Source: Constitutional Court

El Constitutional Court It occupies a striking building shaped like a pie between the streets of Isaac Peral and Domérico Scarlatti, which should not be confused with that of the "Crown of thorns" from the nearby University City, both with a quite futuristic design for their time.
It was designed between 1973 and 1974 by the architects Antonio Bonet Castellana y Francisco González Valdés. Its construction was carried out between 1975 and 1980. Originally it was going to be the headquarters of the National Health Insurance, a health insurance for members of various Professional Associations, initially in the health sector.
However, the arrival of the Constitution of 1978, democracy and the new institutions associated with it, needed new headquarters. In the end the Constitutional Court ate the cake, although before it had occupied other headquarters.

He settled here on September 16, 1981.

The building is made up of four interconnected circular bodies, the main and most striking one having 7 floors. The curtain wall stands out, built with anodized aluminum sheet and windows made of extruded aluminum profiles, also anodized in bronze color. Luminosity has always been a constant search at Bonet Castellana.
As an anecdote, we can say that between 1997 and 1999 the extension of Metro line 7 was built in that area. Initially it was going to pass under the Constitutional Court. The fear of terrorism, since the tunnels could provide an access route to attack the judicial complex, led to choosing another route, which was also complicated so that the trains did not interfere with the medical instruments of the nearby Clinical Hospital. That fear was founded, in 1990, the GRAPO already attacked the building. We see that many years later the danger of terrorism is still present.

A circular tower that remains a modern building more than 40 years after its design.

A abrazo.