The CTBUH (Consejo de Edificación en Altura y Hábitat Urbano), with Ortiz.León Arquitectos as the Spanish representative, is hosting the first local event: “High-rise buildings in Spain: New or renovated: what is the best way to be sustainable and prepared for the future?

The event, held at COAM on March 20 to a full house, is the first in a series of national conferences on tall buildings. Discussions highlighted the importance of decision-making at both the urban and building design levels, including the promotion of tall buildings as part of a densification strategy for new and renovated buildings to promote sustainability and green transition, in the context of the upcoming CTBUH international conference. conference in London and Paris in September 2024. Translation made with the free version of the translator DeepL.com

Tras un mensaje de bienvenida del decano del COAM, Sigfrido Herráiz, dio inicio la sesión:

Iñigo Ortiz, cofundador de Ortiz.León Arquitectos, pronunció un discurso enumerando los principales retos a los que se enfrenta el sector en estos momentos, tras lo cual dio paso a Antony Wood, presidente de CTBUH quien mostró el camino a seguir en la edificación en altura con los diez principios fundamentales que deben seguir los edificios en altura. Antony presentó ejemplos, así como estudios interesantes e innovadores en los que se está trabajando desde la investigación universitaria.

La sesión fue seguida por Naiara Vegara, directora del Metropoli Cities Lab. En su intervención, se analizaron diversas propuestas que dibujan una ciudad más interconectada, más humana y más habitable. Tras ella, Mark Fenwick, socio de Fenwick Iribarren Architects, repasó las mejores prácticas en altura aplicadas a las universidades con su último edificio, Caleido, sede de la prestigiosa IE University como ejemplo.

El debate, en este caso sobre movilidad sostenible, continuó con TK Elevators, con Javier Sesma y Pedro Martín. Finalmente, María Concepción Pérez Gutiérrez, Doctora en Arquitectura y profesora de la Universidad Politécnica San Pablo CEU, compartió con los asistentes la experiencia Semana de la “Difusión de la Cultura high-rise en España”.

Para finalizar el acto, Iñigo Ortiz presentó el cartel de Rascacielos en España de 2024:

SPANISH HIGH RISE BUILDINGS by HEIGHT_20.3.24.pdf

The initiative included a welcome cocktail reception during lunch, followed by presentations and concluded with a networking coffee.

The sessions, which were held in English and with simultaneous translation into Spanish, aimed to promote the work of the council worldwide as well as bring together in a single forum all those agents in the sector interested in high-rise buildings to evaluate together the progress of the transition towards a more sustainable city in Madrid and Spain in general.

The event was organized within the CTBUH Local Talks cycle and has been sponsored by a total of 11 companies, all of them very prominent in the sector: TVITEC-CRICURSA, ENAR, INASUS, MARTIFER, SAINT GOBAIN, SAN JOSÉ, SCHUCO, SCW, SIGNIFY, TKE elevators and VALLADARES engineering.

You can find the link to the recording of the conference on our YouTube channel Event: High-Rise Buildings in Spain: New or Renew? (youtube.com) on the CTBUH website: 2024 International Conference Launch Event – CTBUH. and all the photos: All the photos of the eventen el sitio web del CTBUH: 2024 International Conference Launch Event – CTBUH. y todas las fotos: Todas las fotos del evento

Below, you can read the main ideas extracted from this event:

Iñigo Ortiz

“More than 2 billion people living in cities need the buildings where they live, work and play to be renovated over the next 30 years, driven by flexibility in uses, spaces, technology, comfort and zero carbon emissions.”

“Architectural design will focus on creativity, artificial intelligence and Big Data, without forgetting the Green-Wellness-Happiness trinomial.”

Antony Wood

“The first principle for good skyscraper design is that tall buildings should relate to the specific characteristics of the site; physically, environmentally and culturally.”

“We must challenge conventional functions within skyscrapers and incorporate all aspects of the city into the high-rise building.”

Naiara Vegara

“Selective densification strategies can be a tool for place and city making.”

“Eco-boulevards encourage the urban regeneration of major downtown thoroughfares, acting as linear densification strategies. They propose the transformation of automobile infrastructure into integrated, pedestrian-friendly urban infrastructure.”

Mark Fenwick

“Humanizing the 0.00 level is the right way to achieve human horizontal connectivity and urban comfort.”

“The Caleido Tower has demonstrated that a Vertical University Campus is feasible with the right mix of other uses in a simple, powerful, elegant and geometric architectural form.”