Rehabilitation of the City Walls of Logrono
These are the new City Walls of Logrono,Spain, made by the Pesquera Ulargui Arquitectos.
The first pavilion retrieves the original shape of the city walls as a light double leaf wall building.It is meant to be a light stone construction at the same time similar and different from the existing.Outwards is adjusted to the urban setting; inwards is a single asymmetric wooden space with exhibitions on floor, roof and walls.
The second one is a little lead clad pavilion inserted inside the circular tower in the corner.Designed as a star shape it provides small courtyards to bring light into the showroom and show the defensive walls as part of the exhibition. Different materials in the pavilions explain different characters: stone vs. lead; heaviness vs. lightness.
Built in the begining of the XVI century, this fragment of wall is Logrono’s most remarcable defensive construction.
Its quality and its detailed ornaments bring to the present the wealthiest period of Logrono’s history.
