A hermitage to remember. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria
18/09/2022.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, DIEGO DOMÍNGUEZ GONZÁLEZ
metalocus, DIEGO DOMÍNGUEZ GONZÁLEZ
Architectural studio Ramos Alderete and architect Ana Isabel Santolaria designed a small chapel in the garden of a house in Madrid, Spain.
The chapel was built to keep the memory of the client's daughter Lola alive. A sculpture by Javier Viver, a Pregnant Virgin, was chosen to decorate it. The excavated stone reflects the idea of a chapel, of a womb, as does the sculpture inside.
The chapel was built to keep the memory of the client's daughter Lola alive. A sculpture by Javier Viver, a Pregnant Virgin, was chosen to decorate it. The excavated stone reflects the idea of a chapel, of a womb, as does the sculpture inside.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
Sketch. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Sketch. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Plan. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Plan. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Plan. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Plan. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Section. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Section. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Section. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Elevation. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Elevation. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria.
Process. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
Process. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
Process. La Ermita de Lola by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria. Photograph by Amores Pictures.
Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria's project is conceived as a stone volume built with white concrete excavated with three concavities of different sizes. The exterior is rough, pitted, and bush-hammered, representing the roughness of the world, contrasting with the smooth, polished interior.
An opening has been placed behind the statue of Javier Viver through which light enters subtly and illuminates the Pregnant Virgin, as well as the concavities in which she stands at certain times of the day.
An opening has been placed behind the statue of Javier Viver through which light enters subtly and illuminates the Pregnant Virgin, as well as the concavities in which she stands at certain times of the day.
Description of project by Ramos Alderete and Ana Isabel Santolaria
Lucía and Sebastián called us when Lola was still in Lucía's womb, but with the certainty that she would barely survive a few minutes outside it. They wanted a hermitage, a grotto, that would keep the memory of their daughter alive and give shelter to a sculpture by Javier Viver, a Pregnant Virgin.
The Hermitage is conceived as an excavated stone and has its origins in the concepts of chapel, womb, mystery, rock and, above all, in the sculpture by Javier Viver.
The "Ermita de Lola" completes the Virgin's embrace of her womb in three successive embraces or spaces. First, on the scale of Sebastián and Lucía's garden, which welcomes those who approach and gathers them around the Virgin. A smaller one, on the scale of the figure. And a third embrace or hollow, hidden behind the Virgin: a space for Lola, through which light enters during the day in a mysterious way. Nowadays, the Hermitage also holds Lola's ashes and her little sister Gloria, who appeared and left during the construction process.
Lola's Hermitage is conceived as a stony volume of white concrete excavated with three concavities of different scales. The rough, pitted and bush-hammered exterior contrasts with the polished and smooth interior, soft to the touch of the Virgin, of Lola, of Gloria, of the light and of those who approach.
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Collaborators
Sculpture - Javier Viver.
Dates
2022.
Location
Madrid, Spain.
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Pablo Ramos Alderete, Jaime Ramos Alderete, Jorge Ramos Alderete. RAMOS ALDERETE
Pablo Ramos Alderete. Architect in 2011 from the Higher Polytechnic School of Architecture of Madrid (Honor Roll). Master in Advanced Architectural Projects ETSAM UPM. Alejandro de la Sota Award 2011. He has taught Projects class at ETSAM (2011-2012) and MPAA (2014-2016). Since 2013 he has been a professor of Architectural Projects at the Francisco de Vitoria University. He has participated as a professor in different international workshops and has given lectures at various European universities. He is currently doing his doctorate under the direction of Alberto Campo Baeza.
Jaime Ramos Alderete. Architect by ETSAM in May 2013 (Honor Roll). In 2015 he obtained the Master in Advanced Architectural Projects at ETSAM. He has been a mentor professor of Projects at ETSAM (2014-2015). He frequently collaborates with the Vicens + Ramos studio while developing his professional activity on his account. He is currently doing his doctorate under the direction of Alberto Campo Baeza and José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano. He has given lectures at various universities and international congresses.
Jorge Ramos Alderete. Architect in 2017 by the Higher Polytechnic School of Architecture of Madrid. Master in Architecture 2018 ETSAM with Honors. Hyspalit Award for students 2017. Second prize in the Archiprix PFC international popular vote. He has collaborated on several occasions in the Vicens-Ramos studio. He actively collaborates with the infographic, image and animation studio The Dreamer 3d.
Jaime Ramos Alderete. Architect by ETSAM in May 2013 (Honor Roll). In 2015 he obtained the Master in Advanced Architectural Projects at ETSAM. He has been a mentor professor of Projects at ETSAM (2014-2015). He frequently collaborates with the Vicens + Ramos studio while developing his professional activity on his account. He is currently doing his doctorate under the direction of Alberto Campo Baeza and José Ángel Hidalgo Arellano. He has given lectures at various universities and international congresses.
Jorge Ramos Alderete. Architect in 2017 by the Higher Polytechnic School of Architecture of Madrid. Master in Architecture 2018 ETSAM with Honors. Hyspalit Award for students 2017. Second prize in the Archiprix PFC international popular vote. He has collaborated on several occasions in the Vicens-Ramos studio. He actively collaborates with the infographic, image and animation studio The Dreamer 3d.
Ana Isabel Santolaria
Ana Isabel Santolaria is an architect from Spain who studied at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, where she studied architecture (2007 - 2013), a Master in Theory and Practice of the Architectural Project (2013 - 2014), and a Ph.D. in "Architectural Design" (2014 - 2019). He has also received a research grant by participating in a research group at the Department of Architectural Design, ETSAB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
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