TAC! 2024 has taken as its concept an interesting reflection on the use and intervention in public space as a trigger for the regeneration of the urban centres of our cities, within this edition the collaboration of the City Council of Vigo and the support of the Official College of Architects of Galicia and the San Fernando City Council.
The proposals exemplify this idea of the regeneration of public space and urban resilience, where the fishing tradition and the modification of the landscape associated with the rafts in the case of the project «¡Qué faena(r)!» (Vigo) or the salt flats in the case of «La Sal» (San Fernando), inspire the conception of these projects that aim to be an example of how architecture can transform the lives of its citizens.
The proposals exemplify this idea of the regeneration of public space and urban resilience, where the fishing tradition and the modification of the landscape associated with the rafts in the case of the project «¡Qué faena(r)!» (Vigo) or the salt flats in the case of «La Sal» (San Fernando), inspire the conception of these projects that aim to be an example of how architecture can transform the lives of its citizens.
"They combine innovation and creativity with technical and urban knowledge; ephemeral architectures that not only aim to build beautiful objects in the city but also connect with deep narratives: with the capacity of architecture to respond to the challenges we face as a society."
Iñaqui Carnicero, general secretary of Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture, and president of the festival jury.
TAC's first prize! It has a budget of 15,000 euros for each team, and they will be able to carry out their respective projects with an estimated base budget of 90,000 euros for the execution of the pavilion.
¡Qué faena(r)! / What a job(r)!, TAC Festival winning project! 2024 for Vigo, by Óscar Cruz García and Pablo Paradinas Sastre.
¡Qué faena(r)! / What a job(r)!, TAC Festival winning project! 2024 for Vigo, by Óscar Cruz García and Pablo Paradinas Sastre.
About the winning projects
"¡Qué faena(r)! / What a job!" proposes in the Puerta del Sol in Vigo an encounter between nature and artifice, tradition and mediation through the structure of the punt - a wooden platform that is placed in the sea for the breeding and cultivation of molluscs and mussels and an element closely linked to the territory and its local economy—, to which is added a cover that alludes to the traditional fishing system as a lure and shelter for activities.
From a social and informative perspective, the initiative of Óscar Cruz García and Pablo Paradinas Sastre, Que Faena(r)! "studies the vernacular coming from tradition applied to a territory that was believed to be consolidated" and, on the other hand, "establishes a dialogue with new architectural practices as the main engine of change in a public space with new topographical, climatic, and social conditions", economic, demographic and productive.”
Furthermore, once the festival is over, the project proposes moving to the nearby Praia do Cocho as a recreational platform to extend its useful life and avoid waste management. "¡Qué faena(r)!" proposes the recirculation of all its materials to contribute to reforestation or the recycling of fishing utensils often abandoned on the seabed.
From a social and informative perspective, the initiative of Óscar Cruz García and Pablo Paradinas Sastre, Que Faena(r)! "studies the vernacular coming from tradition applied to a territory that was believed to be consolidated" and, on the other hand, "establishes a dialogue with new architectural practices as the main engine of change in a public space with new topographical, climatic, and social conditions", economic, demographic and productive.”
Furthermore, once the festival is over, the project proposes moving to the nearby Praia do Cocho as a recreational platform to extend its useful life and avoid waste management. "¡Qué faena(r)!" proposes the recirculation of all its materials to contribute to reforestation or the recycling of fishing utensils often abandoned on the seabed.
La Sal, winning project of the TAC Festival! 2024 in San Fernando, by José Rodríguez and Carlos Montes González.
La Sal, winning project of the TAC Festival! 2024 in San Fernando, by José Rodríguez and Carlos Montes González.
For its part, the "La Sal" pavilion, winner of the Plaza del Rey in San Fernando (Cádiz), proposes to activate the potential of the most abundant and sustainable natural resources available in the province of Cádiz, whose coastline and unique landscape environment constitute one of the natural enclaves with the greatest heritage, architectural and identity interest.
Combining sustainability and technology "La Sal" is based on three materials with great local roots: salt, wood and steel. The salt will be part of the base of the pavilion emulating the traditional mountains of salt so common in the nearby landscape; The wood will serve to contain the structure. The emerging element that will remember the ancient means used in the transportation and transfer of salt, will be built using steel structures used to form scaffolding and temporary frameworks.
“In recent years, salt has been the object of interest in research into sustainable materials. Avant-garde forms are explored for use in construction, the natural crystallization process developing salt panels for use in architecture, raw material in 3D printing, or as an alternative to cement (responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions)", said José Rodríguez and Carlos Montes González in the presentation report of their project.
