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Alma Pavilion
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STATUS
Concept
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
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Alma; in spanish, it means soul.
In what character the soul of a City identifies itself? Can the alma of a unique city like Barcelona be caught and exposed like a work of art? Or, instead, like a sorta of calling card? Maybe Port Vell, a point as much strategic as crucial for the city of Barcelona, can be the perfect place to install this special landmark.
Barcelona, if considered like an entity, owns this two unique faces that are the reflection of both its population and its physical, spatial and urban configuration: a distinct sense of Singularity, curiousness, but at the same time, of Collectivity. Like the various buildings develops their personal uniqueness -they are tall, large, small, huge, extravagant, mute, new, old, suspended or interred- into an harsh and regular urbanistic system, then the people of Barcelona acts the same way. A way that wants to demonstrate all the nuances of a specific culture, easing their sharing under the light of sun, with all of those who wants to share theirs.
So the pavilion tries to testify the spirit of the City to who already knows it and who does not. Like in a lively, vibrant theatrical scene, it wants to exhibit Barcelona and its strong personality, its free, open and playful lifestyle, by catching it and sharing it freely; all under a space that is not a space, but a cluster of connections between people, the City and -again- people. The lightweight, temporary volume, made of fishing net and suspended between land and water, become a typological landmark, catching people -almost literally- from all over the city, to show them freely the alma of the place.
Speaking in practical terms, the need for a huge volume has come in order to compete –in a referential and collaborative way- with the heavy mass of the old Customs building that dominates the square of Port Vell. But in this case, a huge volume has to be as much lighter as possible, possibly lifted from the ground, in order to not limit the original flow of the place and the views between the harbor and the city. Barcelona owns a character that tends to prefer a free flow instead of limited and defined spaces, and so the majority of its buildings are lifted from the soil, suspended by brave protrusions or aerial structure.
The big volume wants to follow this concept. The fact that is made of several layers of fishing net is both typological –for the area, the traditional, ancient port with fishing activities- and aesthetical | conceptual. Like a fishing net can capture fishes in the sea, this great net is here to catch people from all over the city; to bring the light of the Spanish sun and making it pleasant. The structure that supports this almost precarious element is visibly temporary, self-standing and made of stainless steel. It consists in a group of four steel pole and an internal frame of steel cables –used for tension structures- attached to the ground by a bolted steel plate, while the cables are beringed to the soil by tie rods.
At the same time the structure acts as a sort of, again, typological character for this precise location. It reminds the highnesses of the masts of sailing boats in the nearest Marina of Port Vell.
The ground wants to clearly translate, almost literally, the duality of land and water in a physical, controlled and clear form. Following the brief’s maximum areal dimensions, a temporary rectangular platform is installed on the dark, heavy ground floor made of a –maybe- black lava stone. It is divided in three parts | sections, of which one third –towards the sea- is dedicated to the materialization of the water concept, translating it into a water mirror that became both a playground and a device that remove –visually- the distance from the sea’s water.
The remaining two thirds are dedicated to the free flow concept and, of course, to the exhibition area. Since it wants to juxtaposing with the original floor, the platform is raised 30 cm from it, with one side that is divided in 15 | 15 cm. That strategy allows to hide all the technical “issues” under the platform, minimizing their impact. The platform floor is coated with slabs of polished Crema Marfil, a Spanish beige, almost white marble that is easy to extract and reuse.
The project is part of a competition by AWR Competition (http://awrcompetitions.com)
In what character the soul of a City identifies itself? Can the alma of a unique city like Barcelona be caught and exposed like a work of art? Or, instead, like a sorta of calling card? Maybe Port Vell, a point as much strategic as crucial for the city of Barcelona, can be the perfect place to install this special landmark.
Barcelona, if considered like an entity, owns this two unique faces that are the reflection of both its population and its physical, spatial and urban configuration: a distinct sense of Singularity, curiousness, but at the same time, of Collectivity. Like the various buildings develops their personal uniqueness -they are tall, large, small, huge, extravagant, mute, new, old, suspended or interred- into an harsh and regular urbanistic system, then the people of Barcelona acts the same way. A way that wants to demonstrate all the nuances of a specific culture, easing their sharing under the light of sun, with all of those who wants to share theirs.
So the pavilion tries to testify the spirit of the City to who already knows it and who does not. Like in a lively, vibrant theatrical scene, it wants to exhibit Barcelona and its strong personality, its free, open and playful lifestyle, by catching it and sharing it freely; all under a space that is not a space, but a cluster of connections between people, the City and -again- people. The lightweight, temporary volume, made of fishing net and suspended between land and water, become a typological landmark, catching people -almost literally- from all over the city, to show them freely the alma of the place.
Speaking in practical terms, the need for a huge volume has come in order to compete –in a referential and collaborative way- with the heavy mass of the old Customs building that dominates the square of Port Vell. But in this case, a huge volume has to be as much lighter as possible, possibly lifted from the ground, in order to not limit the original flow of the place and the views between the harbor and the city. Barcelona owns a character that tends to prefer a free flow instead of limited and defined spaces, and so the majority of its buildings are lifted from the soil, suspended by brave protrusions or aerial structure.
The big volume wants to follow this concept. The fact that is made of several layers of fishing net is both typological –for the area, the traditional, ancient port with fishing activities- and aesthetical | conceptual. Like a fishing net can capture fishes in the sea, this great net is here to catch people from all over the city; to bring the light of the Spanish sun and making it pleasant. The structure that supports this almost precarious element is visibly temporary, self-standing and made of stainless steel. It consists in a group of four steel pole and an internal frame of steel cables –used for tension structures- attached to the ground by a bolted steel plate, while the cables are beringed to the soil by tie rods.
At the same time the structure acts as a sort of, again, typological character for this precise location. It reminds the highnesses of the masts of sailing boats in the nearest Marina of Port Vell.
The ground wants to clearly translate, almost literally, the duality of land and water in a physical, controlled and clear form. Following the brief’s maximum areal dimensions, a temporary rectangular platform is installed on the dark, heavy ground floor made of a –maybe- black lava stone. It is divided in three parts | sections, of which one third –towards the sea- is dedicated to the materialization of the water concept, translating it into a water mirror that became both a playground and a device that remove –visually- the distance from the sea’s water.
The remaining two thirds are dedicated to the free flow concept and, of course, to the exhibition area. Since it wants to juxtaposing with the original floor, the platform is raised 30 cm from it, with one side that is divided in 15 | 15 cm. That strategy allows to hide all the technical “issues” under the platform, minimizing their impact. The platform floor is coated with slabs of polished Crema Marfil, a Spanish beige, almost white marble that is easy to extract and reuse.
The project is part of a competition by AWR Competition (http://awrcompetitions.com)
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