Special Topics in Landscape Design _ La Palma

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Arxhenda Lipovica Sara Gha ribi Paler m Professor Salazar Juan

Manuel Tutor

Antonia Maria Di Lauro

P r e s e n tat i o n C ONTENT

La Palma Satelite Map Hillshade Elements

Lava Flow Satelite Map Elements - Urban Fabric Elements - Material Difference Elements - Lava Waves Elements - Level Differences Elements - Synergy Strategy

Project Masterplan Conceptual Development Floor Plan Section Renders

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La Palma

SATE L ITE

MAP

Spain, Canary Islands

La Palma is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, off northwestern Africa. Its rugged, forested terrain is dotted with volcanoes like Teneguía and Cumbre Vieja. The island’s capital, Santa Cruz de la Palma, is a port town with narrow cobbled streets and houses with wooden balconies. The Caldera de Taburiente National Park has a huge crater-shaped formation and is covered in pine forest and cut by waterfalls.

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La Palma

H I L L S H A D E

Spain, Canary Islands

From the Hillshade of La Palma the elements of the island get highlighted, such as hills, volcanoes, and its most characteristic points which make this Island so unique.

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La Palma

H I L L S H A D E

Spain, Canary Islands

As we analyze the formation of the Island the elements appear, starting from the core of its shape, to the shore where it merges with the sea.

The main elements describe us the core or the hills and how they are connected as a system to be generated further in the other part of the island.

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La Palma

H I L L S H A D E

Spain, Canary Islands

The core continues to the end and if we analyse it we can relate the elements as a body, where the core is the sceleton and the elements such as the hills, and the volcanoes merge as an entity to give the whole spectrum of the island.

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L ava F o r m at i o n SATE L ITE

MAP

Spain, Canary Islands

Moving further to the newest lava fromation of the island, we can notice the elements developed. As they get distinguished and the shapes get highlighted we tend to extract the most evident ones.

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L ava F o r m at i o n UR B AN

F A B RI C

Spain, Canary Islands

Analysing how the lava covered the previous state of the land the new islands within this pattern is represented. The left urban fabric represents one evident element that is repeated and further connects to the rest of the island.

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L ava F o r m at i o n

MATERIA L

D I F F EREN C E

Spain, Canary Islands

When looking further within the material we can distinguish another pattern shown within the lava.

This material has different properties, stronger than the rest and can easily become noticed from the rest of the material which lava presented.

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L ava F o r m at i o n W AVES

Spain, Canary Islands

As lava ran down to the surface layers were created, and later these movements appear as waves, which confront the sea, the liquid.

These lines which are shaped as waves, represent the flow of the way which the lava took its path, and how the previous landcape made a main impact on this development.

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L ava F o r m at i o n

L EVE L

D I F F EREN C ES

Spain, Canary Islands

The previous state of the landscape can be seen again in another element which is distinguishable. The hills and the levels that were part of the landscape before now became some important visual spots.

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L ava F o r m at i o n E L EMENTS

Spain, Canary Islands

Merging all the elements allows us to understand the system as a whole. Is shows how the lava is working with the site, and allowing us to understand our main focus areas to work on and develop our strategy.

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E L EMENT

Project

SE L E C TION

Spain, Canary Islands

Further, two main elements were taken as a strategical boarding points to further develop our project.

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Project

STRATE G Y

Spain, Canary Islands

After selection of the elements the strategy of the site was developed. The idea includes the connection points from the outside to the insitde of the lava.

In this case the difference of the material becomes like a snake, with the head and the rattle as main locations. And the other elements are used as connection points.

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STRATE G Y

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F O C US

Project POINT

Spain, Canary Islands

The focus point which we chose to develop is the head, a point where we can emerge, in a visual way, and in a strategical way.

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Project

MASTERP L AN

Spain, Canary Islands

Our structure gathers the elements of lava and as you become part with them and you tend to reach to the horizon it directs them towards the sea.

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Project

F L OOR

P L AN

Spain, Canary Islands

As the structure imitates the nature it saparated but at the same time merges everything in one point.

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Project

F L OOR

P L AN

Spain, Canary Islands

When looking on close up scale the material differences get highlighted, and the merging point is one focus where we experience the sight and nature playfulness.

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SPATIA L

Project

RE L ATION

Spain, Canary Islands

All of the elements of the site can be percieved within this building. As the lava comes towards the sea, the building will transit you there, give the view towards the horizon, and towards the merging with the habitat.

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ATMOSP H ERI C

Project VIE W S

Spain, Canary Islands

Emerging of the Lava with the building as it reaches to the unknown, the momentum to see the horizon.

This horizon emerges with the site, the lava, site, habitat together to show the whole.

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ATMOSP H ERI C

Project VIE W S

Spain, Canary Islands

As we find the spiritual realtion to the nature, to percieve what it has to give us, this structure creates a connection. It works as a connection, while inside you can live, get inspired and emerge with it.

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ATMOSP H ERI C

Project VIE W S

Spain, Canary Islands

Legend The structural elements imitate the nature, as they work in relation, together, to percieve and to engage.

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ATMOSP H ERI C

Project VIE W S

Spain, Canary Islands

Legend And when you look from different perspective, the form appears as part of the natural structure.

“The building evolving with the nature..”

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ATMOSP H ERI C

Project VIE W S

Spain, Canary Islands

Legend It is this moment, when you see, percieve, and embend with the beauty of nature.

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Thank You!

SPE C IA L TOPI C S IN L AN D S C APE D ESI G N Group 12: Arxhenda Lipovica - Sara Gharibi Professor Palerm Salazar Juan Manuel Tutor Antonia Maria Di Lauro