Caleta de Boyeruca / BiG Architects

The fishing cove is Boyeruca constructively composed of two distinct layers and delayed intentionally by semi-inverted beams exposed concrete.

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The bottom layer, as a basement, contains the functional programs of the creek: Hall of distribution, fishermen’s union office, kitchen, cold storage, fishing boxes, personal bathrooms and public restaurant. This operating condition is enhanced by the use of concrete, place black stone, metal gates and red diamond.

The top layer of wood-based houses the restaurant association, collecting architectural elements typical of the southern regionBoth in morphology, color-building process and wear.

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Both modules assimilate different climatic variables: assimilates the first collapsible structure criteria in case of tsunami for some elements, While the second treats the protection from wind and water through a careful process of black waterproof seal, the integration of asymmetric gable roof, and development of hidden waterways.

Annex to them, and protected from the wind south through the project’s strategic position, is the trading platform of the fishermen, which also forms an important public space for the environment.



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