Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta

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  • Architects: Estudio Acta
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1336
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Fernando Alda
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Cosentino, Trespa, ANCLAMIP, Arquitextil, Domingo Serna, Freyssinet CS, a.s., Lorsán infraestructuras, Montajes Almeria
  • Basic Project And Execution: Luis Miguel Cortés Sánchez
  • Foundation And Structural Calculation: Duarte Asociados
  • Calculation Of Installations: Juan Aragón
  • Auxiliary Site Management And Health And Safety Coordination: Fernando Casquero Lacort
  • City: Almería
  • Country: Spain
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Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography, Cityscape, Windows, Coast
© Fernando Alda

Text description provided by the architects. The greenhouses of western Almeria extend to almost touch the sea in the Port of Roquetas. To the east, Cabo de Gata serves as a backdrop to a rich landscape of boats that reminds us of the importance of the sea in the history of this land. This project aims to mediate between both worlds, greenhouses, and boats.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography, Coast
© Fernando Alda

One of the goals of the project is to improve the Port-City relationship and for this, the first decision is to free the area of old buildings to create new synergies with the city, grouping different uses in a single volume: fish market, restaurant, commercial premises, and facilities rooms. The character and position of the building - dominating the Port from its southern end - is conditioned by its relationship with the Santa Ana Castle, which marks the location and height of the building according to the visual relationships between it and the landscape.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Fernando Alda
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First floor plan
Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Fernando Alda

For professionals, the fish market is a process, it must be a perfect, modern, and functional machine. That is why the first floor is a direct reflection of the work cycle and functional flows, from the arrival of the fish at the dock to its departure on the trucks. The auction room, like a courtyard, is the heart of the building, a double-height space, illuminated on its upper perimeter, around which the rest of the processes circulate.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Fernando Alda

For the visitor, the daily processes become a spectacle. This means that there is a special interest in highlighting products and craft systems such as the unique swordfish quartering, for which the building aims to be very open and receptive to outside gazes but at the same time controlled in its circulations.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Interior Photography, Column
© Fernando Alda
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General construction section
Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Interior Photography, Beam
© Fernando Alda

For the city, the new building aims to be a tribute to the world of the sea in the soft curves, tension, and texture of its envelope: sails, nets, ropes,... provide silhouettes, colors, and even materials for the building. Its image aims to be attractive, singling it out without falling into the shout. It is about leaving anonymity to enhance a new role, that of tourist attraction, which is highly complementary to the main activity of the building and its role in the city.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography
© Fernando Alda

Its open condition to the city starts in a large covered porch to the west, in which a glass exposes the fish market and allows one to contemplate from the outside the claim of the auction courtyard. The second floor is a unitary space like a greenhouse under whose textile envelope unfolds an interior landscape of small volumes that enclose restricted uses: kitchen, offices, toilets, facilities, and warehouses. The visitor circulates between them to contemplate the work of auctions and handling, as well as to access the cafeteria and its privileged terrace.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Facade
© Fernando Alda
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Axonometric
Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Interior Photography
© Fernando Alda

At the constructive level, the building presents a triple ascending reading: the ground floor is made of reinforced concrete, very tectonic, industrial, and robust. On the post-tensioned slab that covers it, rests the graceful and light upper floor, with metal structure boxes and light slabs. The whole is topped by the curved metal structure that supports the textile envelope - micro-perforated, perforated, or filled - that covers the facades and roof.

Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Fernando Alda

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Address:Port of Roquetas de Mar, Spain

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Cite: "Fishery Terminal Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta" [Terminal pesquero Lonja De Pescado / Estudio Acta] 13 Feb 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/996345/fishery-terminal-lonja-de-pescado-estudio-acta> ISSN 0719-8884

© Fernando Alda

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