Botín Center

The quality of a design is also a reflection of elements that are not strictly architectural, but absolutely necessary. In this case, the Botín Center reflects the successful collaboration between two architects with a common language: Luis Vidal and Renzo Piano.

The result of this successful collaboration, where light, flexibility, transparency and dialogue with the city generate a beautiful synergy, is a design that has transformed the city of Santander, bringing the historic center and its centenary gardens closer to the bay, where the Botín Center is located.

The building hangs over the land, suspended over the sea. It is composed of two volumes, in response to the need to create an art center and an informative programmatic space, including an auditorium conceived as a multifunctional box, capable of hosting concerts, conferences and creative events such as workshops.

A series of light steel and glass walkways separate the two rounded volumes of the building, creating a new public square located above sea level.

The Botín Center manages to capture the sunlight intensely, the water’s brightness and Cantabria’s unique atmosphere. An architectural symphony at the foot of the Atlantic Ocean.