History since 1977 in the old center city of Zamora along the Duero river, Spain.
‘ Touch has memory.’ – John Keats
The architecture project orders 3 specific areas around the main bar visually opened to the life of the street and axially communicated by 2 main access to the local, ensuring that the customers could have located spaces being together in the same space.
Facing the cathedral and following the outline of the former convent’s kitchen garden, we erect a strong stone wall box open to the sky. Its walls and floors entirely made of stone. The very same stone as the Cathedral. A real Hortus Conclusus. In the corner facing the cathedral, a massive stone measuring 250x150x50 cm, a veritable Cornerstone. And chiselled on that stone.
Not only should the new Council offices meet the determined requirements of use, but it also should help define one of the most compromising environments of the city, as Vitiato square- where the building is located- is a compulsory stop in the touristic tour around Zamora. The proposal designs the fourth façade of the square, completing the architectonic complex formed by the Encarnación Hospital to the North and the Ramos Carrion Theatre and the Condes de Alba y Aliste Palace to the South.
Team members: María Antonia Fernández Nieto, Pilar Peña Tarancón, Jesús García Herrero, Inés Patiño Meijide, Gonzalo Bárcenas Medina, Jesús Hernández Alonso, Francisco Martín Gil
Structural design: José María García del Monte
Systems design: Jorge Gallego Sánchez-Torija
Client: County Council of Zamora
Gross useable floor space: 2.803mq
Lot size: 636 mq
Start of work: 8th February, 2008
Completion of work: January 3rd, 2011
Builder: UTE CYN-YAÑEZ/ REARASA
Structure in: concrete
Floor: vinyl except for ground floor in limestone from Campaspero
Facing the cathedral and following the outline of the former convent’s kitchen garden, we erect a strong stone wall box open to the sky. Its walls and floors entirely made of stone. The very same stone as the Cathedral. A real Hortus Conclusus. In the corner facing the cathedral, a massive stone measuring 250x150x50 cm, a veritable Cornerstone. And chiselled on that stone:
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