Part of:

• Fonds: Ábalos&Herreros fonds, 1920-2009
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1953-2009
•      Project: Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2001-2005), 2001-2005

People:

• Abalos & Herreros (archive creator)
• Abalos & Herreros (architectural firm)
• Iñaki Abalos (architect)
• Juan Herreros (architect)
• Renata Sentkiewicz (architect)
• Joaquín Casariego Ramírez (collaborator)
• Elsa Guerra (collaborator)
• Irene Zúñiga (collaborator)
• David Sobrino (collaborator)
• Eduardo Cadaval (collaborator)
• Albert Oehlen, 1954- (artist)
• OMA, Agustí Obiol y Luis Moya (structural engineering firm)
• Prointec (project director)
• Ferrovial Inmobiliaria (contractor)
• Ferrovial Inmobiliaria (client)

Title:

Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2001-2005)

Date:

2001-2005

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• 276 printouts
  38 graphic records
  13 photographic materials
  8 drawings
  4 reprographic copies
  1 model
  0,02 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
The project series documents the competition, design, and construction of the Plaza and Tower Woermann, on the Canary Islands. The competition was organised by the City Council of Las Palmas. Abalos & Herreros and Renata Sentkiewicz in collaboration with Joaquín Casariego and Elsa Guerra won first place for their entry. They also worked with Ferrovial Inmobiliaria, Irene Zúñiga, David Sobrino and Obiol y Moya. The firm identified the project as number 142.
The building includes offices, residential and retail units, and a public library. The square was designed with collaborating artist Albert Oehlen using Portuguese stone. Both the tower and the plaza were designed with the idea of integrating them in a hybrid-natural and artificial-landscape.
In 2005, the firm was a finalist at the Premios FAD de Arquitectura e Interiorismo for this project.
Documenting the project are contains design development and working drawings, graphic and photographic materials, correspondence, notes and a model.

Reference number:

AP164.S1.2001.D7

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were kept in their original order.

Location:

Las Palmas Spain

Language of material:

• Spanish

Related units of description:

• Note that there are additional presentation drawings and 156 photographic materials related to this project arranged in series AP164.S2 and AP164.S3. See files ARCH277445, ARCH277510, ARCH277512, ARCH278240, ARCH278368, ARCH278382, ARCH278384, ARCH278385, ARCH278393, ARCH278440, ARCH278445, ARCH278460, ARCH278466, ARCH268498, ARCH268541, ARCH268546, ARCH268722, ARCH268725, ARCH268989, ARCH269000, ARCH270961, ARCH270966, ARCH270971, ARCH270973, ARCH270974, ARCH270975, ARCH270976, ARCH270977, ARCH270978, ARCH270979, ARCH271331, and ARCH274661.

Contains:

• ARCH268545, Portfolio with competition drawings from the project of Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, between 2001 and 2005
• ARCH274205, Portfolio containing mostly working drawings for the project Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 2002-2003
• ARCH274206, Portfolio containing mostly working drawings for the project Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, between 2001 and 2002
• ARCH277417, Design development drawings and graphic materials, Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, ca. 2001
• ARCH277418, Working drawings, Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, ca. 2001-2002
• ARCH277502, Printed preview of photographs taken by Roland Halbe of the Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, ca. 2005
• ARCH277503, Photographs by Serge Brisson[?] of the Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, 2003 or after
• ARCH277505, Photographs by P. Rosselli[?] of the Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, 2003 or after
• ARCH277507, Photographs by José Hevia of the Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Spain, 2005
• ARCH283677, Model, Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 2001
• ARCH283694, Photograph of custom windows showing plant motifs, Plaza y torre Woermann, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2001-2005