Pi des Català tower

The renovation project by Marià Castelló Martínez in Formentera was a very selective and punctual intervention, in order to maintain the historical tower’s identity.

Marià Castelló Martínez, Torre des Pi des Català, Formentera, Spain, 2016
The “Pi des Català” tower is one of the four historical defensive towers on the coast of  Formentera island. In order to ensure the overall integrity of the monument, as well as its character and identity, the intervention completed in 2016 has been very selective and punctual, involving only the parts that jeopardised the life of the building most of all. The preference was given to the limited palette of original materials and chronological and constructive genuinity of implementation.

 

For carpentry and other protection elements that did not exist at the time of the original construction, other materials such as corten steel have been used and have been placed, using dry construction to emphasize even more its contemporary and probably ephemeral character. On the platform of the deck were removed shrubs and other vegetation that compromised the watertightness. Also at this higher level, it was wanted to manifest the footprint of the old “garita” that protected the access to deck and from which the machicolation could be used.

Marià Castelló Martínez, Torre des Pi des Català, Formentera, Spain, 2016
Marià Castelló Martínez, Torre des Pi des Català, Formentera, Spain, 2016

Torre des Pi des Català, Formentera, Spain
Program: monument renovation
Architect: Marià Castelló Martínez
Engineering: Xico Ribas
Structural engineering: Ferran Juan
Archaeological monitoring: María José Escandell
Collaborators: Marga Ferrer, Natàlia Castellà y Jaume Escandell
Contractor: Refoart S.L.
Area: 232,92 sqm
Completion: 2016

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