water baby

Vier Arquitectos's building tries to incorporate a new piece in the city, assuming the representative image the building must show according to its public nature, being able to fit in with dignity and, far as possible, becoming a part of the architectural legacy of the town. Their idea was not to create a position of prominence but assuming the suggestions of an environment enriched with history and tradition. The special design of the pool in Toro lies in the special role that the use of rammed earth acquires in its construction. Through the definition of bearing walls and exterior cladding to be built in rammed earth, the pool is conceived as a closed space to the outside and the building focusing on the texture of the walls. The pool protects itself from external climatology and from non-desirable views, thanks to the perimeter wall. The closed experience of the building contrasts with the image that appears as soon as the threshold is crossed. Areas received natural light and ventilation through a series of interior courtyards that also allow the visual control of the buildings, making them transparent as well as opaque. The main space that contains the swimming pool needs to be in a controlled climate conditions thus the exchange with other spaces is reduced dramatically and treated as a completely seperate independant space from the rest of the complex.