Expo 1992 (Seville): Exhibition pavilion Palenque

General information

• Location address

  Seville

• Location country

  Spain

• Year of construction

  1991

• Short description of the replacement or dismantling

  In June 2007, the bulldozers demolished the Palenque and threw down the memories of the most popular stage of the Expo '92. That space, designed by the architect José Miguel de la Prada Poole, where the events of the official days of the Expo participants were held, had become, with its tent of multiple cones, its 500 square metre stage surrounded by fountains and its stands with a capacity for 1,500 seated spectators and 4,000 standing spectators, an emblematic building. So much so that for fifteen years it continued to be used for concerts, cultural events and even as a stage for television programmes.

• Function of building

  Exhibition

• Degree of enclosure

  Open structure

• Climatic zone

  Mediterranean - mild winters, dry hot summers

• Number of layers

  mono-layer

• Type of application of the membrane

  covering

• Primary function of the tensile structure
  • Space defining elements
  • Sun protection