Zierbena儿童游乐场覆盖项目丨西班牙丨Taper Arkitektura工作室

Protected from the Oceanic Climate. Children’s playground covering in Zierbena by Taper

[Zierbena] Spain

Protected from the Oceanic Climate. Children’s playground covering in Zierbena by Taper

Zierbena town council commissions

Taper Arkitekture

studio to cover a playground because it is in continuous exposure to storms as it is located in the San Mames neighbourhood near the Biscay coast in Spain. This residential area has a low population density, with 260 inhabitants who make the park an important meeting point.

The purpose of the project is for children to have a place to play throughout the year. The architects seek the construction of a roof that protects in winter from the frost of its location and provides shade during the summer months while maintaining a light aesthetic in keeping with its surroundings.

The roof designed by

Taper

is divided into two pieces to respond to the demand for two play spaces that the area houses. A first fenced play area with swings aimed at younger children and another designed for the enjoyment of older children.

Both roofs present the same structure composed of metal beams joined using a dry union of screws that are reinforced by smaller joists that support a transparent coating that gives them.

Children’s playground covering in Zierbena by Taper. Photograph by Aitor Estévez.

Project description by

Taper

The San Mamés neighborhood, which belongs to the municipality of Zierbena, is a small residential center with about 260 inhabitants located just over a kilometer from the coast of Biscay. It is an area under development, where there are currently unoccupied plots. Within the layout of the neighborhood, a small recreation square for children can be found quite close to very low-density housing blocks.

For all these reasons, the playground is considered a place for meeting, pause and activity surrounded by greenery where, among other things, two playing areas are found; a smaller fenced one with swings for younger children and another for older ones. This is a children's park that, due to its proximity to the coastline and because of its exposure to storms, requires a covering to protect itself from them. In addition, these new covers also offer sun protection during summer. In short, the proposal seeks to create a place for the little ones, capable of hosting activity 365 days a year regardless of weather conditions.

The new pieces try to give a harmonious, non-invasive and measured solution within the environment in which they are located. In order to do so, concepts such as transparency, lightness or scale are applied, making the proposal merges with the landscape. Likewise, the materials to be used and their properties are reflected on and, above all, the geometric definition is refined to integrate two volumes of different proportions into the same set.

Children’s playground covering in Zierbena by Taper. Photograph by Aitor Estévez.

The project tries to generate two light pieces, in accordance with the environment and the use for which they are intended. The position of the areas to be covered - two separate playing areas of different sizes - make it convenient to propose two independent covers that follow the same aesthetic lines and construction system. In this sense, the fact of designing a pavilion has been avoided, offering, on the contrary, a response more in line with the recreational use to which they are associated.

Once the implementation and the general concept of the proposal have been defined, the project is developed through the synthesis of a constructive solution, thus contributing to the reduction of cost and execution time, as well as guaranteeing a long lifetime.

Taper.

Structural engineer.- Minteguia y Bilbao arquitectos.

Quantity Surveyor.- José Ramón Álvarez del Palacio.

Zierbena Town Hall.

Insignia rehabilitación y arquitectura.

300sqm.

2022

Aitor Estévez.

Plaza de Atxiga, San Mamés neighborhood, Zierbena. Bizkaia. Spain.

Jon Ander Azpiazu Juaristi, Unai Gómez Arriaran. Taper Arkitektura

Taperstudio Arkitektura

is an architecture firm lead by

Jon Ander Azpiazu Juaristi

and

Unai Gómez Arriaran

in whichxa0 professionals of different fields collaborate.

Based in Bilbao since 2015, TAPER offers services both to private clients and public administration. These services go from urban planning toxa0 public space and equipment projects, residential projects, new works and rehabilitation.

They propose a creative and functional architecture. A green, environmentally committed, architecture.xa0 In close communication with their clients, they are present at every stage, handling the whole process of each work.

Jon Ander Azpiazu Juaristi

(Bilbao,1984). Architect graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 2009, he also studies in Florence (Univesitâ Degli Studi), Barcelona (UPC) and Madrid (UEM), where he completes the Master of Advanced Techniques in Architectonic Projects. Before starting his own professional project, he collaborates in several architecture firms such as VAUMM (Donostia), SSARK (Stockholm), ARUP (Madrid) or ACXT-IDOM (Bilbao). In 2015 he cofounds TAPER arkitektura together with Unai Gómez Arriaran. In 2019 he finishes the Master in Wood Structures, Construction and Designxa0 (UPV/EHU)

Unai Gómez Arriaran

(Donostia-San Sebastián, 1984). Architect graduated from the University of the Basque Country in 2010, he also studies in Granada and Napoli. During his first professional stage he collaborates in several architecture firms such as Abar arquitectos (Barcelona), VAUMM (Donostia) and OPEN architekci (Warszawa). In 2012-2013 he finishes the Master in Urban Planning at Cataluña´s Polytechnic University (UPC), in Barcelona. In 2015 he cofounds TAPER arkitektura together with Jon Ander Azpiazu Juaristi. He is Passive House Designer from 2019.