Stone clubhouse by GRAS
20/04/2015.
Santa Ponsa Golf, [Mallorca] Spain
metalocus, ALEX DURO
metalocus, ALEX DURO
The clubhouse for a golf course designed by GRAS uses the local stone as its main element. The material is used both in façade and in the roof, in order to strengthen the 'rock' effect to integrate the four projected volumes in the landscape.
Outside view. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Access. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Outside view. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Outside view. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
The inner spaces are opened to the landscape. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Inside view. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Inside view. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Detail of the carpentry. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia. Click above to see larger image.
Double-height inner space. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia.
Detail of the façade. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia.
Ground floor plan. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Click above to see larger image.
North elevation. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Click above to see larger image.
South elevation. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Click above to see larger image.
Vertical section of the façade. Stone clubhouse by GRAS.
Fixed carpentry detail. Stone clubhouse by GRAS.
The stone clubhouse in its surroundings. Stone clubhouse by GRAS. Photograph © José Hevia.
This idea of a rocky element is the one used by the architect Guillermo Reynés / GRAS to integrate the project in the natural environment, while providing the building with the necessary importance. Each one of the four volumes house different programs, every one of them organized around a central space on which there is a bar.
Furthermore, highlight how the spatial continuity between inside and outside spaces turns into one of the key points of the project. The large windows are opened to the landscape and provide light to the inner spaces.
Description of the project by GRAS
The golf course clubhouse is a meeting place within the nature: encourages social relationships around a natural landscape. According with this it is really important the connection of the building with its close environment.
The clubhouse is located, for needs of game development, in a large natural area where a certain centrality and recognition is necessary. The building needs visibility withouth invading the landscape.
The project consist on a number of 'rocks', stones, laid in a natural environment: provide the presence, the identity demanded by the program, camouflaged in the nature, and look like a natural element. These stones are joined to give shape to the building, the clubhouse. There are 4 volumes, each one with one different program, around a common square where there is a bar, the heart of the project.
The square is completely open to the landscape in all directions: the inner façade of the volumes is made in glass, so from the square the landscape is framed with visuals to the surrounding nature in all directions. The stone volumes (kitchen, dressing rooms and offices), unlike the square, are the most opaque possible with no windows or windows behind subtle hidden stone lattice. So the stone building effect is emphasized. The restaurant and lounge, is the exception; this volume has large openings to provide a continuous inside-outside space according with the Mediterranean climate.
The construction of the building maximises the 'rock' effect: the local stone, a characteristic element of Mallorca architecture, is used not only in the façades, but also in the roofs, with no distinction, achieving a continuous stone skin in all the building.
The façade is the roof and the roof is the façade.
Everything is stone in the landscape.
Text.- GRAS.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
Architect.- Guillermo Reynés, GRAS.
Collaborators.- Andreu Ortiz (engineer), Vicente Juan Aloy (quantity surveyor).
Location.- Santa Ponça, Illes Balears, Spain.
Surface.- 540 sqm.
Date.- 2014.
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Guillermo Reynés Architecture Studio GRAS
GRAS, Guillermo Reynes Architecture Studio, is an office based in Palma de Mallorca with a satellite office in Madrid. The company produces designs in the fields of architecture and urban design. A wide range of projects are under design at the moment: from housing complexes, office buildings and hotels to masterplans; In Spain and abroad. Collaborations and multi-disciplinarity is a must in GRAS designs. Since the beginning GRAS has gained a reputation as an innovative company by winning a number of highprofile projects and prices.
