Menis Arquitectos Begin Work on "Rocky" Cultural Center

Construction work has begun on the auditorium and congress center “Paisaje telurico” in Morro Jable, in the Pájara municipality of Fuerteventura, the Canary Islands, Spain.

The center, organically flowing with the rock formations near the beach, has been a 1st prize competition win for Spanish architecture practice Menis Arquitectos in 2008.

Completion is scheduled for 2012.

Here is a brief project description from the architects:

Located in a privileged position, above the beaches at South Fuerteventura, the building emerges through the excavation and the mimesis with the site. Textures, colours and finishes answer to this aim, creating a piece which recalls a broken rock, coming away from earth.

It is a sponge building, able to adapt to different situations and events, flexible, equipped with well balanced acoustics also prepared for different types of events, designed for low energetical and maintaining costs.

Images: Menis Arquitectos