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Edificio administrativo de la Xunta de Galicia (Pontevedra)

Coordinates: 42°25′29.5″N 8°38′42.1″W / 42.424861°N 8.645028°W / 42.424861; -8.645028
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Administrative Complex of Pontevedra
Edificio Administrativo de la Xunta de Galicia en Pontevedra
North façade of the administrative complex
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General information
TypeGovernment building
LocationPontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Coordinates42°25′29.5″N 8°38′42.1″W / 42.424861°N 8.645028°W / 42.424861; -8.645028
Construction startedApril 2005
CompletedDecember 2008
Opening16 December 2008
OwnerXunta de Galicia
Technical details
Floor count10
Floor area42404 m2
Design and construction
Architect(s)Manuel Gallego Jorreto and Jacobo Rodríguez-Losada Allende
Main contractorGrupo San José
Website
https://www.xunta.gal/

The Administrative building of the Xunta de Galicia in Pontevedra (or Edificio Central de la Xunta de Galicia in Pontevedra) is an office complex designed to house the various public services of the Galician Government in Pontevedra, Spain. The building houses many of the Galician administration's departments and was designed by the architects Manuel Gallego Jorreto and Jacobo Rodríguez-Losada Allende.[1]

Location

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The Administrative Complex of Pontevedra is located at 43 Avenida María Victoria Moreno in the Campolongo district.

History

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The building, designed to bring together the administrative services of the Galician Government in the province of Pontevedra, which until then had been scattered throughout the city, was envisaged as early as the 1990s, but it was not until the early 2000s that the idea was finally implemented.,[2][3]

On 12 June 2002 Pontevedra City Council and the Spanish Ministry of Defence signed an agreement[4] to transform the site of the former Campolongo barracks (dating back to 1924 for expropriations[5] and 1933 for the construction work[6]) into an administrative and residential complex.

The selection process for the architectural project started in August 2003.[7] The design of the administrative building in Campolongo was chosen from six projects[8] on 27 December 2004. The Galician Government chose the project by architects Manuel Gallego Jorreto and Jacobo Rodríguez-Losada Allende and the construction company San José to build its new headquarters in Pontevedra.[9]

Work on the administrative complex began in April 2005[10] and the demolition of the former artillery barracks was completed in July 2005.[11]

Construction was completed in 2008 and the Galician Government announced the relocation of the administrative services. The Provincial Department of the Presidency was the first to move in on 15 December 2008 and the administrative complex was inaugurated on 16 December 2008.,[12][13]

Description

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This complex is representative of the modern architecture[14] in vogue in the 2000s. The Pontevedra administrative complex occupies 12,501 square metres on the site of the former Campolongo barracks and houses 1,000 civil servants.,[15][16]

The administrative complex consists of several interconnected buildings. The main building is based on three floors occupying the entire length of the building space, in the centre of which are two twin towers of ten floors.[17] The entire façade is made up of large longitudinal windows which provide a lot of light. The building has several interior gardens and a paved square at the front.[18] The interior courtyards and skylights provide access to natural light. The building has a total of two basements, a semi-basement and ten floors.[19]

The building houses 42,404 square metres of office space and space for laboratories, archives, storage, a conference room, a library, training rooms, workshops and a cafeteria.,[20][21]

The interior of the building is designed as a container for large open work spaces that can be subdivided. The interior has no intermediate pillars but peripheral beams.[22] The administrative complex houses all the provincial departments except for the Department of Public Works, Housing and Lands (located in Alcalde Hevia Street in a building dating from 1993)[23] and some services of the Health Department (located in Vigo Avenue in a building dating from 1920).[24] The building also houses the headquarters of the Galician Regional Police, a crèche and a post office,[25] the latter since April 2014.[26] The Xunta de Galicia also has another building in Pontevedra in Benito Corbal Street, 47.

The building is separated from María Victoria Moreno Avenue by a large green area, the María Vinyals Park, measuring 9125 square metres.[27] The park absorbs some of the shadow cast by the building, while reducing its visual impact.

