FOSSAR de la PEDRERA

Site: FOSSAR DE LA PEDRERA Beth Gali and Marius Quintana

The Fossar of the stone quarry (Beth Galí & Màrius Quintana, 1983-86) was originally the quarry (pedrera in Catalan) used as a cemetery or dumping ground during the Civil War for individuals executed in the Castell de Montjuïc during 1939 and 1940.

In the 1980, during one of the urban regeneration initiatives of the city, the abandoned quarry was inaugurated as a monument to memorialize those who fell fighting for the freedom of Catalonia.

Assignment: PLACE AND SPACE

Place theory looks at the idea of the role of historic, cultural, social and political values in design. Under this theory, the architecture or urban design is underpinned by memory, emotion and phenomena.

Sketch a plan and section showing the relationship of the quarry space to the street and terrain. Indicate in your drawings the zones of sacred space, profane space and the transition space between.

Please analyses how the architect layers in historic, cultural and political values in the design and preservation of the quarry?