DRAWINGS AND IDEA

Drawn plan of the plot.

This drawing shows the preexistences that are nowadays in the plot we are working on: the castle, the Santigao church, the Saint Martin´s church, the Roman Theatre and a small ruin that are right in our site-place.

The idea for the project is to build a light pavilion over some platforms that stand out of the soil thanks to a pilotis system, in order to minimize the damage to the possible ruins of the area.

The pavilion won't be compact, in fact, the aim is to create a split-up building that will appear from the olive trees while the visitors walk through a walkway. The building won't be high, one or two heights maximum, not to stand out from the landscape, as it is the ruins and churches what is the most important to see in the place.

As reference I have chosen this pavilion that represented Croatia in the Venice Biennale of 2012 for its material, rusty reinforcing iron - as it may represent the basis of the culture and the effect that time has in everything, for its subtleness, because it doesn't stand out from the environment, and because it matches well with the arid landscape and stone -, for the lightness it shows - it is easily possible to take it out from the place - and for the views it creates from the inside, without making any big effort.

A really light pavilion.

the facades provide shadow when the sun hits.

Many views are pointed out easily.

Taking this into account, my project would look quite like this, but in a more integrated way with the lanscape, trying to create a special space using the olive trees around.

The volumes will be spread all over the plot, interconnected by a walkway, and following both the path the trees create and the one for visitors too.

Visitors will start their way uo to the castle from the lower part, and they will have to cross the ticket office, and the decide either going to the bar/restaurant/rest area or continue with the visit.

In their way down, they will have the opportunity to go (back) to that area or keep going down the hill.

The pavilion for archaeologists is connected by this platform/walkway too, integrated with the other building.

The material for the facade will be corten steel or reinforcing rusty iron.