Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra building, Northwest Spain architecture design, Spanish tower

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra

9 November 2024

Design: NOARQ, AM2 Arquitectos and Arenas & Asociados

Location: Avenida Serafin Avendaño, Vigo, Galicia, Spain

Halo Urban Elevator Pontevedra Building

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

Photos below by João Morgado

Halo Urban Elevator in Vigo, Galicia

Halo is the result of an international design competition for an urban elevator and its corresponding aerial passage connecting to the roof of the intermodal station of Vigo, spanning over the Atlantic highway and linking to the downtown area of the city, as part of the strategic urban regeneration plan VIGO VERTICAL.

The unique circumstances surrounding a mobility issue in this city area allowed to change a problem into an opportunity of exceptional urban interest and landmark attraction.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

The panoramic urban elevators are among the select group of public facilities that reshape the city’s image. Beyond representing civilizational progress in the daily lives of people by enhancing accessibility, social inclusion, environmental protection, and resource sustainability, the panoramic elevators also serve as landmarks and symbols of collective identity.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

Who can imagine Lisbon downtown without the Santa Justa elevator? Or Salvador da Bahia without the majestic of the Lacerda elevator?

These objects are apart from architectural vocabulary. Much more than being part of the city’s architecture, they are primarily constructions, structures, and engineering feats.

The work was divided with Ing. Miguel Sacristán of Arenas Y Asociados – Design Engineering and the Architect Alexandre Mouriño of AM2 Arquitectos.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

The elevator establishes a link between the roof of the intermodal station of Vigo, a project by Morphosis led by Pritzker laureate Thom Mayne, and the area of the Garcia Barbón and Rosalía de Castro, streets, located 50 meters below.

The high-speed station building comprises the terminal, the bus station, and two levels of a shopping center.

The proposal is basically constituted by a suspended pedestrian walkway in a ring shape, with a diameter of 90 meters, supported by a trapezoidal-based tower, with approximately 6 x 6 meters, to host two elevators, each with a capacity of 17 people.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

The tower stands on the top of Serafin Avendaño Street, pointing the street’s axis and attracting the attention of the citizens in the maritime port area, especially the users of the Guixar railway station. At the top of the tower, the pedestrian access to the roof of the intermodal station was divided into two arches, forming the ring. Each arch is supported on either side of the glass volume of the panoramic central atrium, emerging from the intermodal station’s roof.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

The northern promenade is covered and protected along its entire outer face, providing comfort for citizens’ traffic throughout the year. It is less transparent and not so panoramic. The milky translucency of its glass protection surface ensures privacy for the residences in the towers of Calle Garcia Barbón. The western arch is an open-air walkway offering panoramic views over the city and of the ocean, making it more appealing to tourists.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

The facades of the tower and the circle are covered with a printed glass, presenting a translucent white appearance. This milky appearance of the glass allows for the metal structure and elevator movement to be discerned from the outside. From the inside of the structure, glimpses of the city can be seen. All the sections of the structure are covered in white solid surface.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain – Building Information

CONTACT STUDIO NOARQ
Address: Rua João Paulo II, n. 165, 4785-141 Trofa, Porto
Phone: +351 252 414 729
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.noarq.com

WORK SHEET:

Location: Avenida Serafin Avendaño, Vigo, Espanha
Date: 2020 – 2024
Client: Concello de Vigo
Cost: 13.044.514,66 € without/ VAT ; 15.873.862,74 € with VAT

Gross Volume: 5880 m2
Gross Floor Area: 115 m2
Usable Area: 815 m2

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

Project Authors and Construction Management:

NOARQ:

José Carlos Nunes de Oliveira (NOARQ)
AM2 Arquitectos
Alexandre Mouriño
ARENAS & ASOCIADOS
Miguel Sacristán Montesinos

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia

Project:

NOARQ:

André Oliveira,
Gaia Ferraris
Eduardo Kenji,
Nuno Gonçalves,
Florencia Lucia Ruiz,
Manuel Eduardo Lopez,
Gonçalo José Almeida Ferreira,
Daniela Amorim,
Ana Nogueira,

Photos below by Attilio Fiumarella

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

AM2 Arquitectos:

Trinidad López.
Elva Arce Álvarez
Maximino García Sánchez

ARENAS & ASOCIADOS:

Guillermo Capellán Miguel
Emilio Merino Rasillo
José Ramón González Calvo
Javier Fernandez Antón
Alejandro Godoy Ansótegui
Julio González Zalduondo
Carlos Alonso Velasco
Pablo Garrido de Marcos
Rafael Arroyo Velasco
Isabel Ortiz Escudero
Jesús Posadas Carmona
Fátima Castillo Piñuela
José G. García Martín
Sara Perez Vegar
Carmen Urdinguio Yruela

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

3D Visualization:

