# AZCA

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{{short description|Office building in Madrid}}
{{Infobox building
|name                    = AZCA<br />Mixed Association for Compensation of the A Block of the Commercial Area of Paseo de la Castellana
|native_name             = AZCA<br />Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial del Paseo de la Castellana
|native_name_lang        = es
|image                   = AZCA (Madrid) 01.jpg
|caption                 = AZCA from Paseo de la Castellana.
|location                = [Madrid](/source/Madrid), <br />20px [Comunidad de Madrid](/source/Comunidad_de_Madrid),<br /> {{ESP}}
|coordinates             = {{coord|40|26|57|N|3|41|34|W|region:ES-M|display=inline,title}}
|status                  = Complete
|construction_start_date = [Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor): 1975 (†)<br />[Torre del Banco de Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao): 1978<br />[Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso): 1982<br />[Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)): 1985<br />[Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou): 1987<br />[Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania): 2007
|completion_date         = [Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor): 1979 (†)<br />[Torre del Banco de Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao): 1981<br />[Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso): 1988<br />[Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)): 1985<br />[Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou): 1990<br />[Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania): 2013
|opening_date            = 
|building_type           = Office
|antenna_spire           = 
|roof                    = [Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso): {{convert|157|m|ft|abbr=on}} <br />[Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)):{{convert|121|m|ft|abbr=on}} <br />[Torre del Banco Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao): {{convert|107|m|ft|abbr=on}} <br />[Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor):{{convert|106|m|ft|abbr=on}}  (†)<br />[Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania): {{convert|104|m|ft|abbr=on}} <br />[Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou):{{convert|85|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|top_floor               = 
|floor_count             = [Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso): 47<br />[Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor): 32 (†)<br />[Torre del Banco Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao):  30<br />[Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)): 30<br />[Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou): 29<br />[Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania): 22
|elevator_count          = 
|cost                    = 
|floor_area              = 
|architect               = [Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor) (†): Rafael Alemany Indarte, Luis Alemany Indarte, [Pedro Casariego](/source/Pedro_Casariego_Hern%C3%A1ndez_Vaquero), Ignacio Ferrero, Genaro Alas Rodríguez y [Manuel del Río Martínez](/source/Manuel_del_R%C3%ADo_Mart%C3%ADnez)<br />[Torre del Banco de Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao): [F.J. Sáenz de Oiza](/source/Francisco_Javier_S%C3%A1enz_de_Oiza)<br />[Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso): [Minoru Yamasaki](/source/Minoru_Yamasaki)<br />[Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)): Miguel de Oriol e Ybarra <br />[Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou): Carlos Alberto Arce, Carlos Malibrán y Raúl Eduardo Salata <br />[Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania): Pablo Muñoz y Pedro Vilata
|structural_engineer     = 
|main_contractor         = 
|developer               = 
|owner                   = 
|operator                = 
|references              = 
}}
'''AZCA''', an acronym for '''''Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial de la Avenida del Generalísimo''''' ("Mixed Association for Compensation of the A Block of the Commercial Area of the Avenue of the [Generalisimo](/source/Francisco_Franco)", now called the Avenue of [Paseo de la Castellana](/source/Paseo_de_la_Castellana)), is a [financial district](/source/Central_business_district) in [Madrid](/source/Madrid), Spain. The business district, which is located on the northern edge of the city centre, serves as one of the two main financial districts of the Madrid metropolitan area.
[[File:AZCA.pav..jpg|thumb|left|AZCA View from the [Nuevos Ministerios station](/source/Nuevos_Ministerios_station) (to the right, the [Torre del Banco Bilbao](/source/Torre_del_Banco_de_Bilbao)).]]
[[File:AZCA (Madrid) 07.jpg|thumb|left|View of [Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)) from the Square of Lima.]]
[[File:Torre Picasso.JPG|thumb|left|AZCA buildings ([Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso)).]]
[[File:Madrid 2.JPG|thumb|left|AZCA buildings ([Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou)).]]
[[File:Torre Titania (Madrid) 08.jpg|thumb|left|AZCA buildings ([Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania), The most modern building which replaced the [Tower Windsor](/source/Tower_Windsor)).]]
[[File:Windsor-tower-madrid.jpg|thumb|250px|left|The [Torre Windsor](/source/Torre_Windsor) the morning of February 13, 2005. Its remains were demolished and in its place today edifies the [Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania).]]

==History==
It is located between the streets Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Orense, General Perón and Paseo de la Castellana. Its original conception (and its name) dates back to the ''Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Madrid'' ([PGOU](/source/PGOU)), approved in 1964. The purpose of this plan was to create a huge block of modern office buildings with metro and railway connections in the expansion area of northern Madrid, just in front of Real Madrid stadium (currently named the [Santiago Bernabéu Stadium](/source/Santiago_Bernab%C3%A9u_Stadium)) and beside the new government complex of [Nuevos Ministerios](/source/Nuevos_Ministerios). A botanical garden, a library and an opera house were also included in the plans, but these were never built.

The construction began in the 1970s after many delays. Nowadays some of the tallest and most beautiful modern Madrid skyscrapers are placed here. The most important are:

* [Torre Picasso](/source/Torre_Picasso) (157&nbsp;m)
* [Torre Europa](/source/Torre_Europa_(Madrid)) (121&nbsp;m)
* [Banco de Bilbao Tower](/source/Castellana_81) (107&nbsp;m)
* [Torre Titania](/source/Torre_Titania) (104&nbsp;m)
* [Torre Mahou](/source/Torre_Mahou) (100&nbsp;m)

In February 2005, [Windsor Tower](/source/Windsor_Tower) (106&nbsp;m) was destroyed by a fire, and it was later replaced by Torre Titania.

During the weekend nights, the underground levels attract a Latino audience to the discos but they also have a reputation for gang violence.<ref name="El Mundo">''[http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2006/02/07/madrid/1926910_impresora.html Que la violencia no vuelva a Azca]'', ''[El Mundo](/source/El_Mundo_(Spain))'', 7 February 2006.</ref>

In 2007, a [new skyscraper area](/source/Cuatro_Torres_Business_Area) was built farther north along [Paseo de la Castellana](/source/Paseo_de_la_Castellana).

The carless surfaces inside the block have attracted young supporters of [urban culture](/source/urban_culture).
Since the 1980s, [break dance](/source/break_dance)rs, [rappers](/source/Spanish_rap), [skateboard](/source/skateboard)ers, [graffiti](/source/graffiti) writers and [parkour](/source/parkour) traceurs from other Madrid neighborhoods have been gathering there.<ref name="De la Cruz">{{cite news |last1=de la Cruz |first1=Luis |title=Los chavales de AZCA: cómo el distrito financiero de Madrid fue colonizado por la cultura urbana |url=https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos/tetuan/historia/chavales-azca-distrito-financiero-madrid-colonizado-cultura-urbana_1_6485316.html |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=El Diario - Somos Tetuán |date=6 December 2020 |language=es}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso](/source/Plaza_de_Pablo_Ruiz_Picasso)

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://www.flickr.com/search/?z=e&w=87733407%40N00&q=AZCA&m=text Photos of AZCA ]
* [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Madrid&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.449217,-3.69338&spn=0.00774,0.021458&t=k Satellite AZCA view from Google Earth]
* {{in lang|es}} ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215136/http://www.miliarium.com/Monografias/Rascacielos/ComplejoAZCA.htm Complejo AZCA]''. A description.

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Category:Buildings and structures in Tetuán District, Madrid
AZCA, Madrid
Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Madrid
Category:Cuatro Caminos neighborhood, Madrid

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