Horizontal Showcase / Paloma Baquero Masats + Juan Antonio Serrano García

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Granada, Spain

Text description provided by the architects. At the heart of Granada, Puerta Real, it’s the building Olmedo, made in 1943. Inside you can find a shopping arcade that connects the street Ganivet with the street Reyes Católicos. In the room of 35m² located in the inner corner of the passage, it is proposed to install a clothing store. Formerly a perfumery.

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An unattractive place for a store, poorly lit and overwhelmed with windows and shutters. Arises, with limited financial means, a revitalization of the entire passage from the store. Due to the low surface we have proposed a change in the traditional concept of store and showcase.

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The project explores, working closely with the client, the ability to blur the separation between the private and public space in a clothing store. Taking advantage of the ailing local situation, in a passage very deteriorated, we propose an exchange between spaces of different character.

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- On the one hand, the store gives to the public space: air, light 24 hours a day and activities that encourage movement of people (music sessions, exhibitions, etc.).

- On the other hand, public passage gives its space to promote the store, possible temporary extension of exhibition space.

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- The store becomes part of the route of passage, where articles, activities and space to invade each other.

- We built a floor-showcase as part of the course, extending the exhibition area.

- This Horizontal-Showcase lights the outdoor with a minimum consumption of energy, based on a home made LEDs, reducing costs. Visually release passage, upgrading with air.

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The idea is clear and does not require multi-coated materials or colors. The articles will give color. To do this we proceed to recover and value the essential elements of the building that des-cover: walls covered with cement, brick, concrete pillars and beams and even the original plaster moldings of the building.

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Until the budget allows us, we stripped the existing architecture of all that is unnecessary and create a Horizontal Showcase as part of a tour of the new enlarged internal passage.

Ultimately we intend to establish a dialogue between different spaces, planning a journey that blurs public and private uses in order to obtain a benefit for both, although some of these objectives are currently waiting to be fulfilled.

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Project location

Address:Puerta Real nº 1 Inside Passage local 2, 18009 Granada, Spain

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Cite: "Horizontal Showcase / Paloma Baquero Masats + Juan Antonio Serrano García" 10 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/206456/horizontal-showcase-paloma-baquero-masats-juan-antonio-serrano-garcia> ISSN 0719-8884

© Javier Callejas

Horizontal Showcase / Juan Antonio Serrano García

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