THE LOCUS

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Architects: Carlos Seoane

Location: Praza de España, 15960 Ribeira, A Coruña, España

Architect In Charge: Carlos Seoane

Area: 440.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photography: Héctor Santos , Juan Rodriguez

Collaborator Architects : Oscar Fuertes, Eduardo Castrillón, Soledad Bugallo

Structural Engineer: Marcial de la Fuente

Quantity Surveyors: Jesús Garcia, Luis Romero

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THE LOCUSThe project of the Riveira Social Centre is situated in a plot of land in the Riveira County as part of the rural core of Oleiros District. It is an area characterized by the rural features of the buildings that surround it in a landscape where the granite element predominates. In reality, that is also a zone, where for centuries the construction was done by the know-how of many generations who found their means of subsistence in the territory and who recognized the terrain as their first identity. Thus, the first reference of the project has to do with that old aspect of a built landscape.
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THE PUBLIC SPACEThe definition of the public space is the point of departure in terms of the project’s strategy. The outside area which the building encompasses features the same relevance in the proposal as the ...