MILLS TO THE MOUNTAIN
Felanitx-Es Sindicat (ES) - Special mention
TEAM PORTRAIT
INTERVIEW
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1. How do you define the main issues of your project in relation with the theme “Re-sourcing”? Re-sourcing thanks to nature, to social dynamics, to new materiality? In which way do you think your project can contribute to an ecological and/or social evolution? And in which way do you think your project can be called a “regenerative project”?
Our project reactivates Es Sindicat by reconnecting heritage, landscape and community. Re-sourcing emerges through small-scale wine production, ecological agro-park strategies and adaptive reuse. By combining productive, cultural and social programs, the project regenerates identity, fosters local economies and enables long-term ecological and social resilience.
2. How did the issues of your design and the questions raised by the site mutation meet?
The site’s fragmented condition called for reconnection at territorial, urban and architectural scales. Our design responds by restoring continuity between town and factory, reactivating heritage through new uses, and transforming residual land into a productive public landscape.
PROJECT:
Yes, we have addressed similar issues in previous academic and professional work. Our approach is informed by projects we visited and studied, including Lina Bo Bardi’s SESC Pompeia in São Paulo, Peter Zumthor’s Kolumba Museum in Cologne, and Sverre Fehn’s Hedmark intervention. These works are key references for adaptive reuse, cultural activation, and integrating history with contemporary program.
SITE:
The project is conceived as an open framework rather than a fixed final form. Inspired by Habraken’s support theory, it allows negotiation, adaptation and shared decision-making over time. By defining a resilient spatial and programmatic structure, actors can gradually activate, transform and manage the site according to evolving needs and collective agreements.
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Our team has been working together for several years, with the shared aim of developing collaborative projects and entering competitions. We are both architects and urbanists with experience in landscape, public space and urban regeneration. Our profiles are complementary: one more technical and operational, the other more conceptual, with a broader territorial and theoretical approach.
6. How could this prize help you in your professional career?
Yes, we believe this award can significantly support our professional path. Europan’s prestige and visibility provide recognition and validation to our work, reinforcing our motivation and confidence to continue developing research-based architecture and to keep participating in future competitions and public projects.
TEAM IDENTITY
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Average age of the associates: 30 years old
Has your team, together or separately, already conceived or implemented some projects and/or won any competition? if so, which ones?
We have participated in competitions that were won, though not individually. Additionally, we have collaborated independently with architects on housing projects that are currently in the process of being realized.
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