LA CORUÑA, PRECEDENT STUDY

AN ANALYSIS OF LA CORUÑA CENTER FOR THE ART IN SPAIN, BY ACEBO X ALONSO ARCHITECTS. THIS PROJECT ATTEMPTS TO DISCUSS THE GRIDS USED TO GENERATE THE FORMAL PROPERTIES OF THE BUILDING AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP [IF ANY] TO CONTEXT.

LA CORUÑA IS A BUILDING WITH A CLEAR AND BEAUTIFUL DIAGRAM. THE BUILDING IS CREATED USING TWO GRID, A REGULAR 16' X 16' GRID TO CREATE THE INTERNAL CONCRETE FORMS, AND AN IRREGULAR 16' X 5.3' GRID TO GENERATE THE BUILDING SYSTEMS, THE EXPLORATION CAME FROM A DESIRE TO EXAMINE THE BUILDINGS FORMAL OR THEORETICAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT THE BUILDINGS HAD TO THE BOTH THE IMMEDIATE SITE AND THE CITY.