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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Rock Art Center of Cantabria in Puente Viesgo, Spain by Sukunfuku Studio

May 10th, 2023 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: Sukunfuku Studio

The Visitor´s Center is located on the hillside of Monte Castillo, within the area of influence of the caves that bear his name and surrounded by the access road to them. The program demanded a relatively large volume, on complex ground and immersed in a landscape of great beauty.

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Architects: Sukunfuku Studio
Project: Rock Art Center of Cantabria
Location: Puente Viesgo, Spain
Client : Consejería de Cultura de Cantabria
Plot area: 10.000m2
Total area: 1678m2

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The program is divided into three separate blocks: reception and service area, exhibition area and restricted area. The three volumes are articulated and arranged around a central courtyard that distributes and connects the different spaces. The resulting volume is a “C” shape facing the natural slope of the plot, which closes the building creating a “green tribune”. The mountain becomes a part of the program, the protagonist articulating the building, inviting the visitor to go out and acting as an external space associated with the activities of the center.

The building is executed in two different layers. The lower part is resolved with concrete walls in the areas that contain the land, while the façades that overlook the patio and the access area are mainly glazed. On this base sits the stone roof, which sews the three volumes together and folds to become part of the façade, generating a chromatic contrast, scale and texture. The building integrates and interacts with the natural environment around it, creating a relationship with the topography, breaking its volumes to adapt to the environment.

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