FIGUERAS News 67

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ENGLISH EDITION
MULTIPURPOSE HALLS
SPECIAL EDITION
L’ATLÀNTIDA
Vic, SPAIN
EDWARD JONES HQ
Saint Louis, USA
AUDITORIO ALFREDO KRAUS
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SPAIN

‘The structure of this impressive building is as
interesting as the events that will take place there.’ e.’
Josep Llinàs, Architect
SPAIN, Barcelona, Vic
L’ATLÀNTIDA,
A MULTIFUNCTIONAL HALL FOR
THE PERFORMING ARTS
Project
details:
Name:
L’Atlàntida – Osona
Performing Arts Centre
Location:
C/ Francesc Maria
Masferrer 4, 08500 Vic,
Spain
Architecture and
design:
Josep Llinàs
Construction company:
FFC
Client:
Public
Total fl oor area:
approx. 10,000 m2
Auditorium capacity:
280 to 380 (variable)
Theatre capacity
800
Auditorium product:
Telescopic risers
Minispace 5071 chair
Theatre product:
Flex 6036 chair

The theatre was fi tted with fi xed seating with exceptional acoustic properties.
Ramon Montanyà Theatre. The 800-seat
theatre is the perfect setting for a diverse
and ambitious programme of events.
The spatial, functional and technical
characteristics of the hall are optimal for
presenting shows and preparing to stage
them.
The hall was outfi tted with the Flex 6036
chair by Figueras to provide the features
requested by the team of architects:
optimal acoustic behaviour, high quality,
comfort, and outstanding industrial
design, which results in a maintenance-free
product.
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JOSEP LLINÀS – Architect
The building. The Atlántida, located
in the town of Vic, is a new cultural
complex for the performing arts
designed by architect Josep Llinàs.
The building features a faceted roof
that allows it to blend in with the
town’s heterogeneous urban fabric.
The 10,000-m2 complex houses a
restaurant, the Ramon Montanyà
Theatre, the Joaquim Maideu
Auditorium, and the Vic Music School
and Conservatory.
The new building, which cost €30
million to build, replaces a theatre
of the same name that was closed
in 2002 due to degeneration of the
cement used in construction. Josep
Llobet, Pedro Ayesta and Laia Vives
worked with Llinàs on the project.
The roof. The huge faceted roof,
coated in zinc, rises from the
interior courtyards to the maximum
height of the stage area (30 m)
and forms a new porous façade
with porches on the other side.
The minimized façades are used to
provide ventilation and natural light
where required inside the building,
in areas like the music school and
the restaurant. Where they form
the outer limit of the building, the
façades are fi nished in black stone.
In contrast, the façades that fl ank
the folds of the roof, which are more
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introverted and higher than the ones
delimiting the building, are fi nished in
polished sheet brass.
The Joaquim Maideu Auditorium.
The auditorium, which seats between
280 and 384 people depending on
the confi guration, is the preferred
space for musical performances.
It can also host theatre and
dance events and can be used for
receptions or as a set for audiovisual
productions. The versatility of the
space and its conceptual simplicity
make it one of L’Atlàntida’s most
multifunctional halls.
One of the notable features of the
hall is the folding of the two side
walls of the automatic telescopic
risers. When the risers are retracted,
the side walls fold over them against
the back wall like an envelope
that serves to protect them. The
telescopic system and the mobility
of the side walls provide perfect
sight lines and make it possible to
transform the hall into a completely
open space. The model chosen
for the installation was the 5071
Minispace chair, which occupies a
depth of just 20 cm in the upright
position and features wooden
backrest and seat elements that
create a warm atmosphere.

