Picnic, garden pavilion
Logroño, 2017
Architecture can help to reinforce links that relate to the
different natures that coexist in the space and time that it occupies. In a
moment when environmental conflicts and new cultural sensibilities exceed anthropocentrism, we develop a design strategy that makes it possible for mutual caring among species to become the role, both economic, social, and
aesthetic that guides and articulates the proposal.
In this sense, Picnic is a device that gathers the current discussions around food, especially around the rights of animals through vegetarian and vegan practices. Our proposal turns the commission (a place to gather, and celebrate specialized tastings for a wine company), into a space for the occasional celebration of vegan picnics, that incorporate not only humans into the celebration but also the different species of birds present in the area, thanks to the complex ecosystem generated by the Ebro River as it travels through the vineyards.
The goal would be to gather in the same space, at the same time, and with the same program, different agents that speaking in food terms we would usually think of them as enemies in our society, in order to find other ways of interaction.
The pavilion is composed of two different spaces or structures that act in a complementary way generating the notion of place or public space that the clients requested. One of them would be the interior which would host the space destined for human use, a space of 25 sqm with a circular base and accessible from the vineyard floor, where to gather, do a tasting of wine, or a picnic. The other one would be an exterior crown located at a height of 6m and equipped with a system of nests, drinkers, and feeders for the local birds of the area that help protect the local ecosystem at the same time it balances the impact of our intervention with a new focus of increasing of biodiversity thanks to the water and food that will regularly be renewed.
The whole structure is dressed in a flower enveloping made out of the most characteristic species of the area that are previously dried, reusing the polyurethane foam normally used in the building industry as a thermal insulation as a gluing closing element and giving the whole pavilion a both bizarre and integrated image. Working “with” nature and not only “in” nature helps to care about its fragility. The flowers, together with the foam are fixed to a string braiding system that wraps the proposal generating both a holed enclosure to resist the strong winds in the area and the structural stability of the complex.
The structure is thought to be removable from the assembly of wooden pieces fixed through prestressed reusable systems that allow its future assembly somewhere else. At the same time, its weight is optimized so there is no need for foundations that would compromise the terrain in the long term, while the structure is raised 20cm in order not to interfere with the paths of other animals and insects.
In this sense, Picnic is a device that gathers the current discussions around food, especially around the rights of animals through vegetarian and vegan practices. Our proposal turns the commission (a place to gather, and celebrate specialized tastings for a wine company), into a space for the occasional celebration of vegan picnics, that incorporate not only humans into the celebration but also the different species of birds present in the area, thanks to the complex ecosystem generated by the Ebro River as it travels through the vineyards.
The goal would be to gather in the same space, at the same time, and with the same program, different agents that speaking in food terms we would usually think of them as enemies in our society, in order to find other ways of interaction.
The pavilion is composed of two different spaces or structures that act in a complementary way generating the notion of place or public space that the clients requested. One of them would be the interior which would host the space destined for human use, a space of 25 sqm with a circular base and accessible from the vineyard floor, where to gather, do a tasting of wine, or a picnic. The other one would be an exterior crown located at a height of 6m and equipped with a system of nests, drinkers, and feeders for the local birds of the area that help protect the local ecosystem at the same time it balances the impact of our intervention with a new focus of increasing of biodiversity thanks to the water and food that will regularly be renewed.
The whole structure is dressed in a flower enveloping made out of the most characteristic species of the area that are previously dried, reusing the polyurethane foam normally used in the building industry as a thermal insulation as a gluing closing element and giving the whole pavilion a both bizarre and integrated image. Working “with” nature and not only “in” nature helps to care about its fragility. The flowers, together with the foam are fixed to a string braiding system that wraps the proposal generating both a holed enclosure to resist the strong winds in the area and the structural stability of the complex.
The structure is thought to be removable from the assembly of wooden pieces fixed through prestressed reusable systems that allow its future assembly somewhere else. At the same time, its weight is optimized so there is no need for foundations that would compromise the terrain in the long term, while the structure is raised 20cm in order not to interfere with the paths of other animals and insects.
Architects:
TAKK, Mireia Luzárraga + Alejandro Muiño
Client:
Concétrico Architecture Festival
Curators:
Javier Peña
Photo:
José Hevia
TAKK, Mireia Luzárraga + Alejandro Muiño
Client:
Concétrico Architecture Festival
Curators:
Javier Peña
Photo:
José Hevia
