El edificio que aloja la estación salvavidas en la playa La Jolla Shores (California, Estados Unidos) está conformado para cumplir su función programática con el mínimo impacto posible en la costa. Consta de dos cuerpos: Un bloque de una altura que contiene el grueso del programa y una pequeña caseta elevada sobre una escalera.

La estación salvavidas de la playa de La Jolla Shores, diseñada por RNT Architects con la colaboración de Héctor Pérez, se eleva por encima de la arena mediante unas escaleras, para culminar en una pequeña caseta. Esta distribución de espacios, que esconde el grueso del edificio en la parte posterior de la playa, fue escogido para provocar el mínimo impacto posible en la playa, prevaleciendo las panorámicas naturales existentes por encima de la intervención. 

El proyecto busca eliminar discordancias arquitectónicas en el ambiente de la playa, más que crearlas. De este modo, lo más importante de la intervención es tal vez no el propio edificio, sino la demolición del existente, de una presencia mucho mayor. La caseta se cubre por madera, mientras que el edificio posterior está revestido por coloridas piezas cerámicas.

Para más información y descripción del proyecto los arquitectos, ver el siguiente vídeo.-

 

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Ralph Roesling. Ralph believes that art and architecture are one in the same with a different emphasis, so it was an easy transition for him. Ralph loves coming into the office and being around creative people, engaging in dialogues about projects. His favorite part is working together with a design team to interpret the client’s dreams into a reality of architecture. Their happiness and inspiration is the ultimate satisfaction to him. When Ralph is not at work, he enjoys going to car museums and car shows, all the while dreaming of designing his own.

Kotaro Nakamura. Kotaro is an American Architect who was born and raised in Japan. He is a Principal of Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects as well as an Interim Director and Professor at the School of Art + Design at San Diego State University. Kotaro has extensive knowledge of energy efficiency and environmentally sensitive design methods from his environmental engineering design background. His design incorporates passive environmental solutions learned from different types of architectural vernacular adapted to area specific climate conditions and available materials in such places as Norway, Southwest United States, and Japan. His recent research involves increasing resilience in communities in crisis such as disaster aftermath and other special conditions.

Chikako Terada. Chikako decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and become an architect. She had always been interested in art and physics, so architecture seemed to be the best of both worlds. She likes how it exposes her to different dimensions in life and that she is able to experience its changes first hand as the field evolves. Architecture is also very nostalgic for Chikako; with each built project, she’s taken back in time to when she designed it and is greeted by old memories.

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