Public
2021
Pavilhão do Rio
A board-marked concrete shelter that hovers over a mountain river, built for walkers, school groups and the occasional storm.
Location
Gerês National Park
Year
2021
Area
260 m²
Status
Completed
Coordinates
41.7270° N, 8.1630° W
(Notes) Project text
Drawings and photographs © Solyno Atelier. Photography in daylight only.
The park authority needed a shelter, a small classroom and a place to read the river. The site floods every winter, so the building had to stand above the water rather than beside it.
Floating on four walls
Two concrete walls carry a single deep beam that cantilevers seven metres over the riverbank. Underneath, the water keeps moving; above, the room is silent.
The formwork boards were reused from local fencing, and the concrete includes crushed granite from the excavation. It already looks as if it has always been there.
Use
Open from dawn to dusk, free to all visitors. Over 40,000 people walked through in the first year.
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