Out & About: Municipal Pools in Castromonte

A commented visit will be made to the Castromonte municipal swimming pools, explaining the circular economy procedures that have been carried out in their construction as well as the various architectural resources that have been used. Visits will be made to the municipality’s “Casa de Comidas” as well as to the “Casa Consistorial de Valverde de Campos”.

Municipal Pools in Castromonte

The project not only aims to create architecture, but above all it seeks to create a place. This multifunctional endowment (in which the swimming pools are one more among other elements) is a meeting and communication point for a small municipality of 309 inhabitants doomed to disappearance. The strategy of creating a public endowment serves not only to claim a certain social justice for the small population centers against the large ones, but also to avoid losing more population and these villages increase their attractiveness. This will facilitate the return of the exiles and their children, who once abandoned it.
The building floor plan is configured by a succession of masonry parallel walls, whom are executed according to the traditional canon. The roof, composed of Artwind beams, intend to symbolize that other wind turbines and industrialization world, that belong to Montes Torozos ecosystem for some time now.

Guided tour: 11 April / 18:30 CET

Meeting point:
Piscinas Municipales
Av. Tordesillas, 6
47641 Castromonte

◾In collaboration with Óscar Miguel Ares (architect); the mayor of Castromonte

Language: Spanish

Register here: aresarquitecto@hotmail.es

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