El Tanque 文化空间是由一座油罐改造而来，代表了加那利群岛的工业历史。自 1929 年西班牙的第一家炼油厂建成之后，这里一直是圣克鲁斯-特内里费城市地理的重要组成部分。1995 年，面对油罐即将被拆除的现状，时任特内里费文化和历史遗产顾问的 Dulce Xerach Pérez 女士提出将巨型油罐中的一个保留下来，并围绕这一非营利性的倡议汇聚各方支持，成立了今天的“油罐之友协会”。作为该组织的成员，建筑师 Fernando Menis 曾负责对 El Tanque 进行修复和改造，旨在使其适应多种文化用途，并为协会提供支持。

▼项目外观概览，Exterior view

▼花园和油罐，The new garden and the oil tank

The El Tanque Cultural Space is a former oil tank, representative for the industrial history of the Canary Islands, which has been a part of the urban geography of Santa Cruz de Tenerife since 1929 when the first Spain’s refinery was built here. Faced with its imminent dismantling, in 1995, the then Councillor for Culture and Historical Heritage of Tenerife island’s government, Mrs. Dulce Xerach Pérez, promoted the idea of keeping one of its large containers and gathered support around this non-profit initiative, which ended up being the current Association Amigos del Tanque. As a member of this activists group, the architect Fernando Menis carried out the rehabilitation and adaptation of El Tanque to cultural uses and gave support to the Association until it was listed as protected cultural heritage in 2014.

▼左：CEPSA 炼油厂，1951 年的场地照片；右：油罐内的艺术空间

Left:CEPSA refinery, photo from 1951；Right:Installation by Jaume Plensa in the El Tanque Cultural Space

▼鸟瞰，Aerial view