‘A dinner in one part and a training session
in the other? We showed the client and they
determined that it was an investment.’
USA, St. Louis, Missouri
ONE SPACE
FOR MULTIPLE USES
with:
ARCTURIS – ARCHITECTS
The fi nancial services fi rm Edward Jones
has installed the Mutamut system by
Figueras in the training room of its new
headquarters in St. Louis (Missouri, USA).
Since inaugurating the new space, the
company has signifi cantly increased
the number of events it organizes,
including both internal activities like
training courses, meetings and seminars,
and external events, such as product
presentations and conferences.
The installation comprises an auditorium,
outfi tted with nearly 600 Flex model
chairs and F45 and F1000 individual
tables and a training room where the
Mutamut system is installed, with 600
chairs equipped with F45 tables and
arranged in four blocks. With the
Mutamut system, developed by Figueras,
MARGARET MCDONALD
Director of ARCTURIS Architects
chairs move along fl oor rails and
“disappear” under the stage. Mutamut is
a simple, eff ective system that makes it
easy to change the distribution of seating
or convert a seating area into an open
space. The individual tables are attached
to the support rail for the system, except
in the fi rst row, where they are fi xed to
the fl oor using a special rail and quick
anchoring system.
The Mutamut system, a comprehensive
engineering solution developed by
Figueras Engineering & Consulting for
smart multiuse spaces, is the perfect
solution to optimize space and deliver
profi tability.
Project
details:
Name:
Edward Jones
Headquarters
Location:
12555 Manchester Road,
Saint Louis, MO 63131,
USA
Architecture:
Arcturis Architects
Client:
Private
Total fl oor area:
20,253 m2
Auditorium capacity:
600
Training facility
capacity:
600
Auditorium product:
Flex chair
Training facility product:
Mutamut system
Minispace 5067 chair
F45 work table
Training facility

Detail of the Mutamut system with Minispace 5067 chairs and
F45 individual work tables
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‘For the training facility, the Mutamut system is the perfect solution:
aesthetically pleasing, durable and cost-eff ective’
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JODI GAY
Edward Jones General Partner, Facilities

Project
details:
Name:
Canary Islands Convention
Centre, Alfredo Kraus
Auditorium
Location:
Playa de Las Canteras,
unnumbered, 35010 Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Architecture:
Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Construction company:
VVO Construcciones y
Proyectos SA
Client:
Public
Total fl oor area:
827 m2
Auditorium capacity:
800
Product:
Mutasub system
Minispace 5067 chair

SPAIN, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
FROM AUDITORIUM TO
OPEN SPACE IN JUST 3’
The Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, a new venue in Las Palmas
de Gran Canaria, is a landmark building in contemporary
architecture. The multifunctional hall was created to
increase the number of local spaces for cultural events and
conventions. This was the main consideration that Óscar
Tusquets, the architect in charge of the project, and Figueras
had to address when they tackled the project. The solution
they came up with is an innovative system that hides the
seating used in the hall.
‘The space had to be able to accommodate
diff erent types of events: from concerts to
conventions and dance performances.’
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OSCAR TUSQUETS - ARCHITECT
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The 827 m2 space had to be able to accommodate diff erent
types of events: from concerts to conventions and dance
performances. According to Tusquets, the goal was to put in
place a multipurpose system that would make it possible to
“get the seating out of the way quickly and thus take maximum
advantage of the multifunctional character of the hall. The
trapezoidal shape of the space meant this wasn’t easy”.
One idea was to mount the chairs on rails, which they would
move along to be stored under the stage. But in the end, the
Figueras team proposed a groundbreaking solution: “If you give
us 30 cm of vertical space, we’ll put them under the fl oor”. This
was the key idea behind the development of a system that is
the fi rst of its kind anywhere. Nearly four hundred 5067 Mini
Mutasub chairs disappear automatically under the fl oor in just
three minutes to leave a completely unobstructed space. F45
individual work tables can be positioned for use with the chairs.
The hall also has 405 fi xed Mini Space chairs, bringing its total
capacity to almost 800.
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ON
OFF
THE
METAMORPHOSIS
OF SPACE
Why can’t an auditorium be used
to hold conferences?
Why can’t a conference room be
used as a theatre?
Why can’t a theatre be used to
hold a banquet?
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Th e new Mutafl ex movable seating
system makes it possible to use
the same space in diff erent ways.
Th e system operates in a simple,
eff ective way: press a button and
the transformation is completed
in just minutes. Turning a stalls
seating area into an open space is
no longer just a possibility: it’s a
reality.
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