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Shrine in Alberite
Shrine in Alberite
Alberite, Spain
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Shrine in Alberite
Alberite, Spain
SHRINE IN ALBERITE, LA RIOJA
On the outskirts of the town of Alberite, a 2.000 people village in La Rioja, on a gentle hill, overlooking a ravine opened into the road running through it, the plot is located. It was a land given to the Parish by the Town Council for the construction of the shrine of the Virgin.
First of all, the project aims to fulfill all the program requirements, concerning the nature and typical use given to this type of buildings, which, in its immediate environment, serve both for private devotional practices as well as for popular traditional popular religious festivals. This is a key ingredient in the way of considering the design, since the building is obliged to expect a large influx of people within isolated intervals.
On the other hand, the design also takes into consideration the characteristics of the place in terms of geometric, orientation and topographical measurements. It is also characterized by the appeal and width of its views.
Finally, there is added an absolutely fundamental premise: the need to incorporate a pre existing stone archway in the design. This archway was rescued from a previous demolition in the town and it was preserved by the locals. This way, it is intended to re-use the archway putting more value on it. It was obviously called to assume a main role in the shape and perception of the building from the beginning.
When applying this set of arguments, however, we can remark some of the closely related choices chained to outline the design process: the basic choice of the creation of a relatively wide outdoor space, which provides the interior of the shrine with some anteroom, protects the visitors from sun and rain and frames the view; the attention to the impact of the building in the landscape, even noticeable at long distances, a horizontal gesture perceived on the hillside, overlooking the ravine; and the care given to the relationship between the few spaces created, both external and internal, as well as the hierarchical location of the entrances to the site and confined spaces of the chapel.
The building volume is conceived, in any case, considering the idea of framing the archway by building a parallel roof and floor to wrap and protect it
For its construction it has been used a single material, concrete, for immediacy and simplicity reasons, considering its suitable conditions of abstraction, continuity, stability and robustness.
On the outskirts of the town of Alberite, a 2.000 people village in La Rioja, on a gentle hill, overlooking a ravine opened into the road running through it, the plot is located. It was a land given to the Parish by the Town Council for the construction of the shrine of the Virgin.
First of all, the project aims to fulfill all the program requirements, concerning the nature and typical use given to this type of buildings, which, in its immediate environment, serve both for private devotional practices as well as for popular traditional popular religious festivals. This is a key ingredient in the way of considering the design, since the building is obliged to expect a large influx of people within isolated intervals.
On the other hand, the design also takes into consideration the characteristics of the place in terms of geometric, orientation and topographical measurements. It is also characterized by the appeal and width of its views.
Finally, there is added an absolutely fundamental premise: the need to incorporate a pre existing stone archway in the design. This archway was rescued from a previous demolition in the town and it was preserved by the locals. This way, it is intended to re-use the archway putting more value on it. It was obviously called to assume a main role in the shape and perception of the building from the beginning.
When applying this set of arguments, however, we can remark some of the closely related choices chained to outline the design process: the basic choice of the creation of a relatively wide outdoor space, which provides the interior of the shrine with some anteroom, protects the visitors from sun and rain and frames the view; the attention to the impact of the building in the landscape, even noticeable at long distances, a horizontal gesture perceived on the hillside, overlooking the ravine; and the care given to the relationship between the few spaces created, both external and internal, as well as the hierarchical location of the entrances to the site and confined spaces of the chapel.
The building volume is conceived, in any case, considering the idea of framing the archway by building a parallel roof and floor to wrap and protect it
For its construction it has been used a single material, concrete, for immediacy and simplicity reasons, considering its suitable conditions of abstraction, continuity, stability and robustness.
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