Refurbishment of the Navigation Pavilion in Seville, Spain

Built on the southern edge of the 1992 Universal Exposition site, the Navigation Pavilion sits at quay level along the Guadalquivir, between the Chapina and Cartuja bridges. Vázquez Consuegra conceived the 15,000 m² volume as a neutral but precise container — a future Maritime Museum — addressing two scales simultaneously: the river to the south and the elevated Plaza de los Descubrimientos five metres above. The building’s defining gesture is its curved metallic roof, which doubles as the principal façade towards the historic city. Its convex profile recalls port hangars and quayside sheds, and resolves the stepped perspective formed by the buildings rising behind it up to the circular mass of Torre-Triana. The refurbishment was completed in November 2011.

Source: Vázquez Consuegra — Pabellón de la Navegación.