Main Building at UD Las Palmas Training Complex

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Green architecture
Firm LocationLas Palmas, Spain
Project locationLas Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
CompanyLPA (Lab For Planning and Architecture)
Lead ArchitectJuan Palop-Casado
Design TeamCirilo Leal (Design Lead), Jennifer Paz, José Carlos Ramírez, Kilian Navarro, Elena Betancor. Construction Manager: Ignacio González Site Supervision: Javier Pérez and Cindy Suárez
ClientUnión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D.

The Main building is part of the UD Las Palmas Training Complex, developed in a former quarry at the outskirts of Las Palmas GC (Canary Islands). It allocates the leading team´s working facilities including parking, gymnasium, dressing area, medical centre, hydrotherapy and press area. Outside, the building incorporates a seating area made out of on-site natural materials such as soil and stones. The result is a landscape-integrated building that goes beyond landscape aesthetics, becoming a green corridor that helps to restore some of the ecological features of the former quarry.