Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango

Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.

MUNICIPAL SPORTS PAVILION - CALERA DE TANGO

COMUNarquitectos

STRUCTURAL CALCULATION
Silvana Cominetti

MATERIALITY
Steel Structure, Wood, Masonry.

PHOTOGRAPHS
Aryeh Kornfeld

PHOTOS
Aryeh Kornfeld K. (5)

STATUS
Built

AREA
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

BUDGET
$10K - 50K

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Calera de Tango, Chile

TYPE
Cultural › Pavilion , Hospitality + Sport › Sports Center

MUNICIPAL SPORTS PAVILLION - CALERA DE TANGO

This project is the adaptation of an agricultural pavilion developed during Chile’s mid-twentieth century Agricultural Reform.

This redistribution of farmable land reorganized the nation’s productive structure by dividing large pieces of land, remnants of Chile’s colonial past, and redistributing it among smaller farmers that would themselves be organized in collectives.

Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.
Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.

Many of these collectives built collection centres for the harvest that also served as meeting and celebrations spaces for this new, fledging community.

The building was in a severe state of neglect, which affected the surrounding context, comprised of the municipal stadium and a playground.

The Municipal Educational Corporation and the Municipality of Calera de Tango joined forces to raise and rehabilitate this deteriorated building in order to be used not only as a sports centre for the nearby municipal schools but also as one of Calera de Tango’s emblematic public structures, where people could celebrate their culture and identity.

The proposal was to maintain the original structural walls, which are made from local adobe bricks, the main building material of Santiago’s farmland since colonial times, by separating the structure of the new pavilion through a metallic structure that inhabits the old building, creating a dialogue between the existing and new.

Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.
Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.

The steel structure spans a great distance, eliminating the need of internal pillars, and gently settles on the outer edge of the longitudinal wall creating a previously non-existent public meeting space meant for leisure and contemplation.

This idea for a dialogue between inside and outside is born, as in other projects, from our experience in Japan which also played a great part in the use of cost-effective materials from which to extract natural decorative qualities, such as the delicate finish of industrial wood panelling and varnish, which lends its unique texture to add warmth to such a large space.

Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.
Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.

As a contribution to Calera de Tango’s children, this pavilion progressed from a closed building, destined for the exclusive use of certain sporting activities, to the most significant common space in the area.


Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.
Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
© Aryeh Kornfeld K.


Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango


Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango
Municipal Sports Pavilion - Calera de Tango