marià castelló sites formentera sailing center along spanish mediterranean coastline
the port of la savina, the main point of access to spain?s formentera island, serves as a border between an urban neighborhood, the mediterranean sea, and a saltwater lake within ses salines natural park. giving protection to the open sea, this lake has traditionally been used as a natural harbor to anchor small fishing boats. because of its geographic importance, architect marià castelló situated his municipal sailing school along this coastal site, a project designed to express the nautical characteristics of its context.
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influenced by the programmatic duality of the project, castelló divides the building between two independent volumes, separating classrooms and offices from a workshop and dressing rooms. the two volumes face a different street, at whose intersection the building offers a void space with visual access toward the waterfront with its oblique geometry, and a covered space for gathering in the shade. alongside the duality of program, the intervention expresses a duality of converging landscapes. toward the north, the volumes seem opaque, heavy and without depth. on its south side, the building is opened with a wide platform that unites the two volumes and extends into the lake as a dock.
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through a tectonic based almost entirely on a single material, a lightweight building has been erected, built with low environmental impact. similar to the boathouses traditionally built along the island?s coastline, the studio worked primarily with wood, m...
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