Rowing Center / José María Sánchez García

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Text description provided by the architects. The Rowing and Canoeing Centre is located near the Alange reservoir and tries to be as neutral as possible with the environment. It is configured by a large pedestal and a light deck, creating between them a platform that dialogues with the landscape, looking over the water, the shore, the boats. It's like a big veranda, a balcony, which focuses on the movements toward the reservoir, with paths that are created to "look" and to "stay".

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Over the platform, light metal trusses that spans over a large room of 21mx21m are constructed, holding the ramp that hangs from them. These trusses are covered to create a shady area.

Rowing Center / José María Sánchez García - Coast

The lower level emerges as raised platform, like a rock in which deep holes are drilled to introduce air and light, and that holds the more private needs of the program. The geometry of the building comes from the shape of the site and consists of a central hall that acts as a large classroom / workshop, and around this area, located in the perimeter bands, are the public toilets and changing rooms for athletes, the residence area and the offices.

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The relationship between the platform and the base is solved with a large-sized hole, a crack in the platform that acts as a crevice that allows the passage of light into the lower floor, and holds a slender two-section ramp that hangs with wires from the trusses, and that connects the lower floor with the platform, acquiring therefore a very important role in the project.

Rowing Center / José María Sánchez García - Beam, Steel

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Address:Alange, Badajoz, Spain

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Cite: "Rowing Center / José María Sánchez García" 31 Jan 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/202458/rowing-center-jose-maria-sanchez-garcia> ISSN 0719-8884

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