*스페이스 허브 [ Abalo Alonso Arquitectos ] Accessible Ribadeo

서로 다른 공간 또는 장소를 연결하는 방법에는 무엇이 있을까요?

여기서 다르다는 것은 시간의 차이-공간이 가지고 있는 시간- 그리고 레벨의 차이

그리고 위계의 차이를 말합니다.

스페인의 칸다브리아 해와 맞다 있는 해변가에 위치한 유서깊은 포트는 과거의 영광을 뒤로한채

잊혀지고, 버려짐으로써 사람들에게 인지되지 못하는 장소가 되어 버렸습니다.

이와같은 현상이 발생한 원인으로는 물리적으로 접근이 어려운 환경이 가장 큰 원인입니다.

-전면으로는 레벨차이가 많이 나는 해변가도로, 그리고 후면으로는 밀집도가 높은

주거단지가 위치함으로써 장소는 그렇게 스페이스 보이드가 되어버립니다.-

여기에 시의회는 공간과 시간을 잇는 스페이스 허브를 계획하여

포트 속에 존재하는 과거의 시간을 현재의 바다로 연결합니다.

동선의 허브역활을 하는 파빌리온은 얼굴없는 담담한 심플한 형태로

순수한 기능적인 행위를 수반합니다. 또한 패턴 거푸집을 이용하여 디자인된

노출콘크리트의 다양한 켜들은 시간이 흘러감에 따라 퇴적층이 쌓여

그 시대의 시간과 공간을 담듯이 레벨을 따라 수직방향으로 공간을 담습니다.

물리적인 거리는 그렇게 극복되고 공간은 더이상 보이드 되지 않습니다.

reviewed by SJ

Ribadeo is located in the north-west of Galicia, at the border with Asturias and edging the estuary which bears its very same name. It has some nine thousand inhabitants, most of them working at the services sector. It has a protected historical quarter, a marina and a commercial port, which is strategically located in the Cantabrian coast.

Within the municipality of Ribadeo lies the Catedrales beach, whose surrounding area is the second most visited place in Galicia, following Santiago de Compostela’s Cathedral. Ribadeo is a favorite summer holiday destination not just for people from the Lugo province, but also from people from every corner of Spain.

We could highlight then two outstanding features in the region: on the one hand, a consolidated population, a population with a future, and growing tourism both sporadic and regular. On the other hand, a villa swinging in between two ends: on one end, the marina and commercial port; on the other end, the historical quarter.

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Architects: Abalo Alonso Arquitectos – Elizabeth Abalo, Gonzalo Alonso
Location: Galicia, Spain
Collaboration: Carlos Bóveda, Juan A. Pérez Valcárcel
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Santos Diez / Bisimages

State of conservation and use before the project commenced.
Connecting the port to the historical quarter poses a difficult challenge: a difference in floor level of more than 20m, approaching 40m if we include the square of the city council. It turns out to be quite difficult to organize a landscape in which the two main focus of attention are in parallel plans and never intersect because they belong to different worlds.

People living at the historical quarter find it difficult to get to the port. Tourists getting to the port or the marina find it difficult to get to the historical quarter. The landscape conditions lead us to a situation of total ignorance of the other world. They do not leave us any other option than overusing the car, which, under different conditions, could easily be unnecessary. In fact, historical quarters are more attractive without cars, as well as marinas.

The port follows a linear development bordering the estuary. First, the commercial port; next, the marina, and the old loading port to the end, outshined by the Santos bridge crossing the estuary at some 40m height and connecting Asturias and Galicia. Port premises, installations and facilities, and nice restaurants shape and characterize a recently established seafront promenade.

The historical quarter is organized around a large square dominated by the city council and the Moreno Tower, a modern building of extremely grand appearance but currently into disuse. In search for the sun, both buildings are turning their backs to the Cantabrian Sea and place themselves perpendicular to the estuary. They do not face the sea: it seems as if they ignored it. Or, it may be because they know there is nothing to see behind, there is nowhere to go. In fact, the area behind is a residential area stretching down to the south and not very busy.

Its lack of dynamism has neglected and brought into disuse a few buildings of interest such as the old cinema, or a couple of majestic Galician urban pazos, which are currently in ruins. The connection between this and other areas, even though less sloped than between the area and the port, is also difficult, what has also contributed to its state of neglection. The development of new buildings to the south and the west worsens the current situation and reduces the chance to come up with solutions.

The problem has been put forward: improving the connections between both worlds; transforming, or using the difference in floor level as a connection hub. The city council launches a call for proposals through an ideas contest. There are no budgetary constraints. There is not a program where needs are clearly defined and specified, nor a specific location or intervention site. There is just a problem which is calling for a solution.

from  archdaily