Galicia, Spain · 2023 · Xunta de Galicia
Ossuary Museum.
Location
Galicia, Spain
Year
2023
Typology
Cultural
Status
Built
Area
5,400 m²
(i) · Brief
Three travertine vessels gathered at the edge of the Atlantic · a procession of weight, void, and salt air.
Three monolithic travertine vessels, each housing a different temporality of remembrance: the recent, the ancient, the unknown. Visitors move between them through a sequence of compressed and expanded courtyards.
The travertine was quarried in Tivoli and shipped by sea · a deliberate slowness, an act of weight. Each block was hand-selected for veining; together they read as a single geological event.
Inside, the air smells of salt. Atlantic winds enter through deep-set apertures and circulate slowly, cooling the chambers and carrying the sound of the surf.
(i·b) · Concept ↔ Built
From the first line to the last stone.
Drawing N° 01 · Section A·A · 2023 · drag to reveal
(ii) · Solar Study · live
How the year moves across the façade.
Drawing · SOL · 01
Solar study
42.90° N
215° (SW)
Galicia, Spain
Summer · day 172
Altitude
66.9°
Azimuth
217°
Incidence
2°
Irradiance
827 W/m²
NOAA solar position · ±0.5° · drag the sliders to walk the year
(iii) · Stratigraphy · 1:5
A wall, read as a geology.
Detail · STR · 02
Wall stratigraphy
Total thickness
678 mm
Mass · m²
1213 kg
Embodied CO₂
110 kg
1 : 5
Ossuary Museum · build-up
- 01Linen plaster, 6 coats18 mm27 kg/m²4 co₂
- 02Lime-hemp insulation120 mm34 kg/m²2 co₂
- 03Reinforced concrete core240 mm576 kg/m²72 co₂
- 04Air cavity, ventilated60 mm0 kg/m²0 co₂
- 05Tivoli travertine, vein-cut240 mm576 kg/m²32 co₂
(ii) · Materials
- 01Tivoli travertineVein-cut, 240mm thick, hand-selected
- 02Patinated bronzeDoors, handrails, inscriptions
- 03Galician graniteFloor, flame-finished
- 04Linen plasterInterior walls, six layers
(iii) · Gallery · 4 plates
Plates from the build.
Drawing · Section A-A
(iv) · Credits
Principal
Sina Rezvani
Heritage
Estudio Pereda
Lighting
Lichtvision
Photography
Hélène Binet
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