Joint research center – Seville, Spain
 
The building is designed like a windcatcher. The architecture is structured around a series of linear patios that capture the dominant winds in order to provide natural ventilation to the workspaces. These patios allow the landscape to filter into the architecture and create a temperate interior climate. These climate buffers are a reinterpretation of the vernacular architecture of Seville’s streets. Like the city’s traditional streets, they are covered with awnings stretched between the façades, which provide protection from the sun and keep the interior spaces cool.