestory glazing, contrasting with the warm, dim artificial lighting under the deep mezzanine soffits.
- Atmosphere
- A quiet, dignified civic atmosphere defined by soft overhead light and polished, reflective floor surfaces.
- Environmental context
- An expansive, monumental civic interior with deep indoor vistas and integrated ramps connecting different levels.
- Spatial experience
- The space transitions from a compressed, low-ceilinged foreground under a deep soffit into a luminous, double-height circular hall washed in natural light from above.
- Composition rhythm
- A steady rhythm of slender vertical columns supports the sweeping horizontal curve of the upper mezzanine.
- Style reading
- Late modernist rationalism
- Program
- Town hall or civic administration building
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture