MENCIÓN HONORÍFICA COA Granada

Fecha de ejecución: 1998 – 1999

Localización: Placeta del Centro Artístico, 2, 18009 Granada

Superficie: 122 m2

Cliente: Loalba Joyeros

Arquitectos: Rubens Cortés, Javier Castellano, José Luís López.

Equipo: Mª José Rodríguez, José Luís Ayllón.

Construcción: Rodess S.L. Talleres Vázquez S.L.

Fotografía: Javier Algarra, Valentín García.

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The project is divided into two different parts: jeweler’s workshop and the jewelry store.

The workshop reproduces the hermetic nature of the ancient commercial enterprise that was also situated in the historic center of Granada and it is connected with the square by means of just one hole. Its access represents a double security lock that constitutes horizontal courtyard of various sections.

The jewelry store represents empty space in the building. There is a bronze box open to the interior. A slight turn of this object with respect to the plan of the building façade allows the access and perception of the interior space. The most expensive jewelry is carefully kept in small glass display cases in the interior of the box.

Irregular back of the commercial enterprise is maintained, though it has sufficient thickness in order to keep glass, metal and ceramic objects. The upper part of the walls is used for temporary exhibitions.

The bronze box, which is totally open, allows the natural light spread on its borders impregnating its interior space with generous warmth of this material. Its dimensions and angles were adjusted in order to receive more natural perspectives and appropriate scale for each position (10.60 meters length and 2.71 meters heights). It is built of bronze sheets smelting from sand of 4 to 6 mm of thickness, with polishing irregular texture that brings us closer to the meticulous work of the jeweler. All the sheets represent a model, but each of them is different because of its imperfections due to the smelting process, which reminds us about the antiques that were situated here a long time ago.