The Montjoi Geotope is made up of slates, marbles and dark iron-rich phyllites, whose interaction with the sea transforms the original gray tones into ochres and reds as a result of oxidation.
Looking for a symbiosis with the landscape, it was decided to use stainless steel and corten steel as base materials for the construction of the facilities. The alternation of both connects with the natural game of tones and textures existing in the environment.
Design strategy
The combination of stratigraphic, tectonic and morphological aspects gives the area exceptional geological interest. Singular phenomena are identified that are used as a reference to develop the constructive concepts of the facilities, which in turn end up being formalized responding to the contents of each exhibition area. A tailor-made proposal is pursued for each facility within a group identity that responds to the environment.
The design of the facilities arises from a process of identifying those common points that share the folds, interferences, outcrops, faults, dikes or geological banding found in the area.
All of them show a series of common visual patterns resulting from the geological period in which they were formed. They are expressed through colour, geometry and texture, which, although intuitively perceived as intrusions into the predominant ecosystem, in turn transmit harmony to the whole. Seen from a certain distance, linear structures are perceived, in many cases, with simple shapes, with a certain rhythm of repetition on some occasions that makes them stand out from the landscape.