The administrative complex also has an underground car park with a capacity of 716 vehicles in the neighbouring residential complex.[28] It was inaugurated on 15 March 2009.[29]

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  • South facade
    South facade
  • Housing Department in Alcalde Hevia Street
    Housing Department in Alcalde Hevia Street
  • Health Department in Vigo Avenue
    Health Department in Vigo Avenue
  • Xunta de Galicia building in Benito Corbal street
    Xunta de Galicia building in Benito Corbal street

References

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  1. ^ "La Xunta centralizará sus servicios en Campolongo en otoño de 2007". Faro (in Spanish). 14 January 2006.
  2. ^ "La nueva sede de la Xunta concentrará en Campolongo a más de mil funcionarios". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 26 December 2001.
  3. ^ "ANUNCIO de la aprobación inicial de la modificación puntual del Plan General de Ordenación Urbana en el ámbito de su unidad de actuación número 16-Cuartel de Campolongo, para regulación urbanística de su ámbito, que permita la ejecución del protocolo a suscribir entre el Ministerio de Defensa, la Xunta de Galicia y el Ayuntamiento de Pontevedra". Diario Oficial de Galicia (in Spanish). 19 November 2001.
  4. ^ "La Xunta da el visto bueno al convenio de urbanización del cuartel de Campolongo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 June 2002.
  5. ^ "1924: Expropian los terrenos para el cuartel de Campolongo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ "O tesouro de Benito Soto agóchase en Cerdedo (II)". Faro (in Galician). 10 August 2014.
  7. ^ "La Xunta prevé tener redactado en abril el proyecto de su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 November 2003.
  8. ^ "El diseño del edificio administrativo de Campolongo entra en su fase final". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 March 2004.
  9. ^ "La Xunta elige el diseño de Manuel Gallego Jorreto para su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 28 December 2004.
  10. ^ "El concello ultima la recalificación de las sedes de la Xunta para edificar 130 pisos". Faro (in Spanish). 16 July 2007.
  11. ^ "Comienza el derribo de los edificios del viejo cuartel de Campolongo". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 15 July 2005.
  12. ^ "La Xunta reúne en el nuevo edificio oficinas dispersas por 14 calles". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 16 December 2008.
  13. ^ "La Xunta de Galicia se centraliza en Campolongo". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 16 December 2008.
  14. ^ "La nueva sede de la Xunta concentrará en Campolongo a más de mil funcionarios". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 26 December 2001.
  15. ^ "La Xunta prevé tener redactado en abril el proyecto de su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 November 2003.
  16. ^ "El concello ultima la recalificación de las sedes de la Xunta para edificar 130 pisos". Faro (in Spanish). 16 July 2007.
  17. ^ "El concello ultima la recalificación de las sedes de la Xunta para edificar 130 pisos". Faro (in Spanish). 16 July 2007.
  18. ^ "La Xunta elige el diseño de Manuel Gallego Jorreto para su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 28 December 2004.
  19. ^ "La Xunta centralizará sus servicios en Campolongo en otoño de 2007". Faro (in Spanish). 14 January 2006.
  20. ^ "El concello ultima la recalificación de las sedes de la Xunta para edificar 130 pisos". Faro (in Spanish). 16 July 2007.
  21. ^ "La Xunta centralizará sus servicios en Campolongo en otoño de 2007". Faro (in Spanish). 14 January 2006.
  22. ^ "La Xunta centralizará sus servicios en Campolongo en otoño de 2007". Faro (in Spanish). 14 January 2006.
  23. ^ "El concello ultima la recalificación de las sedes de la Xunta para edificar 130 pisos". Faro (in Spanish). 16 July 2007.
  24. ^ "La Xunta prevé tener redactado en abril el proyecto de su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 November 2003.
  25. ^ "El diseño del edificio administrativo de Campolongo entra en su fase final". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 March 2004.
  26. ^ "Ya está abierta al público la nueva oficina de Correos en Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 1 April 2014.
  27. ^ "La Xunta prevé tener redactado en abril el proyecto de su nueva sede". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 November 2003.
  28. ^ "La transformación urbanística de Campolongo será visible en un año". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 13 May 2006.
  29. ^ "Campolongo estrena un moderno parking subterráneo con 716 plazas". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 16 March 2009.

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edificio central de la Xunta de Galicia en Pontevedra.

Bibliography

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  • González Caporale, Alejandro (2008). Edificio Administrativo da Xunta de Galicia en Campolongo-Pontevedra (in Spanish). Barcelona: Grupo San José.
  • González Vicente, Manuel (2010). Revista Arquitectura COAM Nº 360 Segundo trimestre 2010 (in Spanish). Madrid: Madrid-Zurich. pp. 28–33. ISSN 0004-2706.
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