Over
a period of twenty years, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura designed and executed
a series of unique buildings, collectively known as “La Manzanera”, a resort
equipped with swimming pools, bars, restaurants and sports facilities. Located
on a site with a natural amphitheatre of olive-tree terraces sloping down to
the sea, the main projects, Xanadu and La Muralla Roja
represent the early Critical Regionalism with avant-garde spatial and
geometrical methodologies. While Plexus
follows the vernacular/organic approach, Xanadu and La Muralla Roja become
vivacious alternatives to the standard resort complex program.