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Car Park Puerta de América Hotel
Car Park Puerta de América Hotel
Madrid, Spain
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Other Projects by Teresa Sapey Studio
Car Park Puerta de América Hotel
Madrid, Spain
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2005
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A car project ought to present the whole project. So this car park features aesthetic choices and a free use of the structures.
Our main aim was to transform what is normally a gloomy, colorless and somewhat sordid place into one where clients feel welcome.
We also wanted to avoid darkness to give users a greater sense of safety.
The car park features color and light. The COLOR serves a dual funtion. On the one hand, it reinforces the concept behind the design (freedom conveyed by the graded color effect). On the other, it helps identify the exists (marked by red areas).
The LIGHT is provided by two different lighting types, linear ones that cross and overlap at bends and junctions; and photoelectric red and Green ones indicating whether space is free or not.
For the ICONOGRAPHY, we chose Elouard’s poem Liberté as the major source of inspiration, adorning the walls with symbols representing the right to live freely.
Graphic stimulae
"I’m increasingly persuaded that car parks are urban spaces that until now have been largely ignored. I am fascinated by how a place where functionality is the key can at the same time appeal to the emotional side of an individual". A simple iconographic code on the walls leads the guest through the car park. The motifs are a finger pointing to the exit, people running with a dog, a person in a wheel chair... all of which have been rendered by mixing words Éluard’s poem.
Teresa Sapey has created a garage with an interesting play of colour and graphics that "appeals to the emotional side of the individual, but where functionality is key". "On an emotional level I have striven to tell a tale about each person’s right to live their life as they see fit". This sentence is clearly a declaration of intent and reflects a strong commitment to freedom of choice which is at the base of the Silken Puerta América.
Our main aim was to transform what is normally a gloomy, colorless and somewhat sordid place into one where clients feel welcome.
We also wanted to avoid darkness to give users a greater sense of safety.
The car park features color and light. The COLOR serves a dual funtion. On the one hand, it reinforces the concept behind the design (freedom conveyed by the graded color effect). On the other, it helps identify the exists (marked by red areas).
The LIGHT is provided by two different lighting types, linear ones that cross and overlap at bends and junctions; and photoelectric red and Green ones indicating whether space is free or not.
For the ICONOGRAPHY, we chose Elouard’s poem Liberté as the major source of inspiration, adorning the walls with symbols representing the right to live freely.
Graphic stimulae
"I’m increasingly persuaded that car parks are urban spaces that until now have been largely ignored. I am fascinated by how a place where functionality is the key can at the same time appeal to the emotional side of an individual". A simple iconographic code on the walls leads the guest through the car park. The motifs are a finger pointing to the exit, people running with a dog, a person in a wheel chair... all of which have been rendered by mixing words Éluard’s poem.
Teresa Sapey has created a garage with an interesting play of colour and graphics that "appeals to the emotional side of the individual, but where functionality is key". "On an emotional level I have striven to tell a tale about each person’s right to live their life as they see fit". This sentence is clearly a declaration of intent and reflects a strong commitment to freedom of choice which is at the base of the Silken Puerta América.
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