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16 Dec 2017
Second Home new Spitalfields rooftop space, London, England, UK

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Second Home Spitalfields
Second Home opens a new 15,000 sq ft rooftop space in its critically-acclaimed building in Spitalfields, East London, designed by Spanish architects SelgasCano.
The new rooftop space, surrounded by pools filled with aquatic plants on every side and featuring over 800 tropical trees and plants, extends the work of Selgascano on the original Spitalfields building, which opened in November 2014.

25 Mar 2015
Serpentine 15th Annual Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, London, England, UK

photo © Steven Kevin Howson / SelgasCano
Serpentine Pavilion 2015 design by SelgasCano

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6 Aug 2013 – Various project images added – scroll down this page towards the base for some amazing designs

Studio in the Woods, Madrid, Spain
Design: selgascano – Jose Selgas, Lucia Cano, architects

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Studio in the Woods
What is being sought with this studio is quite simple: work under the trees. To do so, we need a roof that is as transparent as possible. Also, at the same time, we need to isolate the desk zone from direct sunlight. Hence the transparent northern part. The part that is covered with a bent sheet of 20mm colourless plexiglass on the north side. The south side, where the desks are, has to be closed in much more, but not completely, so there is double sheet of fibreglass and polyester in its natural colour on the south side, with translucent insulation in the middle. All three form a 110 mm thick sandwich.

Location: Madrid, Spain, southwestern Europe

selgascano architects Practice Information

selgascano, Architects

Spanish design studio, based in Madrid.

Spanish Architect Office

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José Selgas
Born in Madrid 1965
Graduated Architect from ETSA Madrid 1992
Worked with Francesco Venecia on Naples in 1994-95
Rome Prize on the Spain Academy of Fine Arts in Rome 1997-98

Lucía Cano
Born in Madrid 1965
Graduated Architect from ETSA Madrid 1992
Worked with Julio Cano Lasso until 1996
Member of Cano Lasso Studio since 1997 until 2003

selgascano works in Madrid. It is a small atelier and its intention is to remain so. They have never taught at any university and they tend not to give lectures in order to avoid focusing intensely on projects. They centre their work on the construction process investigation, treating it as a continuous listening to the largest possible number of elements involved on it from manufacture to installation.

selgascano Main Exhibitions

ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IN VENICE 2012. Venice, 2012.
SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 1975-2010. 35+ Building in Democracy. Archery New Ministries. Madrid, 2012.
DESIGNS OF THE YEAR. Design Museum. London, 2012.
HUMANIZING THE CITY. Architectures of Madrid and Barcelona. Barcelona, 2011.
ARCHITECTURAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR TOMORROW. MOT. Museum of Contemporary Art. Tokyo, 2011.
SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 1975-2010. 35+ Building in Democracy. Museum Leventis, Cyprus, 2010.
10+10 CONTEMPORARY SPANISH ARCHITECTURE. Canal Museum. Panamá, 2011.
GA INTERNATIONAL 2011. GA Gallery. Tokyo, 2011.
UNA CIUDAD LLAMADA ESPANA. Central house of Artist. Moscú, 2011.
UNA CIUDAD LLAMADA ESPANA. Glytoteca Nacional Griega. Athens, 2010
EXHIBITI VII BIAU. Bienal Urbanismo Iberoamericana. Medellín – Colombia, 2010.
VENIC ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE IN VENICE 2010. People meet in Architecture. International Pavilion. Venice, 2010
BIENNALE 2010. What architects desire. German Pavilion. Venice, 2010.
GA INTERNATIONAL 2010. GA Gallery. Tokyo, 2010.
HUMANIZING THE CITY. Architectures of Madrid and Barcelona. Madrid, 2010.
SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 1975-2010. 35+ Building in Democracy. Museum Benaki, Athens 2010.
CONTEMPLATING THE VOID. Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum. New York 2010.
GA INTERNATIONAL 2009. GA Gallery. Tokyo, 2009.
GA INTERNATIONAL 2008. GA Gallery. Tokyo, 2008.
IX SPANISH ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL EXHIBITION. Spain 2007
ON-SITE: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN. Royal Botanic Gardens Madrid, 2007.
VENICE BIENNALE. SPAIN PAVILION, 2006.
ON-SITE: NEW ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN. MOMA. Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2006
DE 0, LA MESA BLANCA. Archery New Ministries. Madrid, 2003.
EXHIBITION AT MURCIA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS. Murcia, 2002.
ON AT EXTREMADURA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS. Cáceres, 2001.

Main Building Designs by this Studio

CONGRESS CENTER AND AUDITORIUM, BADAJOZ
1999-2006
Promoter consejería de cultura junta de extremadura
Area 14,000 sqm
Budget 22 million euros

AUDITORIUM AND CONGRESS CENTER, CARTAGENA

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2004-11
Promoter alcaldía de cartagena
Area 18.500sqm
Budget 35 million euros

CONGRESS CENTER AND AUDITORIUM, PLASENCIA

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2005-13
Promoter consejería de cultura junta de extremadura
Area 7.500 sqm
Budget 20 million euros