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]]>FDCA, Fernández del Castillo Architects SLP, was founded in 1991 under the direction of Horacio Fernández del Castillo. In 1996 it adopted its current corporate form and latter on, it adopted the form of a professional society with the modification of the Corporations Law of 2007. At the present time, FDCA is formed by a team of young architects of a great technical and professional capacity, who develop their professional activity in the field of architecture, rehabilitation and urban design, and have an excellent international presence. The firm FDCA has expanded its horizons in previous years through projects and the participation in competitions in Great Britain, Italy, Dubai, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea and China. In the latter country, through the firm Shanghai Sainasia Architecture Design Consultant Co. Ltd that has been a bridgehead for Spanish architecture in China.
| FDCA Architects Silver Center 1388 Shaanxi North Road Putuo District Office 905 - 906 Shanghai 200060 P.R. T: +86 21 61498524 +86 21 61498525 info@fdca.com Spain 22 Pilar Andrade St. 28023 Madrid T. +34 91 372 98 36 |
• First Prize in the X Madrid City Council's Development, Architecture and Public Works Prizes for 1996.
Consolation Prize in the Churriguera Prize of Urban Design of the Autonomous Region of Madrid.
Urban development of the accesses of Plaza Mayor of Madrid
• First Prize in the XIII Madrid City Council's Development, Architecture and Public Works Prizes for 1999.
Remodeling works on Calle Felipe III
Special Mention in the Design section of the Official College of Architects of Madrid Awards for 1996.
Rehabilitation of the Historical Center of Madrid
"Europa Nostra" Award for 1999 for various urban development projects within the scope of the Awards.
Domus Artium 2002
• Special Mention in the Regional Restoration ARPA 2002 Awards.
Remodeling of Plaza de Ramales of Madrid
• Special Mention in the XV Madrid City Council's Development, Architecture and Public Works Prizes for 2001.
Remodeling of the accesses to the Neighborhood of Tetuán on Calle Artistas and Cicerón
• Special Mention in the XX Madrid City Council's Development, Architecture and Public Works Prizes for 2005.
Rehabilitation of the Central Market in Valencia
• Cotorra Awards 2007 of the Mercat, awarded by the Sellers Association of the Central Market of Valencia.
COMPETITIONS:
FIRST PRIZE
2010 Complete remodeling of la Plaza de la Artesanía in Alcobendas, Madrid.
2009 Redevelopment of the integrated area of Rehabilitation of Las Letras Neighborhood, Huertas, in Madrid's historical center
Complete remodeling of the Monastery of Santa María de Irache for National Parador of Ayegui, Navarre.
2008 Sports Centre in the Severo Ochoa institute in Tangier, Morocco.
2007 Technological Centre at the Extremadura University Campus in Badajoz.
2006 Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores. (Stock Exchange Authority) Complete Rehabilitation.
2003 Complete Rehabilitation of the Archeological Museum of Valladolid.
2002 Cultural Centre at Calera de León.
2001 Beniopa Sports Centre in Gandía.
2002 Domus Artium. Rehabilitation of the provincial prison.
Capitol de Cieza Theater. Extension and Rehabilitation of the theatre.
Complete Rehabilitation of the Central Market in Valencia.
1999 Complete Rehabilitation of Serrano Theatre of Gandía.
Master Plan for the Collegiate Chapel of San Isidro.
1997 Master Plan for total restoration of the cathedral of Ciudad Real.
SECOND PRIZE
2008 Residence for the Spanish Embassy in Rabat.
2007 Technological Centre at the University College of Cáceres.
Complete Rehabilitation of the National-Kursaal Theater of Melilla.
Execution Project for the indoor Sports Centre in El Cantizal, Las Rozas, Madrid.
Cultural Centre and Children's Theater in the former barracks of Daoiz y Velarde, Madrid.
2006 Rehabilitation of the former provincial prison of Palencia.
Extension of the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca.
2004 Complete Rehabilitation of the Teatro de la Comedia Theater for the headquarters of the National Classical Theater Company in Madrid.
2003 Master Plan for the Restoration of the Monastery of San Francisco and the Ducal Pantheon Crypt in Guadalajara.
Master Plan for the Restoration of the Church of the Bernardas in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
Restoration of the Nazaret Convent in San Clemente, Cuenca.
2002 Restoration of the San Joaquín and San Pascual Convent for the headquarters of the Public Library.
1999 Rehabilitation of the former Convent of the Trinity in Málaga and extension for the headquarters of the Museum of Málaga.
1998 Restoration of the Wall of Atienza in Guadalajara.
1997 Remodeling of the Perales Palace of Madrid for the headquarters of the National Film Library.
1992 New Miajadas Town Hall, Cáceres.
THIRD PRIZE
2007 National Architecture Museum of Salamanca.
2006 Rehabilitation of the former provincial prison of Palencia for creating the headquarters of the Municipal Cultural Centre.
2002 Extension of the Faculty of Geography and History of the University of Salamanca.
2001 Rehabilitation of the headquarters of the Consortium of Toledo.
Hotel and Spa in the Melón Monastery in Vigo.
Complete Rehabilitation of the Teatro Principal of Palma de Mallorca.
