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Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop, luis vidal + arquitectos
- Area: 6823 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Enrico Cano
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Manufacturers: Kalzip
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Consultants: Dýnamis, Arup, TYPSA, Müller-BBM GmbH, Artec 3, Gleeds, Fernando Caruncho
Text description provided by the architects. The Centro Botín, a space for art, culture and education, projecting into the Bay of Santander, will restore to the city the immense dockland site of the Albareda mole, used until now as a parking lot. This is a strategic area, overlooking the sea, near the old city centre and enhanced by the historic Jardines de Pereda. The centre was strongly supported by Emilio Botín (1934-2014), president of Banco Santander and financed by the Botín Foundation, one of the most important private foundations in Spain, established in 1964 with the aim of fostering the social, economic and cultural development of Cantabria.
