Structural

ENDESA Headquarters, Madrid, Spain

The site is a greenfield site just north west of Madrid and is bounded by the M40— Madrid's periphery ring road. The design team involved a partnership that blended London-based consulting engineers Battle McCarthy and architects KPF with Madrid based architects RLH and the building engineering company, Prointec. Battle McCarthy has provided structural, building service & Environmental Engineering.

Integrated design measures have been taken to reduce the headquarters' dependence on mechanical systems and extraneous energy use. Targets were set at a significant 30 per cent reduction in energy consumption. Furthermore, EU funding is currently being pursued to install photovoltaic panels on the atrium roof, which has been designed to receive standard sized panels progressively procured during the building's life up to a potential 4,600m² of PV panels.

The development consists of three blocks of between five and six levels that are built over two car park levels. The completed project will have 32,000m² of enclosed carpark; 45,000m² of office space, useable retail and commercial; and approximately 6,000m² of covered mall/atrium space.