在圣格雷戈里奥酒窖中可以找到一个耐人寻味的艺术品。乍一看,它似乎是一堵木墙,挡住了人们的去路,占据了整个木桶拱顶的空间。很明显,它是一个外部元素;它被制成胶合板脚手架的事实表明,它有点不稳定,而且可能是临时的。由于它的形状和建筑材料,它看起来很轻,可以移动,而另一方面,它呈现出与它所占据的空间相同的形状,相反,它是石质的、沉重的和稳定的。

An intriguing artifact can be found in the San Gregorio Cellar. At first sight, it appears to be a wooden wall that blocks one’s path and occupies the entirety of the barrel-vaulted space. Clearly, it is an external element; the fact that it is made as a plywood scaffolding reveals that it is somewhat unstable, and probably, temporary. It appears light and removable, both due to its shape and the materials of its construction, while on the other hand, it presents the same shape as the space it occupies, which is in contrast stonelike, heavy and stable.

近距离观察,我们发现木墙允许通过,因为它可以移动到一边,以允许穿越到另一边。这里面有一个帘子,要拉开才能进入,突然间,空间完全改变了……灰岩、石头和拱顶……地窖完全变成了另一种东西;一个轻盈、喜庆、短暂和构造的空间。人们可以穿越这个新的空间,并在离开时确认地窖仍然是原来的样子,不变的和石头一样,尽管头脑中保留着刚刚穿越的改变的空间。

Up close, it is discovered that the wooden wall allows passage through, as it moves to one side to allow for a crossing to the other. Therein lies a curtain to be drawn in order to enter, and all of a sudden, a complete change of space…the ashlars, the stone, and the vault… the cellar becomes something else entirely; a light, festive, ephemeral and tectonic space. One can traverse this new space and upon exit confirm that the cellar remains as it was, immutable and stonelike, though the mind retains the altered space just crossed.

在体验之后,这两个空间,石头和织物,重的和轻的,拱形的和悬臂的,严厉的和喜庆的,立体的和构造的,都重叠在一起,允许对地窖的理解,反映了它存在的原因和它的反面。正如刘易斯-芒福德(Lewis Mumford)关于美国建筑史的名著中所说,一旦空间被领会到其本质,一切都可以用它所包含的东西来概括了。”棍子和石头”。

After the experience, both spaces, stone, and textile, heavy and light, vaulted and catenary, severe and festive, stereotomic and tectonic, overlap and allow for an understanding of the cellar that reflects both its reason for being and its opposite. As stated in Lewis Mumford’s famous book on the history of American architecture, once space is apprehended in its essence, everything can be summed up by what it contains: “sticks and stones”.

Architects: Anna & Eugeni Bach
Year: 2020
Collaborators:Mariana Vala (A&EB)
Client:Concéntrico / Festival Internacional de Arquitectura y Diseño de Logroño
Contractor:PROSMA
Material:GARNICA
City:Logroño
Country:Spain