Adjunto document for understanding the final placement of the Transboarder Landscape observatory
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Explanation of the Final Location
Explanation of the Final Location
After two weeks analazing the triangle Juromenha-Olivenza-Ajuda I finaly have found the exact
place for the Transborder Landscape Observatory.
The place had to be within this location of the triangle and also on the only existing frontier,
the Guadian River. With this two main constrains and also one technical constrain, the span od
the bridge shouldn’t be more than 200m from side to side I started to search for the final
place.
The chosen place is nearby the old Ajuda bridge and the Hermida da nossa senhora de Ajuda.
This place fulfils all the previusly signed constrains without breaking the current heritage and
gives me the oportunity to “dialogue” with the existing heritage. On this area, around 500m
from the Ajuda bridge in direction to Badajoz I’m able to find a series of interesting situations.
A strong visual Relation with the exsiting heritage.
I pretend to stablish a dialogue with the exsiting heritage that in a certain way allows us to
“understand” the previous situation and problems that existed between both countries. This
Heritage will be always act in my project as an element that will help me look forward
(“looking back in order to look forward”).
This dialogue has to be respectuful but at the same time fresh and “bold”. Achieve the
fulfilment of these two elements of the dialogue will be a challenge.
By placing the new bridge pavilion near but not next to the exisiting heritage the dialogue
starts to be stablished, is the first step. I noticed that by creating this bridge there is something
missing on the spanish side of the river. On the portuguese you find the old bridge and right
next to it the hermida da Nossa Senhora de Ajuda. The visual relation between these two is
very strong and bu there is something missing. In order to enhance and make a stronger
relation between the pre-existing and the new I am placing also at the en of the birfge pavilion
and in top of one of the high places next to the bridge a more vertical element that will work
partly also as a landmark. This element will balance the relation between pre existing and new
and also will create a balance between both sides of the frontier. The dialogue is stablished
and now more balanced.
In the area I amd creating in a way an “iconic” place with a dialogue between the two pre-
existing elements of the heritage and the new settlement.
Span. I am able to respect the technical constrain of the span, having a total span of 130m.