Rural exhibition space
From a forgotten place to the heart of the village
A project that returns a forgotten place to the community, turning it into a shared space where people can be, converse, and feel part of something common.
This public commission arose from the Model Village Revitalization Plan to reclaim a degraded area, transforming an old ruin into an accessible, vibrant recreational and exhibition space. The project focused on architecture with a collective spirit that would connect with the rural identity of the area.
NEED
Located in a rural setting, the challenge was to reclaim the space without disrupting its essence. It wasn’t about creating something new, but rather rehabilitating what was already there. For this reason, local materials such as stone, tile, and wood were used, and the natural slope was taken advantage of to create areas at different levels where people could sit, walk, or meet.
Así, se diseñó un espacio público inclusivo lleno de matices, donde la arquitectura no impone, sino que acompaña el día a día de quienes lo usan.
APPROACH
Preserving what was valuable, completing what was necessary, and revealing what was invisible was the main objective. To this end, the ruin was allowed to speak, analyzing the building remains to determine what was conserved and what was restored. Lightweight architectural pieces of laminated wood were designed to give shape to the pergola, without covering up what the ruin still has. An accessible route was also created, where each space suggests a purpose: to look, to listen, to meet.
SOLUTION
The restored ancient ruin becomes a socio-cultural tool for the transmission of knowledge, and a reclaimed open space serving the landscape and the community.
It is not a museum. It is an open space, where worn-out material coexists with the new, where memory is activated through experience. A way of understanding rehabilitation not as reconstruction, but as a gesture of recovery and care for cultural heritage.
technical data
PROJECT: Rehabilitation of a ruin to convert it into a recreational and exhibition space
LOCATION: Model village of O Penedo de Xuvencos, Boborás
YEAR: 2024
CLIENT: Boborás Town Hall
SIZE: 171m²
SERVICES: Architecture – Town planning – Landscaping
STATUS: Built
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