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由拉斐尔·莫内欧（Rafael Moneo）设计的洛格罗尼奥市政厅，并未被构想为一个独立自足的建筑对象，而是城市的一处片段。其建筑不仅容纳公共机构，也界定出一个能够承载集体生活的开放城市空间。建筑前方延展的广场是这一理念不可或缺的一部分：它是一处边界经过精心限定的空场，而其公共属性正是通过建筑与城市之间的关系得以显现。

Logroño City Hall, designed by Rafael Moneo, was conceived as a fragment of the city rather than as an autonomous object. Its architecture not only houses a public institution but also defines an open urban space where collective life can unfold. The plaza extending in front of the building is an essential part of this idea: a carefully bounded void whose public character emerges precisely through the relationship between the building and the city.

▼广场鸟瞰，aerial view of the plaza © Josema Cutillas

▼广场鸟瞰，aerial view of the plaza © Josema Cutillas

▼广场概况，overview of the plaza © Josema Cutillas

方案首先确认了这片空场的价值。项目并未沿用通过增设新物体或构筑物来介入公共空间的常见方式，而是试图从既有条件出发。它无意占据广场，也不与市政厅本身的存在相竞争，而是希望揭示塑造这一空间的内在力量。设计将空场理解为一种主动的材料：即便不被实体建造，它依然能够被使用、穿行与占有。

The proposal begins by recognizing the value of this void. Rather than following the common tendency to intervene in public space through the addition of new objects or structures, the project seeks to work with what already exists. It does not aim to occupy the plaza or compete with the presence of City Hall, but instead to reveal the spatial forces that shape it. The intervention understands the void as an active material, capable of being inhabited, traversed, and appropriated without the need to be physically built.

▼广场仍能够被使用、穿行与占有，the plaza is still capable of being inhabited, traversed © Josema Cutillas

“共振”的概念正是从这一解读中产生。正如声音会越过声源继续传播，市政厅的几何秩序也通过一套延展于广场之上的网格向外扩散，成为其建筑秩序的延续。设计提取建筑中既有的轴线、比例与节奏，并将其投射至公共空间，使场地中原本隐含的结构得以显现。

The notion of resonance emerges from this reading. Just as a sound continues to propagate beyond its source, the geometry of City Hall extends into the plaza through a grid that unfolds as a continuation of its architectural order. The intervention takes the alignments, proportions, and rhythms embedded within the building and projects them onto the public space, making visible a structure that was already implicit in the site.

▼市政厅的几何秩序通过装置向外扩散，the geometry of City Hall extends into the plaza through a grid © Josema Cutillas

▼市政厅的几何秩序通过装置向外扩散，
the geometry of City Hall extends into the plaza through a grid © Josema Cutillas

这套网格通过一系列铝制杆件得以实体化，构成轻盈、通透的三维格架。它们并非用于划定边界，而是建立起一个关系场。整个介入不会被感知为孤立的物体，而更像是一种能够改变广场体验的最小化基础设施。它的出现改变了人们对尺度的感知，引入新的行动路径，并创造出多种相遇、停留与探索的可能。

This grid is materialized through a series of aluminum stakes that define a light, permeable three-dimensional lattice. Rather than establishing a boundary, they construct a field of relationships. The intervention is not perceived as an isolated object but as a minimal infrastructure capable of transforming the experience of the plaza. Its presence alters the perception of scale, introduces new paths of movement, and creates multiple opportunities for encounter, permanence, and exploration.

▼构成轻盈、通透的三维格架，define a light, permeable three-dimensional lattice © MILO HUET

格架从市政厅向城市延伸，形成一种连接不同尺度与使用方式的城市织物。其密度的变化创造出收束与开放交替出现的区域——既鼓励行进，也邀请停留。开放的结构状态使每位访客都能以自己的方式使用它：从中穿过、在其间驻足，或只是观察它如何随着人的移动与一天中不断变化的光线而发生改变。

As it extends from City Hall toward the city, the lattice operates as an urban fabric connecting different scales and modes of occupation. Its varying density creates zones of compression and openness—spaces that invite both movement and pause. Its open condition allows each visitor to find their own way of inhabiting it: by passing through it, lingering within it, or simply observing how it changes through the movement of people and the shifting light throughout the day.

