Final+Project

Essay:

My Project is about a horizontal building placed nearby the coast, where it has been the “Centro Cultural Gabriel Garcia Marques” has been hypothetically placed together with a cubic construction and a rectangular building with vertical circulation.'

This building was a request for the City Hall to control the movement of the cars and the circulation, and to create a travel agency in order to gather people for information about tours around the cost area, hotels nearby and any other kind of information that could increased the touristic interest. To fulfill the requirements of the costumers a simple construction was made in a way that people would wish to come in, and walk around. Thus the project only has two areas, a coffee shop in the first floor, and the office that that is somewhat hidden in the second floor. But the way the wall indicate the way make sure that all people find it, and go that way mostly out of curiosity.

The materials used in this construction are wood, glass, stone and cement. And they are put in a very balanced way.

Its entry has been placed in a way that it interacts with the cultural center and with a street that comes from the city area. On top of this the building play the role of an edge that divides the circulation of the vehicles in two directions that arrive to two different squares that are connected to the sea. The access is totally wide and open, letting the breeze enter practically from one side to the other and keeping the building fresh. This area is supported mainly by three columns.

Regarding the façade, it reflects the elements and changes within the construction let us see spaces that are open, and then close time after time, creating a rhythm.

The second room is a six meter tall symmetrical area with wall depths at both sides. But immediately afterwards the circulation stops taking form and it gets a direction to the right. Going there we find a three matter tall hallway that is dark. And all the way is accompanied beside the water mirror to the left, and there are some Columns both sides. These ones are thinner than the others, and are in half the distance of the others to make the hallway look longer. The hallway is illuminated naturally by a light that comes from an opening in the ceiling that is as long as the area

The space that comes after the hallway is wider, it goes to the left, where a small area where a coffee could be found. And behind the wall of the water mirror there is the kitchen area and deposit. This third area is still 3m tall like the hallway, but then we keep walking into a room with 9m of height filled with columns that go all the way to a ceiling that is also made of wall depth, like the wall in front of it and the one in the right. This is the buildings most beautiful area, it pointing to the sea, so we can see a wide blue ocean, and hear it at the same time that we feel the sand on our feet since the floor is removed for that purpose.

The only wall completely solid is the one by the right, and it gives way to a ramp that is completely in the open. It makes us walk in direction of the first area, allowing us to peek in it, before climbing up to the area over the last one. We meet again the view of the long columns, and then we can get close to a window that has a view of one of the coast squares. When we approach it, we can see by its left an outside corridor that connects to an office area where is located a travel agency. If we go back and take the second pathway we will meet a staircase, and reach the ceiling area, where a shadowed resting place is located, with a really great view of the cultural center. Having rested to our heart contents we can go back, and then unexpectedly find yet another area in the opposite side. We walk in its direction and we can see the wall depth’s filled area and looking down we see both of the underneath floors and the see from a higher point.

In the end this building could be considered as a master piece; for not only it has a well developed body and spatiality, but also it adapts itself perfectly to the context. A building that’s made for the area, and an area that gets improved by a building, it’s what good architecture is all about.

Note. The project was more dificult than i thought, after so much struggling i failed miserably, so barely put a slideshow of the pictures and here i will put what i was originally going to read since the essay wasn't what i would have read. Each line goes with the changes of pictures, if not they just look randomly posted. Sorry for the trouble.

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Narrative (more or less)

we find the construction in an area near the coast. This building separates the vicinity in two squares, and regulates the circulation About the building itself we can see that its divided in three areas The access is open and is supported by three columns, the height is simple. The ceiling is never at the same height like we can see in this section Walking in the building we can see a bright room behind a dark area The first area is open in the front and the sides, the piece is made of wood Then two wall depths let a change of ambience, the light enters and the ceiling is higher Back to the circulation… we pass throught a dark hallway with a water floor, and then… The Beautifull main area, simply breathtaking We keep on walking, and turn back, we still can see the entry from this point But we don’t go back, we keep walking, then an outdoors ramp. We climb and see the first area, likewise we could see the ramp from there and know the direction to go up from the beginning We get a view of the way to keep going up, but the main area makes us want to look at it, and we find a window, the only one so far the light on the floor is stunning, after all even the ceiling is made with the same pathron than the wall depth we look o the upper part of the water mirror and see how the light enters for a small space on the ceiling seen at another section we understand this clearly, the whole picture of what we know now its time to climb up we find a place with place to rest on the rooftop, we can see the cultural center from there time to go back, but wait… there is more! On a closer look is the main area again, At its right we have a final resting tplace to see the whole area from above. Such long columns concrete columns holding a wood structure, the light and the colors are in good balance; And behind the wall the endless sea. The closure.