RECONSTRUCTING SPACE: INVESTIGATION OF RELA-
TIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERIOR SPACES WITHIN THE
EXTERIOR VIEW SHOWING BRISE SOLEIL AND ROOF LIGHTS
INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING MORNING LIGHT ENTERING THE ‘IMPLUVIUM
OF LIGHT’
INTERIOR VIEW SHOWING MIDDAY LIGHT ENTERING THE ‘IMPLUVIUM
OF LIGHT’
CAJA GRANADA SAVINGS BANK
RAY MC GREAL
THE CAJA GRANADA SAVINGS BANK IS A LARGE CUBE BUILT ON TOP OF A PO-
DIUM. THE BUILDINGS ARCHITECT ALBERTO CAMPO BAEZA SEES THE CENTRAL
COURTYARD AS AN ‘IMPLUVIUM OF LIGHT’. THE PROGRAMME OF THE BUILDING
HAS BEEN PUSHED TO THE EDGE OF THE COURTYARD. THE ORGANISATION OF THE
EDGE SPACES CREATES A SERIES OF ROOMS WHICH SHARE DIRECT AND INDIRECT
RELATIONSHIPS WITH CAMPO BAEZA’S IMPLUVIUM OF LIGHT. THE CONCRETE AND
STONE BOX SERVES TO CAPTURE LIGHT WHICH ALLOWS THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SECTION THROUGH BUILDING SHOWING RELATIONSHIP OF INTERIOR SPACES
BUILDING TO BE CARRIED OUT. THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE ROOF ALLOWS
THE SOLID SUNLIGHT IN, WHILE ALSO CREATING OR ‘CONSTRUCTING’ A SENSE
OF TIME AS IT SHIFTS THROUGH THE SPACE. THE ALABASTER WALLS SERVE TO
ILLUMINATE THE SPACE FURTHER BY REFLECTING AND DIFFUSING THE SOLID
SUNLIGHT. THE OFFICE SPACES ARE ARRANGED AROUND THE COURTYARD, SOME
SHARING DIRECT VIEWS TO THE COURTYARD WHILE OTHERS SHARE A BUFFER
ZONE OF CIRCULATION WHICH IS IN TURN HIDDEN BEHIND A TRANSLUCENT WALL
OF ALIBASTER. THE MAIN AUDITORIUM SPACE SHARES NO SUCH RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE COURTYARD. ITS SOLID SHELL CLAD IN STONE CREATES A SEPERATE
SPACE WITHIN CAMPO BAEZA’S ‘CONCRETE AND STONE BOX’
VIEW FROM ROOFLIGHT SHOWING PATTERN OF LIGHT DIVIDING THE INTERIOR
SPACE
COMPARATIVE SECTION SHOWING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERIOR ALIBASTER WALLS AND EXTERIOR WINDOWS
MODEL OF THE BANK IN ITS CONTEXT IMAGE OF TRANSPARENT ALIBATER WALL IMAGE OF ALIBASTER SHOW-
ING TRANSPARENCY