▼开放的结构邀请行人们驻足停留，the open structure invites passers-by to stop and linger © MILO HUET

▼随着不断变化的光线而发生改变，changes through the shifting light throughout the day © MILO HUET

介入的材料性进一步强化了这种既在场又缺席的状态。格架由铝型材构成，在广场中具有清晰而可辨识的形态；与此同时，其反射表面又捕捉光线、天空以及穿行其间的人影，使自身的边界部分消隐。铝材使结构既清晰可见，又始终处于变化之中：它显现于空间，却不对空间施加强制性的占据。其反射特性也使广场与市政厅成为介入的一部分，周围环境因此持续被纳入作品体验之中。

The materiality of the intervention reinforces this condition of simultaneous presence and absence. Constructed from aluminum profiles, the lattice achieves a precise definition and a recognizable presence within the plaza, while its reflective surface captures the light, the sky, and the movements of those who pass through it, partially dissolving its own boundaries. Aluminum allows the structure to be both visible and constantly changing: an element that manifests itself in space without imposing upon it. Its reflective qualities make both the plaza and City Hall integral parts of the intervention, continuously incorporating the surrounding context into the experience of the work.

▼在广场中树立清晰可辨识的姿态，
the lattice achieves a precise definition and a recognizable presence within the plaza © MILO HUET

▼铝型材使结构清晰可见，
aluminum allows the structure to be visible © MILO HUET

这一系统的选择也回应了轻量化与可逆性的设计逻辑。介入被构想为一种由模块化构件组成的自承重结构，采用非永久性连接方式进行组装，从而尽量减少对公共空间的影响，并可在不留下长期痕迹的情况下被拆除。项目并非一个只属于单一场地的固定物体，而被理解为一种开放系统，能够适应不同环境、重新配置，并在新的语境中呈现不同形态。

The choice of this system also responds to a logic of lightness and reversibility. The intervention is conceived as a self-supporting structure composed of modular elements assembled without permanent fixings, minimizing its impact on the public space while allowing it to be dismantled without leaving a lasting trace. Rather than a fixed object tied exclusively to a single site, the project is understood as an open system capable of adapting, being reconfigured, and taking on new forms in different contexts.

▼体现轻量化与可逆性的设计逻辑，responds to a logic of lightness and reversibility © Sara Cuerdo

 

这一特性也引发了对于城市介入之时间性，以及当代建筑材料责任的思考。当格架在广场中的使用周期结束后，其构件可以被重新利用、改造或回收，从而延长材料的生命周期，并减少对新资源的需求。因此，方案所回应的不仅是公共空间中的实体空场，也涉及一种轻量、可逆且循环的建筑观念。在这种建筑中，所谓持久性并不主要依赖物体材料本身的寿命，而取决于它所能生成的关系。

This condition introduces a reflection on the temporality of urban interventions and on the material responsibility of contemporary architecture. Its components can be reused, transformed, or recycled once their life in the plaza has come to an end, extending the life cycle of the materials and reducing the demand for new resources. In this way, the proposal engages not only with the physical void of public space but also with the idea of a lightweight, reversible, and circular architecture, where permanence depends less on the material longevity of objects than on the relationships they are able to generate.

▼体现一种轻量、可逆且循环的建筑观念，
the idea of a lightweight, reversible, and circular architecture © Sara Cuerdo

从这一意义上说，项目并不试图通过增加一个独立形态来完成广场，而是激活其原本已经具备的空间品质。格架既是既有建筑秩序的延伸，也是集体体验发生的框架。最终，正是人的出现——他们的移动、相遇与互动——赋予了这一介入最终的形态。

In this sense, the intervention does not seek to complete the plaza through the addition of an autonomous form, but through the activation of the spatial qualities it already possesses. The lattice functions both as an extension of the existing architecture and as a framework for collective experience. Ultimately, it is the presence of people—their movements, encounters, and interactions—that gives final form to the intervention.

▼激活其原本已经具备的空间品质，
the activation of the spatial qualities it already possesses © Sara Cuerdo

因此，“共振”提出了一种理解公共空间的替代方式：公共空间并非一个必须被填满的场所，而是一片能够被强化的空场。通过一次最小化的操作，市政厅的几何秩序超越了建筑的实体边界，并在广场中获得延续。空场依然保持开放，却拥有了新的状态；它在没有被建造的情况下成为被使用的空间，形成一种由关系而非体量所定义的建筑，而城市本身最终完成了介入所仅仅暗示的内容。

Resonance thus proposes an alternative way of understanding public space: not as a place that must be filled, but as a void that can be intensified. Through a minimal operation, the geometry of City Hall extends beyond its physical boundaries and finds continuity within the plaza. The void remains open, yet acquires a new condition; it becomes an occupied space without being built, an architecture defined by relationships rather than volumes, where the city itself completes what the intervention merely suggests.

▼平面图，plan © PPAA

 

Project Name: Resonancia
Location: Logroño, España
Year: 2026
Firm: PPAA
Web Site: www.ppaa.mx
Photograper: Josema Cutillas

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