Alessandro Ghidini
Javier Hinojosa
Javier Rey

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Constructor:

UTE HALO VIGO Ferrovial – Oreco Balgon
Construction Manager:
Alejandro Martin Velasco (Ferrovial)
Production Manager:
Diego Prado Dopeso (Oreco Balgón)
Manager of the UTE:
Guillermo Fernández Pellín

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Construction managers:
HALO VIGO UTE:
Adolfo López Díaz (Capataz),
Luis González Rodriguez (Oficial).
FERROVIAL:
Alejandra Fernández Vázquez (Técnico PRL),
David García Ariza (Topografo),
Manuel Gómez Dantas (Encargado),
Raúl Cadenas Acebes (Administrativo),
Jesús Valea Deben (Administrativo).

Contract Manager Concello de Vigo:
Jerónimo Centrón Castaños
Health and Safety Coordinator:
Gianfranco Paolo Olivieri Guadalupi,
Jaime Carlos Martinez Losada (adjunto)
Julio Millara (adjunto)

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

Producers:

Vidrios PONTEVEDRESA
Solid Surface BUTECH
Taller metálico HORTA COSLADA,
fachadas KLADDIA,
trabajos hormigón ATESVI,
elevadores SCHINDLER,
iluminación SCHREDER,
control iluminación LEDSCONTROL,
aerogeneradores KLIUX.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

