Madrid-based Zooco Estudio has created a putting restaurant inside the Cantabrian Maritime Museum in Santander, Spain, that celebrates the constructing’s brutalist structure.
The restaurant is about inside a dramatic vault of concrete paraboloids that had been unearthed in the course of the renovation, whereas a slatted timber ceiling pays homage to the realm’s shipbuilding legacy.
Overlooking the tranquil waters of Santander Bay, the restaurant is situated on the second ground of the landmark Cantabrian Maritime Museum, which was designed within the mid-Seventies by architects Vicente Roig Forner and Ángel Hernández Morales.
The paraboloids had been an authentic fixture of the construction and supported the roof of what was as soon as the museum’s patio.
The studio targeted on restoring the historic material of the area and reviving the paraboloids, which had been hid for round 20 years, as “a vestige of the previous”.
“In 2003, the constructing was renovated and as a part of this intervention, the paraboloids had been coated with a brand new roof and the area between them and the perimeter of the constructing was closed with glass, producing a coated area the place there was beforehand a terrace,” Zooco Estudio co-founder Javier Guzmán instructed Dezeen.
“We wished the concrete paraboloids to be absolutely the protagonists of the area and by eradicating the paint and the coating, the paraboloids are seen once more and regain their full prominence.”
The earlier renovation additionally altered the scale of the area and reconfigured the amount as a sq..
To advertise symmetry, 4 extra concrete triangles had been added to steadiness out the unique paraboloids within the brutalist restaurant.
Overhead, a false ceiling of slatted timber panels frames the concrete arches.
The studio designed theses triangular boards to reference the association of timber throughout the hull of a ship, a nod to the museum and the realm’s nautical previous.
The panels additionally serve the aim of concealing the restaurant’s mechanical programs.
“The picket slats carry heat and friendliness to the area whereas permitting us to unravel all of the technical wants for air-con, heating and lighting, leaving them hidden,” Guzmán mentioned.
“On this manner, we be sure that all these parts don’t intrude with the dialogue of concrete and wooden, that are introduced as steady and clear parts.”
The inside format was largely dictated by the low arches of the elliptic paraboloids that dominate the brutalist restaurant.
“The geometry of the present construction circumstances the area, as a result of its peak in its decrease half is impractical, so a big bench is organized across the complete contour that enables us to make the most of that area and organise the distribution of the remainder of the ground plan,” added Guzmán.
Just like the ceiling panels, the inside finishes and furnishings allude to the maritime historical past that the constructing commemorates.
“The usage of wooden and metal for all of the furnishings is harking back to the supplies utilized in shipbuilding – the furnishings has slight curvatures which can be harking back to the aerodynamic shapes of boats,” defined Guzmán.
“Likewise, the lamps are impressed by the masts for ship sails.”
One other key change was the substitute of the perimeter glass wall.
The inclined glazing was swapped for vertical glass, a call that reclaimed exterior area for the patio, which stretches the size of the restaurant and overlooks the harbour beneath.
“Once we are inside, the sensation is identical as once we are inside a ship, there may be solely water round, and that’s the reason we used clear glass from ground to ceiling, producing a fringe terrace as occurs on boats,” mentioned Guzmán.
Different initiatives by Zooco Estudio embrace a renovated home in Madrid and a co-working area with a youngsters’ play space in California.
The pictures is by David Zarzoso.
Mission credit:
Architect: Zooco Estudio
Development: Rotedama Constructora SL
Lighting: Zooco Estudio
Furnishings: Zooco Estudio
