Article source: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos

The building is situated on a network of dunes separated from the beach by a thirty metre high plinth of sand. It is a detached, unique construction which, almost subterranean in relation to the highest points of the plot, harmonises well with the landscape. A geometrically complex floor plan intercepted by a homogeneous section generates the interior spaces necessary to accommodate a small museum dedicated to the marine world, or a sea watching centre.

Image Courtesy © Duccio Malagamba

• Architects: Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
• Project: Marine World Museum
• Location: Ctra. A-494 km 51, Parque de Doñana. 21760 Almonte. Huelva, Spain
• Photography: Duccio Malagamba, Fernando Alda, Fotowork
• Client: State owned-enterprise EGMASA
• Collaborators: Belén Rivera Romero , María Arboledas Cique
• Lighting Design: GADIAN
• Landscape Architect: Lado Verde, Ricardo Librero
• Structural Engineering: Tedeco
• Climate Engineer: GADIAN
• Model: Queipo Maquetas
• Site Control: Análisis de la Edificación
• Contractors: EGMASA

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