THE HIDDEN PAVILION | PENELAS ARCHITECTS
Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain
Description provided by the architect. The Project fulfills the desire to build a space for meditation and retreat, a place to Inhabit and to think…
The pavilion is built in a glade of the forest, the only clearing without a tree…
It is wrapped up in nature, hidden in it, in a way that it is only slightly perceptible…
Suspended over a small waterfall, the pavilion protects it…
The pavilion interacts directly with the growing trees, allowing them to pass through its terraces and cantilevers by gaps built for them…
Fully embedded within the forest, the pavilion openly embraces the presence of nature through the enclosure of its glass exterior…
The upper-level surface is inclined, respectfully providing room for the growth of a bicentenary holm oak tree…
The raised light wells catch the sun rays and direct them downwards towards the interior, rays that would have otherwise been blocked by the holm oak tree…
Only three materials are used: rusted steel structure, glass facade and cherry-tree wood interior, bringing Nature inside…
And the passing of the seasons generates new senses and emotions within the design…
Project Details
Architect: José Luis Esteban Penelas (Dr. Architect, Chair Professor UEM), Penales Architects
Location: Las Rozas, Madrid (Spain)
Project Year: 2016
Area: 70 sqm
Photographs: ImagenSubliminal (Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío Romero)
