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CALA RATJADA – located in the northeast end of Mallorca
some 80 kilometers from  Palma – is a small seaside town with its own port
the most important one of Capdepera and also the one closest to Menorca
It is a small urban center located in a rectangular expansion area occupied mainly by housing blocks
The new space includes a cultural center and a large outdoor space with centennial trees; with a changing appearance
the building aims to engage in dialogue and blend with its natural environment  of lights and shadows
the new Cap Vermell Center is located in the center of the expansion areas
aside from the building containing the cultural center
a large open space in a plot filled with centennial pine trees
Aiming to set up a dialogue with the place where it rises
the project tries to meld into its environment without mimetizing entirely
the shadows of the building interact with those of the trees in a space dominated by the intense Mediterranean light
the building is a solid and compact volume of dyed concrete
with the same texture and color of the stones in the landscape surrounding it
Its petreous and changing appearance serves as backdrop for the shadows cast by the vegetation
The floor plan consists of three main bays that organize the whole program: the bay parallel to the western facade
accommodates the main pieces – assembly hall
library and exhibition center; the one closer to the street contains the smaller pieces – classrooms and offices; and
vertical communications and three longitudinal courtyards which enhance daylighting and natural ventilation
The entrance to the building is through a double access that takes place through two main facades; both converge in a hall that traverses the whole program
The project tries to integrate passive and traditional systems in the building process
and therefore resorts to dry construction and to an economic and versatile prefabrication system
which also provides the constructive and energy solution: a concrete piece whose nature and detailing is already  part of traditional construction in Baleares
Three bays organize the program; the larger one houses the main uses; the one closer to the street
classrooms and offices; and the central one
vertical cores and three patios to provide light and ventilation
The courtyards to ensure cross ventilation in  the different rooms
the sun protection with light-filtering elements
the bay that allows making the most of sunlight
and the reuse of rainwater deposited in a large well to water plants
in the project to improve the building’s energy efficiency and its insertion in its environment
Francesc Trillo; Sebastià Bonet Palmer (arquitecto técnico quantity surveyor)
Crack Ingeniería Catalana (estructuras structures); Reolid Consulting
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