THANKS TEAM OF SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS

Pereira Gil, Jesús; Abalde Alonso, Eduardo; Vilar Andrés, José Manuel; Alonso Rodriguez, Mariano; Pérez Pérez, Luis; Rodríguez González, Rubén; Requena Villanueva, Miguel; Beltre Mendez, Alejandro; Caro Chaves, Juan Carlos; Cañete Castellano, Fco. Javier; Requena Alcaide, Francisco Javier; Requena Villanueva, Antonio; Urda Catalin, Lazar; Santana Torres, Diomedes; Antón Marques, Ricardo; Acevedo Custodio, Santiago Alcides; Heredia Heredia, Braudilio; Villasante Carrera, Victor M.; Lima Nibra, Marco Filipe; Corria Coelho, José; Carvalho Crespo, Artur Jorge; Machado Coutinho Da Silva, Zeferino De Jesús; Pires Da Costa, Carlos Miguel; Lago Noceda, Pedro Agustín; Sullo Andagua, Juan Carlos; Miranda De Almeida, Paulo Manuel; Gonçalves Dias, Pedro Antonio; Do Vale Barbosa, Manuel Joaquim; Callampe Saico, Booz Josué; Correia, Amaro; Dias Loureiro, Oscar; Magalhaes Carvalho, Manuel De Jesús; Gil Pico, Sergio; Gracia Guerrero, Oscar Iván; Duque Rodriguez, Juan Carlos; Giraldo Charris, Luis Fernando; Medina Quintero, Eulogio; Niño Serrano, Sergio Alexander; Chinga Diéguez, Fausto Gabriel; Mestaza De La Cruz, Wilmer; Martins De Sousa, Adao; Adriano Paulino, Tomasini Pascual; Tomas De Sousa, Rui Miguel; Atapoma Gutiérrez, Antonio; Carhuas Arias, Yoel; Casachagua Berru, Chistian Yanpier; Casachagua Paredes, Chistian V; Paucar Paucar, Jhon; Quispe Panca, Edgar; Rodriguez Zevallos, George Peter; Ynfanzon Pure, Héctor; Curinuqui Gonzales, Orlando; Gallardo Gonzales, Héctor Abel; Hurtado Lujan, Hugo Hernán; Palomino Cure, Daniel; Ramos Quispe, Saul Angel; Vasquez Guevara, Samuel; Ayala Pardo, Luis Alberto; Padriona Gaspar, Daniel Osver; Colque Huaman, Michael; Salhua Mayna, Carlos Vicente; Alves Leão, Emerson; Cardoso Pereira, Nuno Tiago; De Jesús Correia, Abílio; Pereira, Alfredo Ferreira; Da Costa Barbosa Nuno Filipe; Pal, Parwinder; Vieira Da Silva, Tiago Manuel ;Da Puga Soares, José Pedro; De Amorim Araújo, Luís Filipe; Martins Miranda, Joao Filipe; Vieira Lima, Filipe Daniel ;Da Silva Fernandes, Rui Manuel; Gonçalves Martins, Paulo Jorge; Gonçalves Martins, César Augusto; Gonçalves Martins, Antonio Manuel; Carvalho Da Quinta, Helder Miguel; Boucinha Amaral, José Carlos; Lal, Parshotam; Martins Ferreira, Sergio Adelino; Pires De Abreu, Manuel; Singh, Harmanpreet ;Correia De Sousa, Ilidio Agostinho; Da Fonseca Silva, Sergio Manuel; Pereira Cardoso, Válter André; Saidy, Mustapha; Chong, José Manuel ;Cainzos López, Manuel; Gonzalez Rodriguez, Gonzalo Jesús; Conde Des, Daniel ;Provedo Doniz, Pablo; Benavente Salgado, Miguel Ángel; Castro Domínguez, Luís Enrique; Martínez Prieto, Antonio; Piñeiro Freiría, Fernando José; Rodríguez Rodríguez, José Benito; Gamallo Graña, José Antonio; Araújo González, José Manuel; Ares Blanco, Agustín; Balado Agrafojo, José; Lema Somoza, Daniel; Martínez Álvarez, Joaquín; Torres Gago, Salvador; Álvarez Caride, José; Álvarez Caride, Antonio; Barreiro Bernárdez, Avelino; Castro Macía, Avelino; Lema Somoza, Daniel; Barros Quinteiro, Eduardo; Benavente Salgado, Miguel Ángel; Alonso Rodríguez, Iván; Gil Fernández, Juan José; Lamazares Fuentes, Juan José; Domínguez Fernandez, Ricardo; Barbero Martínez, Celestino; Rodríguez Puime, Pedro Pablo ;Martins Dias, Vasco José; Martins Miranda, Joao Filipe ;García Sanmartin, Jose; De La Iglesia Darriba, Fredy ;Carrizo Rial, Ricardo Luís; Durán Gómez, José Ramon; Mariño Romero, Jesús; Martinez García, José María, Silva Crespo, Daniel ;Roldan Collado, Cayetano; Roca Vázquez, Jose Miguel; Fuentes Magariños, Manuel; Muñiz Álvarez, Juan Carlos; López Tojeiro, Jose Luis; Gonzalez Calo, Antonio; Fernandez Varela, Antonio; Giler Daza, Daniel ;López Durán, Óscar; Dávila Alonso, Julio ;Pereira Gasamans, Sandra; Sineiro Agra, José Angel; Diagne, Mayade; Rodriguez Flores, Adrián; Sineiro Agra, José Angel; Cisse, Omar; Vicente Pascual, Ernesto; Elías Gutiérrez, Alejandro; De Saa Misa, Cristian; García Neira, Jesús; Prado Tirado, Francisco Javier; Prado Tirado, José; Piñeiro Oubiña, Carlos; López Piñeiro, Iván ; Caracuel Rodriguez, José; Ciro Izquierdo, Arnold Stiwar; Hamdouch, Nordine; Lopez Brey, Ivan; Ruiz Gómez, Rubén; Tobar Aldana Milton, Binicio; Lara Boboy, Andrés; Fernandez Vilariño, Arturo ;Diaw Ndiaye, Ousmane; Diom, Banda; Suarez Alonso, José Ramon; Primoy Pucheta, Nicolas ;Dasi Acebrón, Marcos; Martinez Rodriguez, Francisco Eládio; Mendoza Pilatuña, Manuel Vicente; Rodriguez García, José Luís; Braños Comesaña, Manuel; Ordoñez Pajares, Jonathan; Pino Cobas, Américo; Vila Domínguez, Rubén; Belgourch