Alicante Congress Center Competition - Alicante, Spain (Akra Leuke - Proposal)

Yngrid Echalar Gutiérrez, Arquitectura Yngrid Echalar Gutiérrez

The competition for the design of the Alicante Conference Center was announced by the Alicante Provincial Council, with the aim of selecting the architectural project for a new facility at the city’s port. The call for entries was published on Spain’s Public Sector Procurement Platform on April 19, 2023. A total of 136 proposals were submitted, of which 121 were admitted after an initial administrative screening. Fifteen proposals were excluded for failing to meet the submission requirements established in the competition rules. My proposal, Akra Leuke, was among the 121 admitted entries.
The proposal developed for the architectural project competition to design the new Conference Center of the City of Alicante, organized by the Valencian Regional Government through the Sociedad Proyectos Temáticos de la Comunidad Valenciana (SPTCV) in coordination with the Alicante Port Authority. The challenge involved formulating an architectural preliminary project that would integrate the new cultural and convention facility into a strategic location on the waterfront, connecting the city to the coast through a high-quality urban intervention.
The competition required a complex resolution at both functional and territorial levels, considering aspects such as independent access points, urban connectivity, coastal permeability, and adherence to volumetric and elevation constraints imposed by port regulations.
The design featured a volumetric solution in dialogue with the context of the Distrito Digital and the harbor front, respecting the public character of the coastal edge and prioritizing citizen access. The architectural approach proposed a porous and site-adapted design, attentive to the urban-port scale, pedestrian connectivity, and universal accessibility.

Client: Alicante Provincial Council

Categories: Urban Development, New Construction, Service and Administration, Recreation and Tourism, Art and Culture

Location: Alicante, Spain

ADC: ADC entry/not built, open ADC 2023