Jose María Sánchez García . + Placonsa
Placonsa releases some images of the Tourist Inn next to El Castillo de Luna in Alburquerque.
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Conserve, restore and enhance the many architectural, historical, cultural elements and the value of the property that will host the “Hospedería de Turismo” is the target of the development of this project. For this purpose it is necessary to keep both exterior and interior appearance of the castle, especially its distinctive profile. Also avoid as far as possible interference that may arise between residential uses and cultural.
To do this, the first operation is performed on the fortified line of “Recinto de los portugueses”, where the building is “dug” inside the profile of the bastion. It is fully integrated into the field without competing with the elevation of the castle. Thus any visual impact is discarded since it is adapted to the existing topography.
The excavation will house the hostal program, taking advantage of proximity to the strength and privileged views over the village and surrounding area because of its high elevation. It aims to ensure that the host perceives is within the castle and its surroundings, not “near” or “next” but “inside”. Thus we do not a new building on the side of the hill but rather arises from the site adapting to it, the visual impact is zero and the profile of the castle remains. Massive architecture.
To develop the program we took advantage of the bastion walls to “attach” the necessary uses. We open small and irregular holes similar to those existing in both the castle and the wall, which allows the building to “breathe” and take sunlight. These small holes are open into the façade according to the needs of use.
