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Hillside house with large cantilevers and a louvred roof, with the structure designed by Arquiesa
Boom of a concrete pump over a seafront site at sunset
Exposed concrete perimeter cantilever of a building with a waffle slab

Structural and foundation engineering Structures that support
good architecture

At Arquiesa we design foundations and building structures, prepare the structural project and stay with the works until they are finished.

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Arquiesa

Structural engineering for buildings since 2003.

Arquiesa was founded by architect Antonio Jesús Rodríguez Pineda. We work alongside the architects who design each project, and from there we work out what the building needs, with no standard solutions: every situation is read on its own terms.

What matters is designing the structure. Calculating it is not the hard part; the hard part is choosing the right scheme and then producing drawings that can be read and built on site.

Team

What we do

From calculation to the certificate of completion

See in detail
  • Exposed concrete waffle slab seen from below, with the ribs and the column drop panels in view 01

    Structural and foundation design

    Structural design and analysis of buildings: reinforced concrete, steel, composite structures and foundations.

  • Reinforcement of a concrete slab with the post-tensioning ducts in place before the pour 02

    Structural and foundation projects

    Report, calculation annexes, reinforcement drawings and quantities, ready for approval and for construction.

  • Building under construction by the harbour, with scaffolding all round and cranes in the background 03

    Site supervision

    Full or partial site supervision and follow-up of the structural works.

  • Steel shoring and props supporting a slab during structural works 04

    Expert reports and structural defects

    Expert reports on cracking, deflection, corrosion and structural damage in buildings and industrial units.

Projects

Recent work

All projects
General view of the house with the louvred roof, on a hillside with large cantilevers
Residential · Ibiza · 2021
Corner of the building with the exposed concrete perimeter cantilever over the columns
Residential · Ibiza · 2020
General view of the site with the yellow formwork and the post-tensioned slabs under construction
Residential · Ibiza · 2021

The structural model

Before it exists on site, the building exists here.

Every commission starts by building the complete structure in a model: slabs, columns, walls and foundations, with their loads and supports. That model is where options are tested, adjusted and decided, until the scheme gives the project what it needs.

That is where the drawings used on site come from. A well-built model is not a pretty picture: it is what tells you what happens when something changes.

How we work

A four-phase working method

The same approach for years: design first, develop afterwards, put it through internal and external checks, and stay with the works until the structure is built.

  1. Phase 1

    Commission and design

    • Commission
    • Structural design
    • Setting out on the architecture
    • Client review

    Before calculating, we decide. We study the architecture and the ground, propose the structural scheme and set it out on the design so that the client can approve it.

  2. Phase 2

    Development and internal review

    • Structural development
    • Drawings, report and annexes
    • Internal review

    We develop the calculation and prepare all the documentation. Nothing leaves the office without a full review first.

  3. Phase 3

    Review and external checking

    • Client review
    • External checking

    The client reviews the documents and, where required, we deal with the external checker or technical control body until everything is approved.

  4. Phase 4

    Construction

    • Construction

    We stay with the project on site: we answer questions of interpretation, check the reinforcement before pouring and propose solutions if something unexpected comes up.

Stepped concrete slabs among pine trees at a house in Ibiza, with the structure designed by Arquiesa

Where we work

Wherever the project is

We are not tied to one place. The calculation is done in the office and the site supervision on site, wherever the project is being built.

Projects we have designed

  • Andalusia Seville, Huelva, Cádiz and Málaga.
  • Balearic Islands Ibiza and Santa Eulalia del Río.
  • Canary Islands Costa Adeje, Tenerife.
  • Outside Spain Algarve (Portugal), Panama and Australia.
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This website shows part of our work. If you would like to ask us about a project, you can write to us using the form.

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