Zouaghi, Noureddine; Dhikar Lahcen; Gonzalez Hernández, Miguel Angel; Safrioui, Mustapha ;Núñez Núñez, Julio; Rodriguez Montes, Salvador; Alfonso Barciela, Alberto; Alfonso Barciela, Saul; Barros Fondevila, Nicolas; Diaz De Espada Cancio, Nicolas; Garralon Suarez, Marcos; Cabaleiro Rivas, David ;Bastida López, Lucas ;López Fontao, Enrique; Rodriguez Méndez, Javier ;González Pereira, Marcos; Da Crus Rodriguez, Eduardo; Sanroman Vega, Sergio; López Ruibal, Diego; Méndez Misa Jose Manuel; Rodriguez Silva, Samuel ; Estevez Afonso, Francisco Javier; Alvarez Cordeiro, José Luís; Barreiro Figueroa, Roque; Silva Alonso, Juan; Vila Sueiro, Ivan Manuel; De Castro Meleiro, Vitor; Gómez Jiménez, Jesús; Álvarez López, Javier; Mallo Gonzalez, Aldo; Cajaraville Vecino, Manuel Gonzalo; Spataru, Constantin Catalin; Rios Bort, Manuel; Coaja Andrei, Ionut; Coaja, Ion ; Tocariuc, Alexandru Eduard ; Ichim, Silviu Gabriel; Constantin Husu, Catalin ; Zavoianu, Mihai; Guiral Palau, Vicente; Kennaoui, Aziz, Aziz ; Alvarez De Ponte, José Ramon; Niguema Bikie, Jose García Obiang ;Torrejón Diaz, Moisés; Alabarce Pérez, Celso Jose Francisco; Tajuelo Mayorga, Antonio Jose; Sabando Cobos, Eric Jordi; Sabando Guerrero, Javier Rene; Rosoga Mihai, Cristian; Vasile, Orbu; Spataru Silviu, Octavian ; Cuesta Marin, Ramses; Cuesta Martin, Yonay; Millos Costas, Francisco Javier; Lesende Rodriguez, Juan Jose; Martinez Mosquera, David; Borges Mejias, Edert Alejandro; Gonzalez Barreiro, Moisés; Fernandez Arribas, Joaquín; Ruibal Blanco, Héctor; Matamala Matamala, Exequiel Cristian; Gil Álvarez, José; Miranda Duran, Jose Joaquín; Estévez Otero, Javier; Silva Alonso, Adrián; Teixeira Alves, Bruno Miguel; Alen Fandiño, Daniel; González Gómez, Carlos; González Cameselle, Álvaro; Sierpes Campo, Rubén; Diz Alonso, Adrián; Pereira Benade, Alex; García Pinto, Antonio; Rodríguez Barcala, Alejandro; Villar Freiria, Rubén; Goberna Comesaña , Marcos; Capelo Campo, Oscar; López Barbosa, Rubén; Pérez Rodriguez, Jorge; Lago Garrido, Samuel; Caride Sanroman, Pablo; Pérez Rodriguez, Jorge; Garcia Fariña, Pedro Nicolas; Mariut Robert, Alexandru; Forero Jiménez, Orlando; Herrera Valencia, Carlos Fernando; Fariña Trigo, Oscar; Gonzalez Catrufo, Daniel; Reyes Varela, Simón ;Moar Quintela, Alberto; Álvarez Mariño, Javier; Coves Alonso, Jerry Jose ; Gonzalez Vázquez, Luis; Piñeiro Ferreira, Roberto Carlos; Quintana Beleiro, Juan Carlos; Vila Romero, Victor; Alvarez Ferreiro Marco, Emílio; Rodriguez Italiani, José Eduardo; Rodriguez Italiani, Eloy; Camba Navia, Miguel; Piñeiro Dieste, Roberto; Pereira Juvino, Ramon; Pérez Pino, Manuel; Pino Míguez, Fernando; Rodriguez Duran, Severo; Rodriguez Tome, Enrique; Carballido Cameselle, Humberto Carlos; Méndez Paz, Francisco José; Omil Lois, Francisco Javier; Trokhymchuk, Andrii; Carrizo Villadangos, Oscar; Rodriguez Perteagudo, Iñigo; Cartón García Sergio; Cañas Del Cura Xabier; García López, José María; Pascalau, Costel; Pilco Mariño, Marlon Edison; Carabelos Muñiz, David; Sokrate Kanz, Younes; Dominguez Penelas, Jose Ramon; Cantorna Silva, Francisco; Casais Rogido, Avelino; Quiñoy Silvalde, Juan Antonio; Vilacoba Romero, Antonio; Cao Otero, Alfonso; Vilacoba Romero, Avelino; Fernandez Lago, Maximino; Iglesias Pérez, Rafael; Sousa Rodriguez, Jesús Alberto; Suárez Piñeiro, Francisco Javier; Fernández Treinta, María José; Vicente Barreiro, María Del Carmen; Fernandes De Barros Rodrigues, Pedro Manuel; Viñas Pino, José María; Braga Cunha, Emanuel; Magalhaes Moreira, Mário; Marques Gomes, Belchior ; Goce López, María Lourdes; Rodriguez Caride, Jacobo; Rodriguez García, Daniel; González Baloira, Luis; Barbeito Castro, Francisco; Fernández, Mª Luísa; Barbeito, Iago, López Garrido, José; Vicente, Ricardo; López Dacosta, Rubén; Versabe, Manuel; López, Jorge Juan; Ogando, Rubén; Gago Malvido, Francisco Javier; Barreiro, Juan Carlos; Moledo, Antonio; Barros, José; Fernández, Victor; Fernández Puga, Óscar; Piñeiro, Cesar; Vázquez, Javier; Quintana, David; Acuña, Sergio; Abraldes, Manuel; Chan, Fernando; Agrafojo, Carmen; Abilleira, Leopoldo; García, Christian; Calviño, Antía; Fernandez, Martín; De Prado, Alberto; Ramos, Miguel Angel; Nayan, Lleonart; Ortega, Sara ; Rodríguez Domínguez, Abel; Pérez Rodríguez, Manuel; Rodríguez Castañón, Julio; Vidal Rey, Luis; Sotelo Quintas, Marcos; Caride Rial, Diego ; Eguizábal, Iñaki; Eguizábal, Juan José; Pérez Romero, José Javier; Montes Posadas, Luis.

Halo Urban Elevator Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain

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