תכנון ועיצוב מרכז גמילה בפלמה דה מיורקה || פרויקטים

Project Name: Project Gomila
Location: Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Year: 2018-2023
Size and Programme: 15,000m2 – Residential & commercial, including common spaces & amenities
Credits
Architect: MVRDV + GRAS Reynés Arquitectos
Founding Partner in charge: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries
Partner: Fokke Moerel
Design Team: Jose Ignacio Velasco Martin, Jonathan Schuster, Samuel Delgado, Mathias Pudelko, Marek Nosek, Jonas Andresen, Alicja Pawlak, Simone Costa, Ranmalie Mataraarachchi, Carl Jarneving
Images: © MVRDV + GRAS

הושלמה בניית חמשת הבניינים הראשונים מתוך שבעת הבניינים המרכיבים את פרויקט גמילה בפלמה דה מיורקה. עוצב על ידי MVRDV ו-GRAS Reynés Arquitectos, Project Gomila הוא אוסף של מבנים, שלכל אחד אופי אישי משלו הנגזר מהצבעים, החומרים וקווי הגג שלהם, שמשנה את האזור סביב פלאזה גמילה בשכונת אל טרנו. הוספת 60 דירות חדשות בגדלים וסוגים שונים, כמו גם שטחי מסחר חדשים. לאחר שלב אחד פרויקט גמילה כבר נמצא בדרך להחייאת אל טרנו כשכונת מגורים תוססת, ירוקה ובת קיימא.

Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola

Centred around Plaza Gomila, close to the city’s harbour, El Terreno is a historic neighbourhood of Palma that in the ‘60s and ‘70s was known for its nightlife, with famous performances by musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, and Tom Jones in its bohemian nightclubs. After a long period of neglect and decline, the Fluxà Family, owners of the Mallorca-based Camper shoe brand, purchased a series of neighbouring plots around the Plaza, initiating a renewal plan that echoed Camper’s philosophy of combining heritage with innovation and creativity.
On the other side of the Gomila Center, located on a prominent street corner, is Las Fabri-Casas, a set of row houses with a saw-tooth roof completed with blue ceramic façades. Tucked behind this is a low-carbon apartment building constructed of compressed earth blocks, with a communal rooftop swimming pool that offers views towards the nearby Bellver Castle. Finally, across the street on the Plaza Gomila itself is the green building La Plaza, a transformation of an existing building that hosts a revival of the historic bar Bellver, offices, and a communal rooftop with views of the bay and the cathedral.


Project Gomila 24 © MVRDV


Project Gomila 1 © Daria cagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola

The Gomila buildings are energy neutral, using many of the same principles developed for the Passivhaus standard including high thermal efficiency and passive climate control measures such as shutters and cross ventilation to reduce energy needs. To utilise the many sun hours of Mallorca, the rooftops host solar panels while heat recovery systems further reduce the buildings’ energy consumption. Many of the materials have been sourced locally, reducing the carbon produced by the construction.
“Project Gomila is an exciting architectural project – each of the seven buildings can stand alone as its own individual design, and yet at the same time they are also carefully considered as an ensemble that gives Gomila a fresh boost”, says MVRDV founding partner Jacob van Rijs. “When looked at together, you see a colourful collection of buildings that still somehow work together as a group.”

“In terms of urbanism, the concept revolves around the diversity of the buildings”, adds MVRDV founding partner Winy Maas. “Where some of the designs are more suited to family homes, others are more suited for apartments for singles or couples; where some buildings are fully residential, others bring commercial functions into the mix. This diversity of people and spaces will help bring back El Terreno’s lost vibrancy.”


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 19 © Jannes Linders


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola

“The Gomila Project activates a new centrality in Palma, a new meeting and reference point not just for the people in the neighbourhood, but for all the citizens”, says Guillermo Reynés, founder of GRAS Reynés Arquitectos. “The project has been very well received, bringing back good memories that Palmesanos had of the area”.
The following phases of the project will add two further buildings to the ensemble: the yellow Casa Virginia, and a small villa next to the Gomila Center, both renovations of existing neighbourhood buildings.

Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 1 © Daria Scagliola


Project Gomila 23B © MVRDV