The Sound Pavillion of the Laberinto de las Artes is
an architectonic and audio intervention constructed on a site where military
barracks once stood. The existing L-shaped
stone wall, measuring 22
meters long and turning the corner for 3 meters, is mirrored by a
new stone wall, delimiting a rectangular enclosure housing a tree and
vegetation. A 6 x 12-meter wood-beam roof with a steel frame
rests above the stone walls creating a resting place and providing shelter from
the intense sun of San Luis Potosí. A pair of exposed concrete benches sits on a
raised platform that floats above the ground.
The new stone wall articulates the difference between contemporary and
existing with an exposed concrete base built with 10 cm-wide wood-slat formwork. At a certain point, the new wall floats above
an existing wall that extends 200m beyond the intervention. The masonry walls, inhibiting panoramic views
to the surroundings are perforated with hollow steel tubes of varying diameters
and placed at heights between 1.10m and 1.80m, creating portals through which
to ponder the ruins and surrounding environment.