Day and Community center

In a suburban residential area, situated at the edge between the periphery and the urban tissue of Palma, we are asked to propose a Day Center and Community Activities for a small budget: 620€/m2. The proposal is based on three basic principles: 1.COLLECTIVE AREAS We understand the project as an opportunity to enhance relations and collective activities between the users. Therefore, the building is arranged around a large and sunny private garden with two existing pine trees, sheltered from the wind and protected from pedestrians and neighbours views. The garden articulates all the Day Center activities. 2.CHARACTER We propose the consolidation of the center's institutional character as the articulator of the public area by the building's image without using the monumentality. Therefore, we use a unique colour for the different facade materials and a local stone (already used on some public spaces around the area) in order to establish a clear and identificable public identity. 3.RESOURCES Because of the economic budget constraint of 620 €/m2, we propose to use the bricollage as a technic that allows us to give a hybrid answer, combining local (artisan) techniques and materials, with global (industrial) techniques and materials. This way, we can optimise the resources offered by both sectors. We will use the architectural form as a strategy for sustainability emphasising passive strategies. In short, we are interested in the ability of any project to give a meaning within a specific cultural context using an unprejudiced attitude allowing us to find opportunities even in the apparent worthless. We propose using particular cultural contexts as opportunities from which to build the project's strategy. We chose an inclusive and unprejudiced attitude that doesn't discriminate neither this or that, but opts for this and that. Adress:c/Pensament,5. Palma de Mallorca. Spain Plot area:1141 m2 Building area:456m2