In collaboration with Davide Marchetti
DESIGN COMPETITION AND INTERVENTION AT REVELLÍN PLAZA AT CONCÉNTRICO 03, LOGROÑO’S ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN FESTIVAL
Jury's Decision: Second Place
For challenging itself to engage with the wall through a connected tower with an attractive exterior treatment that brings relevance to the character of the square and its historic significance.
The Tower of Memory is an intervention that aims to celebrate the plaza by providing passers-by with the opportunity to see the space from an entirely new, elevated perspective. The tower hosts a viewing platform that can be occupied by a single visitor at a time, encouraging visitors to personally reflect on the space that they are experiencing. Visitors access the platform by climbing a ladder facing the plaza, looking through the perforations at the space below as they ascend. As one’s personal point of view gradually elevates, one begins to develop a unique and deeply personal relationship with Logroño’s collage of old and new.
Beyond simply supporting the viewing platform, the tower recalls notions of Logroño’s history as a fortified city through its form. Openings in the facade recall historic geometries, translating them into a perforation pattern that modulates the light streaming in, while also letting the visitor look out into the plaza as he climbs.
The intervention ultimately centers on giving visitors an elevated perspective of the square and a personal experience of the history of Logroño.