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The glue – a new formula developed by the Fraunhofer In-stitute, according to Mayer – hardens inside the custom-en-gineered joints where steel connectors penetrate the wood. The 3,000 or so conjoined segments (with about 40,000 connection points) were preassembled o site, then tem-pered to increase the glue’s heat-resistance to about 176 degrees Metropol Parasol, Se-ville

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The more everyday parts of the building are left looking eclipsed by the spectacles, and exhausted by the e ort of achieving it

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“Metropol Parasol” explores the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnaci n to become the new contemporary ur-ban centre. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities…”

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This is indeed civic architecture, a structure which pro-motes action and interactionEven if Mayer’s aim wasn’t focused in creating a public

space of political demands, the concept of ‘agora’ (which exists in the origin of each project dedicated to public space) has reached its peak here. The scale of the project and its central location at Plaza de la Encarnación, which was once the intersection between the cardus and decuma-nus of the Roman city, are main facts that explain why peo-ple chose this site for the demonstrations

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Rather than attempting to adapt to the bland surroundings at Plaza de la Encarnación and its heterogeneous facades, Metropol Parasol contrasts and thereby enlivens the square and city center of Seville: A bold stroke by J. Mayer H but successful since providing a strong proof that sometimes disparity is the best solution when engaging with historical surroundings

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The glue – a new formula developed by the Fraunhofer In-stitute, according to Mayer – hardens inside the custom-en-gineered joints where steel connectors penetrate the wood. The 3,000 or so conjoined segments (with about 40,000 connection points) were preassembled o site, then tem-pered to increase the glue’s heat-resistance to about 176 degrees Metropol Parasol, Se-ville

Metropol Parasol, Seville

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The more everyday parts of the building are left looking eclipsed by the spectacles, and exhausted by the ef-fort of achieving it

Real Alcázar

Torre Cajasol Torre Sevilla

En una Sevilla tradicionalmente rancia (como diría el maestro Paco Robles) en la que no se concibe un monu-mento sin un arco mudéjar o sin ladrillos vistos y azulejos, apostar por la modernidad y la frescura del Metropol Para-sol me parece un ejercicio de valentía y de visión de future

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unique urban space with-in the dense fabric of the medieval inner city”

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“Metropol Parasol” explores the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnaci n to become the new contemporary ur-ban centre. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows

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for a great variety of activities…”Metropol Parasol – An

icon of world-class timber engineering J. Mayer H.’s playful Metropol Parasol regenerates a central, run-down square in Seville, Spain, by bringing together diverse func-tions, past and present, into a new powerful urban state-ment

This is indeed civic architecture, a structure which pro-motes action and interactionEven if Mayer’s aim wasn’t focused in creating a public

space of political demands, the concept of ‘agora’ (which exists in the origin of each project dedicated to public space) has reached its peak here. The scale of the project and its central location at Plaza de la Encarnación, which was once the intersection between the cardus and decuma-nus of the Roman city, are main facts that explain why peo-ple chose this site for the demonstrations

azulejos

„(...) the parasols grow out of the archaeological excavation site into a con-temporary landmark, defi ning a unique relationship be-tween the historical and the contemporary city

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Abstraction is defi ned as a contemporary interpretation of the most characteristic local features

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Rather than attempting to adapt to the bland surroundings at Plaza de la Encarnación and its heterogeneous facades, Metropol Parasol contrasts and thereby enlivens the square and city center of Seville: A bold stroke by J. Mayer H but successful since providing a strong proof that sometimes disparity is the best solution when engaging with historical surroundings

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