IMPLUVIUM, a Community Center under a large roof by RAW/deAbajoGarcia
27/06/2017.
[Reinosa - Cantabria] Spain
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IMPLUVIUM is a cultural center set around a central courtyard, which allows a variety of space situations, around this courtyard, around the emptiness or in front of the building. These diverse spaces that are created, generate a flexibility in the uses of the building, without losing the end of each scenario.
Facade courtyard view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Rooftop view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Outdoor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Outdoor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Outdoor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Aerial view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior ground floor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior ground floor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior first floor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior corridor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Interior reunion space view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Outdoor facade view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Outdoor view. IMPLUVIUM. Photograph © Montse Zamorano.
Construction details. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Site Plan. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Plan and section. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Ground floor and First floor plans. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Axonometric. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Construction elements. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
Roof drawing. IMPLUVIUM by RAW/deAbajoGarcia.
RAW/deAbajoGarcia, proposes a cultural center formed by a roof that, together with four volumes, which will house the service boxes, make up the necessary infrastructure that will allow to accommodate multiple activities, whether they are programmed or spontaneous.
The project is designed with a central patio, which will organize the space on the ground floor and a mezzanine in the perimeter of the building that takes advantage of natural light.
Description of the project by RAW/deAbajoGarcia
IMPLUVIUM is a large roof built with a laminated timber structure. Its components were industrialized and assembled on site, replacing a former market demolished after a fire. The roof, together with four boxes that arise from the ground, is the necessary infrastructure that allows many events to happen, both spontaneous and programmed under the same ceiling.
The squared plan of the Community Center is organized by the strategic location of the mentioned boxes and a courtyard that polarized the interior space. The courtyard is decentered to generate different scale spaces in the ground level. Also, its floor is lowered and moved in relation with the glass enclosure generating outside shaded sitting areas for the summer time and an inside adjacent bench that receives the direct sunlight through the windows during the winter.
The ground floor is in continuity with the site level on the South, extending the public space towards the inside and connecting visually the whole building with the street. In addition, the strategy used in section allows the introduction of a mezzanine that hung from the main structure and offers higher privacy spaces. Its location in the perimeter creates a lineal layout for the plan with a more individual scale, taking advantage of the natural light, filtered by the wooden lattice that surrounds the building.
The variety of particular situations, in and by the courtyard, around the space or in front of the building, generates a great flexibility of use without loosing the specificity of the different scenarios.
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Architects
RAW/deAbajoGarcia. Begoña de Abajo Castrillo, Carlos García Fernández.
Colaborators
architect.- Antonio Rincón.
quantity surveyor.- Jesús Gangas.
quantity surveyor.- Miguel A. Palencia.
(competition)
Juan F. De la Torre.
structure.- (EUTECA SL).
mechanical.- PROYECTA SL.
quantity surveyor.- Jesús Gangas.
quantity surveyor.- Miguel A. Palencia.
(competition)
Juan F. De la Torre.
structure.- (EUTECA SL).
mechanical.- PROYECTA SL.
Contractor
Fernández Rosillo SL.
Built surface
1,500m².
Dates
05.2014 - 09.2016.
Competition
1st PRIZE.
Photography
RAW/deAbajoGarcia
RAW/deAbajoGarcia is an architecture office founded by Carlos García Fernández (1982, Asturias) and Begoña de Abajo Castrillo (1986, León) in New York in 2013 and they are currently based in Madrid. Both of them hold a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University where they studied as Fulbright fellows. They are also architects from Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM). In parallel to their professional practice they are currently developing their research and teaching work at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
Carlos García Fernández
Carlos García Fernández holds a PhD in Architecture from the Madrid School of Architecture and while his academic training he also studied at TU Delft in Holland. He has been fellow at the Spanish Academy in Rome and visiting researcher at Keio University in Tokyo, in the Sejima Laboratory. He is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Architectural Projects Department at ETSAM.
Begoña de Abajo Castrillo
Begoña de Abajo Castrillo is National End of Studies Prize (Ministry of Education) and End of Studies Prize 2012 (UPM). She also studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago and she is currently developing her PhD as researcher in the Architectural Projects Department at ETSAM.
She has worked with Alvaro Siza in Porto and afterwards she became a member of the Foster and Partners Madrid team.