1997 Construction of the Provincial Historical Archive of Tenerife.
Rehabilitation of the Public State Library in Cuenca.
Rehabilitation of the Public State Library in Burgos.
CONSOLATION PRIZE
2006 Rehabilitation of the GAL factory of Alcalá de Henares for the installation of the Spanish Motorcycling Museum and the Visitors Interpretation Center of the city
2005 Fourth Place. 95 Government Sponsored Homes in the Baterías plot, Segovia.
COMPETITION BY INVITATION:
2000 Baudet Theater, Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Adaptation for staging.
2000 Hotel and conference centre in the Marcilla Castle, Navarre.
1997 Public State Library in Zamora. Rehabilitation and extension.
1997 State Library in Palma de Majorca. Remodeling and extension.
1997 City Museum in the city-hall buildings of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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 Horacio Fernández del CastilloCEO |
 Diana Molina Alonso Spain Coordinator |
 JuanEstévez Martín Architect |
 José María Peláez-Campomanes Sarró Architect |
 EstherRioja del Campo Architect |
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 Pilar Barbasán CarneroArchitect |
 Cristina Alcalá GómezArchitect |
 Horacio Fernández del Castillo del ValArchitect |
 DavidGarcía-Asenjo Architect |
 Sijia Su Translator |
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 Nieves GonzálezSan Millán Architect |
 Irache SantamaríaBarandiarán Architect |
 Luis Abengózar QuintanillaArchitect |
 ElenaMoreno Cuella Translator |
At the present time, FDCA is formed by a team of young architects of a great technical and professional capacity, who develop their professional activity in the field of architecture, rehabilitation and urban design, and have an excellent international presence. The firm FDCA has expanded its horizons in previous years through projects and the participation in competitions in Great Britain, Italy, Dubai, Morocco, Equatorial Guinea and China. In the latter country, through the firm Shanghai Sainasia Architecture Design Consultant Co. Ltd that has been a bridgehead for Spanish architecture in China.
The course of Fernández del Castillo Architects SLP has evolved from an architecture based on rehabilitation and restoration of the architectural heritage to a sustainable architecture from a focused approach in Spain to the development of an activity in the international scene.
Fernández del Castillo's strength is based on its team of young architects who are prepared to deal with Spanish and international projects. The studio's philosophy when recruiting new workers aims at having people who master computer programs, have international experience, are willing to improve their technical skills and show enthusiasm for the development of their professional careers in the firm.
Sustainable Architecture and Integrated Rehabilitation.
Our work philosophy in the field of architecture is based on architecture sustainability, in its broadest sense, from the respect to traditional and monumental architecture, whose recycling as an architecture and functional container is the best way of allowing for sustainable architecture, to today's new design architecture that understands sustainability from all points of view.
We believe in an architecture without unnecessary showiness, and without costly middleware to justify a sustainability that increases the building cost and aims at image income of the architectonic work for the designer at the client's expense.
We understand that sustainability is a very broad concept that begins with town planning, with the layout of new city, the adequate aspects, the public transport design, the network of green spaces, etc. but that can be even more efficient when using obsolete infrastructures and urban zones, whose regeneration saves a lot of money which would be invested in new developments.
Building rehabilitation is one of the old activities of our studio and it fits perfectly in the idea of broad sustainability since it reuses buildings whose demolition would be a total waste, from an economic and built environment protection point of view.
We advocate a functional and sustainable rehabilitation, providing a new life to old buildings, using technical and design resources to improve the integral accessibility conditions, thermal insulating in façades, carpentry and roofing, the use of sunlight for improving interior lightning in a natural way and for heat and photovoltaic energy generation. The placement of high-efficiency installations for the air conditioning, ventilation and electricity network.
The studio's architecture also uses resources such as rainwater harvesting, grey water for various compatible uses in the building, geothermal energy and reservoir roofs with gardens of creeping plants.
Spanish Architecture.
The studio's architecture fits in the tradition of the most genuine Spanish architecture, in which the adaptation to the built environment, the rational use of volumes and materials, the containment of the costs for the projects and works, and considering the building's interior spaces an essential value of architecture, are identity signs. FDCA's architecture is committed to its customer, whether public or private, making an honest architecture from the economic resources point of view and makes an innovative use of the latest integrated sustainability techniques.
Specialties.
The studio Fernández del Castillo Architects has a wide experience in the rehabilitation of cultural buildings in existing ones, Administration institutional buildings, equipment and actions in integrated areas of rehabilitation. The new architecture counts with projects in the field of education, hotel management and sport and in the tertiary sector. In the projects that have been carried out in China, this experience has been extended into commercial equipment and actions of commercial renovation in integrated areas.
International Development.
Fernández del Castillo's vocation for the international field is inalienable, both through its own means and through the Spanish architectural firm in China "Spanish Architecture in Asia" (SAINASIA), whose business project aims to welcome different Spanish architectural studios, which wish to develop on the Asian market without the need to establish headquarters in China, something which is always complicated.
This decision culminated with the success in several architecture competitions in this country that are laying the groundwork for the stable development of the firm FDCA in the Asian markets.]]>