Sunday, May 6, 2012

The Realization


Final production of our studio designs for the cemetery at Igualada, Spain has been in full effect for a few days now. Cinco-de-Mayo celebrations took a back-seat to days and nights spent drawing and modelbuilding. This is the final produciton-model of my design, displaying the aforementioned canopy system:



An aerial overview of the site with the proposed intervention

Starting with the two areas of intervention, the canopy extends to connect both with the rest of the site

A view of the lower expansion, looking toward the upper-

From the entry sequence, one can barely distinguish that anything differs from the original

Aerial view from the North

A view looking down from the upper expansion, covering the connection to the lower-


Gimme' Shelter


The going theme is now a canopy of sorts to tie everything into the site. It will envelop the new intervention and act as vines entangling the old with the new, or a candy wrapper, twisting its way around the existing. Corten steel louvers will shade the new spaces while allowing freedom of the elements throughout.