Regatta Club in Cartagena

Involved architects (3)
Involved architects
Enrique Nieto Fernández
Fernando de Retes Aparicio
Miguel Ángel Valverde Alarcón

The new building subordinates its architectural formalization to the singular location it occupies inside the port of Cartagena, at the end of a pontoon that advances over the sheet of water and in front of the imposing scenery represented by the city and some of its most characteristic architectural structures.

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Faced with this compromised situation, the building masks its true architectural reality in a virtual image constituted from the overlapping of enclosures and intermediate spaces, which tend to camouflage the strict materiality of the built box.

Terrace - Juan de la Cruz Mejías
location in the port - Fernando de Retes

The national tender was for a project that would solve the problem regarding the location along the “Muralla del Mar” seafront, to house the yacht club and the various related premises: sailing schools, restaurants, etc.

Side elevation-terrace - Juan de la Cruz Mejías

The location required a lot of thought and care as it is the maritime seafront of the city and is situated right in front of the city walls of Carlos III, a historical and defensive structure. With this in mind, our project proposed to minimize the visual impact by dividing up the constructed areas using strategies similar to those of camouflage.

Our proposal was a box like glass construction that played with the transparency and opacity produced by the wooden slats that wrap around the building and create a permeable, light and changing image.

front elevation - Juan de la Cruz Mejías
Cross sections - Fernando de Retes

The volume is dematerialized by the reflections. The construction is built on a platform that overhangs the sea and seems to be afloat. It gives the impression that it could be dismantled and moved to another place at any moment.

night view - Juan de la Cruz Mejías

General information

Regatta Club in Cartagena

YEAR

2000

Status

Built

Option to visit

Visit by appointment

Address

Wwy. Alfonso XII, s/n

30201 Cartagena - Murcia

Latitude: 37.595812409

Longitude: -0.982136428

Classification

Building materials

Glass

Wood

Steel

Construction system

Laminated timber structure, galvanised steel joinery, composite sheet metal floor slab, glass facade

Built area

501 - 5000 m²

Awards

FAD 2001

ACUE 2001

Involved architects

Enrique Nieto Fernández

Fernando de Retes Aparicio

Miguel Ángel Valverde Alarcón

Collaborators

Luis Clavel (Architect)

Information provided by

EUMies Award

Fernando de Retes Aparicio

Website links

Enrique Nieto

Retes Arquitectos

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Location

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