public toilets

competition

valencia / 2018

public toilets

competition

valencia / 2018

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The old channel of Turia River has become, over time, the urban reference axis of the city. And also it has become an urban reference. It has been possible thanks to the efforts of many people who, years ago, fought for a green river. Thanks to them, today, the RIVER is one of the most vivid parks that can be found in a city. Its success is just to be GREEN, to be a river of trees and meadows, with paths and leisure, game and sports areas. The project proposed wants to emphasize the wooded nature of the origin of the river. For this reason, it proposes a little tectonic architecture. It starts from a cylindrical volume whose geometry (and therefore its construction) is rational and reasonable, to achieve an abstract presence close to the shape of the trunks and the treetops already present. A central body of bathrooms is protected by an exterior skin of treated wood trunks, which provides a filter space that resolves the access, gives privacy and integrates into the natural environment. The rest are the trees and the people that inhabit the river.

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client : Ayuntamiento de Valencia

head architects : marta orts – carlos trullenque

assitant architects : jesús santamans

The old channel of Turia River has become, over time, the urban reference axis of the city. And also it has become an urban reference. It has been possible thanks to the efforts of many people who, years ago, fought for a green river. Thanks to them, today, the RIVER is one of the most vivid parks that can be found in a city. Its success is just to be GREEN, to be a river of trees and meadows, with paths and leisure, game and sports areas. The project proposed wants to emphasize the wooded nature of the origin of the river. For this reason, it proposes a little tectonic architecture. It starts from a cylindrical volume whose geometry (and therefore its construction) is rational and reasonable, to achieve an abstract presence close to the shape of the trunks and the treetops already present. A central body of bathrooms is protected by an exterior skin of treated wood trunks, which provides a filter space that resolves the access, gives privacy and integrates into the natural environment. The rest are the trees and the people that inhabit the river.

client : Ayuntamiento de Valencia

head architects : marta orts – carlos trullenque

assitant architects : jesús santamans