New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners
02/06/2016.
[Alcossebre] Spain.
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This small seaside village of Spanish east is carrying out a series of architectural reforms of its urban and architectural to promote tourism and quality of life of its inhabitants goods.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners. Photography © Joan Guillamat.
Location floor plan. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Main floor plan. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Elevation. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Elevation. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Elevation. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Elevation. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Wall detail. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
Floor detail. New Waterfront Vista Alegre by Sanahuja & partners.
The Sanahuja & partners castellonense study carried out this reform of the promenade and the tourist information point of the town. Of note is the use of ceramics and colors. It has been awarded the First Prize of the IX Porcelanosa architecture and interior Awards 2016.
Description of the project Sanahuja & partners
The project, located in the coastal town of Alcossebre, is part of a Strategic Plan for Tourism Development. It features the partnership of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, and its purpose is to promote tourism in the area through small urban, architectural and design activities.
The intervention is in the Paseo Vista Alegre, a privileged road that runs along the seafront promenade. Its goal is to eliminate the road traffic, turn it into a pedestrian street, and renovate the small tourist office.
It was decided to use ceramic products for this procedure, namely three very different types of ceramics of different thickness, formats, colours, finishes and applications:
A technical porcelain pavement was used for the Paseo Vista Alegre promenade. The multiple combinations of sizes and finishes provide infinite possibilities, thereby generating a new urban fabric on the pavement.
The project’s tourist office is inspired by the Mediterranean lattice, used in many of the seafront buildings from the 60s and 70s. A white glazed ceramic lattice was placed, forming three semi-transparent walls of different length around the building, to give it more presence. These lattice walls filter the light, the views and the breeze, improving thermal and lighting comfort and offering a new urban landscape.
The third ceramic element was used to create an airy façade, like a second skin enveloping the tourist office, to improve its living conditions, and solve the aesthetic problems posed by current enclosures. This façade also purifies the air by removing NOx.
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Architects
Juan Trilles, Erik Herrera, Javier Poyatos
Collaborators
Miguel Bartolomé, Cerámica a mano alzada.
Constractor
Obras y construcciones Jesús Sales.
Client
Ayuntamiento de Alcossebre | Alcalà de Xivert.
Jaime SANAHUJA
Jaime Sanahuja studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He created the studio in 1983, in Castellón, and is currently the head architect of sanahuja&partners Architecture Studio. Since 2006, he has been teaching Architecture Projects at the School of Architecture of Valencia (ETSAV), and is now also conducting research in the field of Spanish Modern Architecture. He has been a guest lecturer at universities and at technical workshops on the subject of historical renovations. Some of his major works are the IMPIVA and the Convention Centre of Castellón, done with Carlos Ferrater. Jaime is an enthusiastic architect who is constantly taking on new personal and professional challenges.
Sanahuja&partners is an architecture studio created by Jaime Sanahuja, in the city of Castellon, in the late 80’s. From the beginning, the studio has based its projects on the criteria of quality, innovation and creativity.
Working at the firm’s current headquarters in Valencia, Castellon and Ibiza, the studio’s multidisciplinary team approaches its projects under the following premises: careful consideration given to the location of the project; functionality of the spaces; spatial fluidity, and maximum exploitation of natural light as the main sustainability factor. Consequently, the end result is one of simplicity and clarity, in keeping with the values of the Mediterranean culture, which is the main basis of the design philosophy at the studio.
Sanahuja&partners is an architecture studio created by Jaime Sanahuja, in the city of Castellon, in the late 80’s. From the beginning, the studio has based its projects on the criteria of quality, innovation and creativity.
Working at the firm’s current headquarters in Valencia, Castellon and Ibiza, the studio’s multidisciplinary team approaches its projects under the following premises: careful consideration given to the location of the project; functionality of the spaces; spatial fluidity, and maximum exploitation of natural light as the main sustainability factor. Consequently, the end result is one of simplicity and clarity, in keeping with the values of the Mediterranean culture, which is the main basis of the design philosophy at the studio.
