Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León

VIGILANCE PAVILIONS FOR HERITAGE OF CULTURAL INTEREST IN CASTILE AND LEÓN

Gaztelu Jerez Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
Gaztelu Jerez Arquitectos

BUILDER/CONTRACTOR
Arte y Construcción SL, Burgos

COLLABORATORS
Catarina Isabel Faustino Mota, Alicia Maraña Diez, alterMATERIA, Segovia

CLIENT
Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural

FURNITURE
Biolan, Fritz Hansen

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Iván Poncelas Ramón

PHOTOGRAPHS
Koldo Fdez. Gaztelu

CARPENTRY
Arte y Construcción SL, Burgos

AREA
12 m²

BUDGET
16.329,65 € (PEM Proyecto Ejecución)

YEAR
2016

LOCATION
Spain

CATEGORY
Small Scale

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León

Text description provided by architect.

Castile and León (Spain) is one of the regions with more cultural and natural heritage in the world, thanks to its history and its big area.

Many of its Heritage of Cultural Interest (Bienes de Interés Cultural - BIC) are in natural and rural environments.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato

Therefore, they need vigilance, as well as attention for their visitors. Lately, the Regional Government of Castile and León is becoming aware of the need to replace the current stalls located next to these BIC, with the aim of dignifying them according to those monuments and places.

These 2 pavilions are a pilot programme which could be easily exportable to other BIC in the same region.

The first one is located next to the Visigothic hermitage in Quintanilla de las Viñas (Burgos), one of the few buildings of its kind existing in the Iberian Peninsula, and which was designated as a National Monument in 1929.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato

The second one is located at the archaeological site in Arrabalde (Zamora), a place which in the past was a pre-roman hill-fort, designated as a BIC in 2006.

When we revisited the Zamora Museum, a building by Tuñón and Mansilla that we admire so much, We discovered to our surprise that among its more valuable exhibits it contains the “Arrabalde’s Treasure”, for which the architects expressly designed a showcase, that is simultaneously a jewel case, inside the big jewel case that is the building itself. The pavilions could be defined as a wooden box slightly elevated from the floor and placed under a horizontal steel plane.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato

They are very compact to reduce their presence and increase their efficiency, and they protect the guards from the inclemency of the weather, whereas they make possible a visual connection with the exterior landscape.

Like a piece of furniture, they are built just with wood and steel, in an industrialized and easily reproducible way. 

In this conditions, building in a factory with only 2 trades (carpenter and blacksmith) reduce the cost considerably, which has been one of our main targets.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato

The pavilions are open or closed depending on the needs. When they are in their “latency period”, they look like a totally closed and protected jewel case.

The external building covering is made of vertical black timber, whereas on the inside you can see the cross-laminated timber structure, which provides a warmer sensation.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Javier Bravo Jabato

Economy, sustainability and reversibility have been 3 basic principles to design these small buildings, which try not to leave any trace in those places where they will be located. The foundations are superficial and made of timber.

The timber from the façade is protected by Shou Sugi Ban, a traditional Japanese technique based on charring. The roof is made of steel, and its slope protects the building from the rain and the sun.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Koldo Fdez. Gaztelu
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Koldo Fdez. Gaztelu

These are low-energy buildings thanks to a great insulation made of timber fibres and the use of traditional, recyclable and clean energies: a small wood heater, a pedal washbasin and a dry and eco-friendly toilet that guarantees a closed cycle.

To summarize, we have looked for a natural, laconic and sensible intervention according to the needs. An essential, logic and sober intervention. Without anything accessory or whimsical. Eloquent, but not talkative.

Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León
© Koldo Fdez. Gaztelu
Vigilance Pavilions For Heritage Of Cultural Interest In Castile And León

Respectful with the pre-existence, the landscape and the environment. Thanks to its small size and its lightness, the pavilions will we totally built in a factory and then carried to the site.


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Longitudinal Elevation Closed 2
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Longitudinal Elevation Opened 1
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Longitudinal Elevation Opened 2
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Cross Elevation 1
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Longitudinal Section 1
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Cross Section 1
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Floor Plan
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Roof Plan
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Exploded Axonometric

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