MIRADOR LA FARRAPONA, SOMIEDO, SPAIN
Exterior View
Natural Conditions: Topography & Water
Cultural Conditions: Infrastructure & Buildings
Concept
Art Reference by Pablo Maojo
Detailed Section
Interior View
Sketches
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Sketches
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“Mira, estoy ciego, mira”
Concept
"You can look and see nothing, but you can also look and see everything".
Natural and Cultural Context
This proposal for a geological viewpoint in the Alto de La Farrapona aims not only to create a place to look out over the landscape but also to pay homage to the “vaqueiros de alzada”.
The basic idea of the project is to create a horizontal platform from which to contemplate the geological, cultural and scenic landscape of the Saliencia valley and a roof as a shelter from a downpour under which the information panels are sheltered.
Construction
The platform rises from the ground, respecting the natural slope in the same way as the masonry walls of the "brañas" or "majadas".
The roof, made of chestnut wood, will be burnt on the outside for self-protection and inside it will house a work of art by the sculptor and painter Pablo Maojo, an artistic interpretation that creates a specific place. This roof will also have small openings to frame key points of the landscape, some exclusively for children.
Competition Concurso de ideas para la construcción del mirador geológico de La Farrapona
Year 2022
Location Parque Natural de Somiedo, Asturias, Spain
Gross floor area 60m²
Client Parque Natural de Somiedo
Architect Fernando Alonso Tuero (ATUERO architects)
Artist Pablo Maojo (Painter and Sculptor)
Consultants Carolo Losada Soto (Structure); Sergio Palacio Fernández (Cost estimation); SIERO LAM (Wood)