Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.

January 4th 2011

culinary art school
by: gracia studio
in: tijuana mexico

board formed concrete wraps the wine cellar (we think) while timber overhead encloses the space. we love how the linearity of the space is emphasized by the recognition and expression of an otherwise typical construction method of each element.

(Source: archdaily.com)

Posted at 2:56pm and tagged with: concrete, enclosure, mexico, timber, architecture, design, culinary, education,.

culinary art schoolby: gracia studioin: tijuana mexicoboard formed concrete wraps the wine cellar (we think) while timber overhead encloses the space. we love how the linearity of the space is emphasized by the recognition and expression of an otherwise typical construction method of each element.