The AME38 project reinterprets the corporate tower as a luminous, permeable lantern in the Madrid skyline. The design proposes an open, layered workplace where transparency, flexibility and biophilia define the daily experience of users. The façade works as a continuous, rhythmical grid that reveals the interior life of the offices, emphasizing collaboration and movement rather than static, closed-off floors.
The architectural language is deliberately calm and neutral, allowing the corporate identity to appear through light, graphics and subtle color accents. Horizontal floor plates, slender vertical supports and large glass panes create a clean, contemporary image aligned with international corporate standards while remaining rooted in the Mediterranean light conditions of Madrid.
The base of the tower delicately lifts from the ground, generating a shaded, recessed entrance that marks the threshold between urban space and corporate interior. Curved vehicular access and pedestrian paths gently guide users towards the lobby, while landscaped bands of grass and paving create a soft transition from the street to the building.
Nighttime illumination transforms the tower into a visible urban reference, yet the lighting strategy is carefully modulated at lower levels to preserve comfort at the pedestrian scale. The ground floor is conceived as a semi-public interface that can accommodate reception, informal meeting areas and shared amenities, reinforcing the role of the building as a corporate hub open to visitors and collaborators.
Each office floor is designed as an open-plan platform organized around a central structural spine. Workstations are arranged in flexible clusters, optimizing daylight penetration from the fully glazed perimeter. The regular structural grid ensures efficient planning while allowing for future reconfiguration without major interventions.
Support spaces—meeting rooms, focus pods and service cores—are placed strategically to break the depth of the floor plate and generate clear circulation loops. The circular meeting capsule visible in the interior images exemplifies this approach: a freestanding, acoustically controlled volume that introduces a sculptural element within the open workspace while providing privacy for concentrated work or confidential conversations.
The interior palette is based on warm neutrals: light-toned flooring, white ceilings and timber accents on furniture and wall cladding. This restrained scheme highlights natural light and enhances visual continuity between different departments. Linear recessed lighting integrated into the ceiling system reinforces perspective and guides movement along the corridors.
Glass partitions are extensively used to separate meeting rooms and managerial offices, maintaining acoustic control without sacrificing visual openness. Soft furnishings, indoor plants and curated shelving systems in lounge areas bring domestic comfort into the corporate environment, encouraging informal interaction and longer, more pleasant stays in the workspace.
Sustainability criteria are integrated from the envelope to the interior fit-out. The fully glazed façade, while visually transparent, is understood as a high-performance skin with selective coatings, solar control and optimized insulation to reduce HVAC loads in Madrid’s climate. Floor-to-ceiling glazing maximizes natural daylight, decreasing reliance on artificial lighting during daytime hours.
Interior layouts favour cross-ventilation and visual connection to the exterior, supporting employee well-being. The use of durable, low-maintenance materials extends the life cycle of finishes, while modular furniture and demountable partitions allow floors to be adapted with minimal waste generation. Plant integration, access to light and the provision of diverse work settings—formal, informal, individual and collaborative—contribute to a healthier, more sustainable corporate culture for AME38.
The AME38 project reinterprets the corporate tower as a luminous, permeable lantern in the Madrid skyline. The design proposes an open, layered workplace where transparency, flexibility and biophilia define the daily experience of users. The façade works as a continuous, rhythmical grid that reveals the interior life of the offices, emphasizing collaboration and movement rather than static, closed-off floors.
The architectural language is deliberately calm and neutral, allowing the corporate identity to appear through light, graphics and subtle color accents. Horizontal floor plates, slender vertical supports and large glass panes create a clean, contemporary image aligned with international corporate standards while remaining rooted in the Mediterranean light conditions of Madrid.
The base of the tower delicately lifts from the ground, generating a shaded, recessed entrance that marks the threshold between urban space and corporate interior. Curved vehicular access and pedestrian paths gently guide users towards the lobby, while landscaped bands of grass and paving create a soft transition from the street to the building.
Nighttime illumination transforms the tower into a visible urban reference, yet the lighting strategy is carefully modulated at lower levels to preserve comfort at the pedestrian scale. The ground floor is conceived as a semi-public interface that can accommodate reception, informal meeting areas and shared amenities, reinforcing the role of the building as a corporate hub open to visitors and collaborators.
Each office floor is designed as an open-plan platform organized around a central structural spine. Workstations are arranged in flexible clusters, optimizing daylight penetration from the fully glazed perimeter. The regular structural grid ensures efficient planning while allowing for future reconfiguration without major interventions.
Support spaces—meeting rooms, focus pods and service cores—are placed strategically to break the depth of the floor plate and generate clear circulation loops. The circular meeting capsule visible in the interior images exemplifies this approach: a freestanding, acoustically controlled volume that introduces a sculptural element within the open workspace while providing privacy for concentrated work or confidential conversations.
The interior palette is based on warm neutrals: light-toned flooring, white ceilings and timber accents on furniture and wall cladding. This restrained scheme highlights natural light and enhances visual continuity between different departments. Linear recessed lighting integrated into the ceiling system reinforces perspective and guides movement along the corridors.
Glass partitions are extensively used to separate meeting rooms and managerial offices, maintaining acoustic control without sacrificing visual openness. Soft furnishings, indoor plants and curated shelving systems in lounge areas bring domestic comfort into the corporate environment, encouraging informal interaction and longer, more pleasant stays in the workspace.
Sustainability criteria are integrated from the envelope to the interior fit-out. The fully glazed façade, while visually transparent, is understood as a high-performance skin with selective coatings, solar control and optimized insulation to reduce HVAC loads in Madrid’s climate. Floor-to-ceiling glazing maximizes natural daylight, decreasing reliance on artificial lighting during daytime hours.
Interior layouts favour cross-ventilation and visual connection to the exterior, supporting employee well-being. The use of durable, low-maintenance materials extends the life cycle of finishes, while modular furniture and demountable partitions allow floors to be adapted with minimal waste generation. Plant integration, access to light and the provision of diverse work settings—formal, informal, individual and collaborative—contribute to a healthier, more sustainable corporate culture for AME38.
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