Combining sustainability and technology "La Sal" is based on three materials with great local roots: salt, wood and steel. The salt will be part of the base of the pavilion emulating the traditional mountains of salt so common in the nearby landscape; The wood will serve to contain the structure. The emerging element that will remember the ancient means used in the transportation and transfer of salt, will be built using steel structures used to form scaffolding and temporary frameworks.
“In recent years, salt has been the object of interest in research into sustainable materials. Avant-garde forms are explored for use in construction, the natural crystallization process developing salt panels for use in architecture, raw material in 3D printing, or as an alternative to cement (responsible for 8% of global CO2 emissions)", said José Rodríguez and Carlos Montes González in the presentation report of their project.
About the finalist projects
In addition to the winners, two second prizes have been selected with a financial prize of €3,000 and several third prizes with a prize of €2,000.
In the city of Vigo, second prize was awarded to the FLOAT project, by Miguel Herreras and Valerio Di Festa; an intervention composed of an inflatable cover suspended from a mobile crane and inspired by the local port industry.
By decision of the jury, the financial award for the third prize for this location has been distributed to three projects that have stood out equally: Muro e Porta —by Alberto Vallejo Puntero, Justo Díaz Diego, Guillermo Pozo Arribas—, Porto do Sol —by Álvaro Llera García—and GO GO HERE THERE IS NO PLAZA!, by Vania Noemí Collazo Pequeno and Iago Mª Grande Izquierdo.
For its part, for the city of San Fernando, the second prize went to the FLORA atlas project which, signed by Malakouti Jordan Amir and Irene Aldea Álvarez, proposes to transversally connect the side facades of the Plaza del Rey through different architectures capable of catalyzing the interaction between different ecosystem agents: flora, birds and humans.
In this location, the third prize goes to the project A Flor de Piel, by Esteban Salcedo, Sebastián Valois, Matías Moya, Pablo Rojas Böttner, with the collaboration of Diego Miranda, Benjamín Grove and Javier Muñoz, a proposal that fuses the recovery of crafts with the creation of a multifunctional structure in the Plaza del Rey.
Finally, the TAC jury! recognizes through a special mention, without financial award, the projects: A Pile of salt, an inclined wall —by Arturo López Ayala, Yuiko Shigeta—, The Weight of Air, by Tomás García de la Huerta, Xaviera Gleixner, Eduardo Landia, Jonas Klaaßen; structural advisor: Sergio Leiva, z3rch, structural engineering and textile architecture, and The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Marta Domènech Rodríguez, David López López, Còssima Cornadó Bardón, Arthur Machado Dinis, Kenzo Furumoto de Oliveira.
In the city of Vigo, second prize was awarded to the FLOAT project, by Miguel Herreras and Valerio Di Festa; an intervention composed of an inflatable cover suspended from a mobile crane and inspired by the local port industry.
By decision of the jury, the financial award for the third prize for this location has been distributed to three projects that have stood out equally: Muro e Porta —by Alberto Vallejo Puntero, Justo Díaz Diego, Guillermo Pozo Arribas—, Porto do Sol —by Álvaro Llera García—and GO GO HERE THERE IS NO PLAZA!, by Vania Noemí Collazo Pequeno and Iago Mª Grande Izquierdo.
For its part, for the city of San Fernando, the second prize went to the FLORA atlas project which, signed by Malakouti Jordan Amir and Irene Aldea Álvarez, proposes to transversally connect the side facades of the Plaza del Rey through different architectures capable of catalyzing the interaction between different ecosystem agents: flora, birds and humans.
In this location, the third prize goes to the project A Flor de Piel, by Esteban Salcedo, Sebastián Valois, Matías Moya, Pablo Rojas Böttner, with the collaboration of Diego Miranda, Benjamín Grove and Javier Muñoz, a proposal that fuses the recovery of crafts with the creation of a multifunctional structure in the Plaza del Rey.
Finally, the TAC jury! recognizes through a special mention, without financial award, the projects: A Pile of salt, an inclined wall —by Arturo López Ayala, Yuiko Shigeta—, The Weight of Air, by Tomás García de la Huerta, Xaviera Gleixner, Eduardo Landia, Jonas Klaaßen; structural advisor: Sergio Leiva, z3rch, structural engineering and textile architecture, and The Garden of Earthly Delights, by Marta Domènech Rodríguez, David López López, Còssima Cornadó Bardón, Arthur Machado Dinis, Kenzo Furumoto de Oliveira.
