Who

MARINA DE EMPRESAS was created with the aim of training, advising and financing the entrepreneurs of today and tomorrow and constituted a commitment to the creation of wealth, employment and the promotion of entrepreneurship. The initiative was driven and supported by Juan Roig, President of Mercadona and Vice President of the EDEM business school, in order to return to society part of all that it has given him.

With the launch of MARINA DE EMPRESAS, three environments were created within one complex: EDEM, LANZADERA and ANGELS, each with the necessary conditions created to encourage individual initiative and talent.

Why

Given the growth of EDEM and the business accelerator consisting of LANZADERA and ANGELS, combined with the need to have a headquarters to meet their new requirements, the Royal Marina of Valencia Juan Carlos I was chosen as the location for this entrepreneurial centre.

Selecting this location had a double effect: for Marina de Empresas, it meant being in the city’s best and most appropriate setting, by the sea; and for Valencia, it created an activity generator (so vitally important for this district).

How

In the former bases, we eliminated all the buildings’ excesses; they were curtailed. We opened large courtyards for light to filter inside.

We added what they lacked.

It was essential to look seawards, so we added an ENCLOSED BALCONY running the length of the building and we decided to locate the main circulation of both buildings right there.

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We were really worried about aggressiveness of saline residue, so we brought from the ships the material used to made their decks, Fibreglass resin (FRP)

Something completely INNOVATIVE in the field of architecture: we love to learn.

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What

It entailed an urban recycling project, using existing structures. The project consisted of the TRANSFORMATION of three former America’s Cup bases into a place for learning and entrepreneurship.

We were worried about the proximity to the sea and the consequent environmental harshness because we wanted to construct a building that would last over time.

We had to introduce natural light into the interior of all the spaces. Moreover, we had the responsibility to the city, to the place, to the seafront of Valencia.

Data sheet

ProjectMarina De Empresas Sede EDEM Escuela de Empresarios + Edificio EMPRENDEDORES en Valencia
LOCAtionMarina Real Juan Carlos I, Valencia
date2014 - 2015
CLIENTEscuela de Empresarios, Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana / Lanzadera Emprendedores S.L.U.
CONSTRUCTORConstrucciones David Mur S.L.
Built surface18.131 m2
COLABORAtorsJose Antonio Villanueva (Director de ejecución, coordinador de obra) / Adolfo Ortiz (Coordinador de instalaciones) / Amparo Pons (interiorismo) / ADYPAU - Mazel (Ingenierías) / Grupo CSP (Seguridad y salud) / Joan Vericat (Topografía) / Muñoz-Bosch (Suministros integrales de hostelería y limpieza) / Orsal (Mobiliario) / Grupo Sothis (T.I.C) / Miraplas (FRP) / Industrial Breinco (Prefabricados de hormigón)
photographyDavid Frutos