Soziales Zentrum Padre Rubinos in La Coruña - Architecture Should Be Unobtrusive
The Elsa Urquijo practice is located in the historical city centre of Corunna in an older building with typical Galician gallerias. These glazed, unheated oriels were originally used to store food or to dry washing. Elsa Urquijo has pragmatically converted them into spaces to house building material samples, books and files. But her studio also contains other objects that lend it a sensuous, relaxed note. Her work as an architect covers a broad spectrum. She first made a name for herself with a fashion-shop design for the textile manufacturer Zara. But she has also executed projects with a social content for the Amancio Ortega Foundation. Detail spoke to this successful, yet seemingly shy architect in her office.
