Suspended gabions weights present a counterweight to the metal cantilever on this hilltop pavilion designed by Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez in Querétaro, Mexico.
Often known as Espina, the pavilion sits excessive above a cattle ranch in Santiago de Querétaro, opening guests to a 360-degree, panoramic view of the mountain panorama of central Mexico.
Architects Emiliano Domínguez and Santiago Martínez accomplished the compact 21-square metre (226-square foot) construction in 2023.
“Espina emerges from the synergy of various parts that work together to attain each structural and visible stability,” the crew advised Dezeen.
“It’s a pavilion with no outlined program, serving the only objective of offering shade and directing views in direction of the horizon.”
Two parallel concrete basis partitions – forged in place as a result of website’s geography and distant location that may solely be accessed by horse or four-wheeler – rise out of the vegetation working north to south.
Bridging the concrete partitions is an open platform that extends from the hillside out over the panorama. Cattle guards defend the doorway, and the partitions rise barely: one wall turning into a backrest for benches whereas the opposite decrease wall frames the house.
A small wood-burning hearth extends down on one aspect and some potted vegetation adorn the house, which is in any other case left open to the encircling views of the dawn and sundown.
A light-weight, black metal body rises to help the roof construction from one aspect. Formed like a “4”, the modular body forks out to carry a corrugated steel slanted roof.
“This framework serves a twin objective – on one hand, delineating the footprint space, and alternatively, extending in cantilever in direction of the west facade,” the crew mentioned.
Reverse the cantilever, the horizontal braces lengthen previous the footprint and are anchored by gabion plenty on pressure cables. The gabions are composed of native stone that was extracted when the inspiration was poured.
“The dilatation of the construction determines the space of those counterweights in relation to an endemic panorama that, ultimately, will take over the pavilion,” the crew defined.
“This distinction between supplies and the structural integrity of the design emphasizes the precise perform of every aspect.”
Different pavilions not too long ago accomplished in Mexico embrace a reclaimed masonry vault that serves as a music faculty by TO Arquitectura and a semi-circular, stone-clad pavilion in a public park by Erre Q Erre.
The pictures is by César Belio.
Undertaking credit:
Structural engineering: Andrés Casal
Landscaping: Matorral
Blacksmith: Gregorio Cisneros
