E18 Portrait - ANCORAR. Un espai per a quasi tot

Felanitx-Es Sindicat (ES) - Special mention

ANCORAR. Un espai per a quasi tot

Associates: Claudia Ferrer Riera (ES), Iolanda Salca (RO), Javier Esteve Casañ (ES) – architects

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"Since its origin, the Sindicat has been a building with a productive vocation, almost like a machine. The proposal aims to recover that essence: the new Sindicat is a functional and dynamic building that not only minimizes its energy demand but is also capable of generating its own energy. Locating technological systems on the roof frees up interior space to host new productive uses—different from the original ones, but still deeply connected to activity and community life. Ancorar is a forward-looking proposal rooted in optimism. It embraces the idea of motion so characteristic of a machine, but with memory. Avoiding the loss of continuity with the existing, it anchors itself in Felanitx, in the Sindicat, and in its memory—recovering the soul of a building and of a town."