03APR 2012
© David Frutos
© David Frutos
This cover is certainly another piece in the historic area of Cartagena whose main architectural challenge is to reconcile very different architectures; from the roman time, passing through baroque to nowadays, making all the interventions vibrate together in the neighborhood.
© David Frutos It is a transition element, between very diverse urban conditions: in size, material and structure; from the dense city centre to the sloping park.
© David Frutos
© David Frutos
The primary goal of the work is to respect the existing remains, using a long-span structure, which requires the least amount of support for lifting the cover.
© David Frutos
© David Frutos The intervention unifies all the remains in a single space, allowing a continuous perception of the whole site.
© David Frutos The cover also generates a new urban facade in the partition wall.
© David Frutos
© David Frutos
The project also pursues a sense of lightness and is conceived as an element that allows light inside.
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© Amann Canovas Maruri The inner layer is built with a modular system of corrugated multiwall translucent polycarbonate sheets.
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© Amann Canovas Maruri The outer layer, constructed with perforated steel plates, qualifies the incidence of light and gives a uniform exterior appearance.
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Besides to the steel structure, the building set includes an elevated walkway parallel to the street, that is accessible – like all the built tours - for disabled visitors.
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri It is a very light structure hanging from steel beams.
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© Amann Canovas Maruri Conceived as a glass box, with a faceted, partially visible geometry, it makes up the street façade and allows a view of the ruins from three meters high as this high path set out an overall vision of the roman remains.
© Amann Canovas Maruri.
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© David Frutos
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© Amann Canovas Maruri
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© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
© Amann Canovas Maruri
Parque del Molinete / Amann Canovas Maruri
Posted in Architecture - Cultural by Amann Canovas Maruri | Tags: Spain
The building is essentially a cover protecting the remains of a Roman assembly (thermal baths, forum and domus) in the archaeological site of Molinete Park in Cartagena, Spain.











































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