CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló
11/04/2019.
[Formentera] Spain
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Marià Castelló was responsible for designing the Nautical Sports Center of Formentera, in the port of La Savina, the main entrance to the island. Its location is a point of convergence of multiplicity of landscapes, as it is bordered by an urban area, the Mediterranean Sea and the Estany des Peix, a saltwater pond that forms part of the Ses Salines Natural Park.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
Site plan. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Ground floor. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Rooftop floor. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Construction isometry. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
General elevations. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Constructive detail. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Sketch. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Design process. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Model. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló.
Building process. CENF. Formentera Water Sports Center by Marià Castelló. Photograph by Marià Castelló.
Marià Castelló designed the building under a strong bio-construction criteria. In a similar way to the boatyard-cabins that traditionally stood on the coast of the island, wood has been used almost exclusively to erect a light building, built dry and with low environmental impact: the main structure has been built using CLT, while its ventilated façade has been shaped by means of pine strips and slats. Furthermore, the use of potentially harmful synthetic materials, such as PVC, has been avoided.
Description of project by Marià Castelló
The port of La Savina is the main point of access to Formentera island. Its important geographical location makes it the border between an urban area, the Mediterranean Sea and a saltwater lake which forms part of Ses Salines Natural Park. Giving protection to the open sea, this lake has traditionally been used as a natural harbor to anchor small fishing boats. And, currently, the administration has deemed it suitable to house the municipal sailing school as well as other nautical sports and activities.
The functional program offered a duality (classrooms + offices versus workshop + dressing rooms) that has divided the volumetry into two independent parts aligning the first one with Almadrava Street and the second one with the passage of Balandra. At the intersection of both streets, the building offers an empty space with its visual permeability that incorporates the main access to the equipment.
Between the two described volumes, there is a structure that provides a chill-out zone in the shadow and with its oblique geometry invites to enjoy the amazing views opening towards Estany des Peix.
In addition to the described functional polarity, the intervention also represents a frontier where the duality of landscapes converging on this plot of almost 1000 m2 is expressed. Northeast and Northwest-oriented, the volumes seem mostly opaque, heavy and without any depth.
On its south side, however, the building opens with a wide platform that unites the two containers of the program and venture a few meters into the lake as a dock. The volumes’ coronation structure gains depth on the platform and protects the interior of the direct solar incidence.
Through a tectonics based almost on a single material, a lightweight building has been erected, built in dry and with low environmental impact. Similar to the boathouses that traditionally were built on the island coast, wood is the material par excellence, manifested in different forms and types depending on the requirements.
Thus the main structure made with CLT, has allowed to bring together structure, enclosure and coating in most of the panels of cross-laminated timber. A harmony that continues in the chosen solution of ventilated facade, where battens and coating slats are executed in pine R.3.2 taking over time a characteristic gray patina.
The dock resorts to the traditional technique of wooden piles submerged below sea level, while the outer platform is suspended on a minimum foundation, prefabricated and reversible, based on surface micro-piles.
Under bio-construction criteria, we have opted for a reduced range of materials basically of natural origin, free of PVC and other potentially harmful synthetic materials. This has turned into hygroscopic and water vapor permeable enclosures, that are energy efficient and maintain a healthy indoor environment.
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Architect
Marià Castelló. Design team.- Lorena Ruzafa, Marga Ferrer, Natàlia Castellà and Elena Vinyarskaya
Design team
Salvador Pascual Olmos, Angel Martin Morgado and Baudilio Diez Martin
Collaborators
Achitects Construction Managers.- Lorena Ruzafa + Marià Castelló. Quantity surveyor.- Francesc Ribas Tur. Structural Engineer.- Albert Admetlla Font. MEP.- Javier Colomar Riera.
Contributors
Salvador Pascual Olmos, Angel Martin Morgado y Baudilio Diez Martin
Builder
Grupo Tragsa - SEPI
Subcontractor
SIDO Madera and VELIMA System
Developer
Consell Insular de Formentera
Area
345 m²
Dates
Project.- 2015-2017. Construction.- 2018-2019
Lugar
Calle de s’Almadrava 10. La Savina. Formentera. Spain
Marià Castelló
Marià Castelló · Architecture began its course in February 2002 with the first public and private initiative projects in Formentera. The connection, the respect and the commitment with the culture, the landscape and the territory of the minor of the Pitiüsas islands was determining in the professional and personal orientation chosen.
The study has collaborated with editorial projects of different nature, exhibitions and presentations with the purpose of spreading both the patrimonial baggage existing on the island and those contemporary interventions generated with criteria and reflection.
Among his last prizes, he stands out as a finalist in the 59th edition of the FAD Awards in the category of "City and Landscape" for the work "Restauració del Fossar Vell of Sant Francesc" (2017), the Special mention (2nd Position) of the Prize European Intervention in the Architectural Heritage AADIPA (2017) for the Restoration of the Tower des Pi des Català, s. XVIII in Formentera, or the work selected in the Catalan Pavilion of the Biennale di Architettura di Venezia (2012) "Architectural Rowers" in the "Contexts" section.
The study has collaborated with editorial projects of different nature, exhibitions and presentations with the purpose of spreading both the patrimonial baggage existing on the island and those contemporary interventions generated with criteria and reflection.
Among his last prizes, he stands out as a finalist in the 59th edition of the FAD Awards in the category of "City and Landscape" for the work "Restauració del Fossar Vell of Sant Francesc" (2017), the Special mention (2nd Position) of the Prize European Intervention in the Architectural Heritage AADIPA (2017) for the Restoration of the Tower des Pi des Català, s. XVIII in Formentera, or the work selected in the Catalan Pavilion of the Biennale di Architettura di Venezia (2012) "Architectural Rowers" in the "Contexts" section.
