A little grove, near an old irrigation ditch, which has an almond tree, a walnut tree and a pine. As is common around the world, when I arrived there, it was already full of pre-existences, a balanced ecosystem, hospitable for its guests.
Then, my proposal for creating a “Cabagnon” will consist of organize and arrange its richness, adding some devices from the local tradition here or there. But with a mandatory requirement: every single action will supply both the guests and the host, no matter if it is called pine, rabbit, walnut tree, bee, squirrel, or even ant.
The “Cabañán” essence is about an inviting space, which call for serenity, at the service of the nature and dedicated to the learning of its processes, collaborating with it, and being a part of them. The cyclical behaviour of the project responds to seasonal thermal conditions. For this, the elements that compose it will have a different role during the warm and cold months. Thus, traditional Large vases - “tinajas”- are used for producing worm humus during winter meanwhile they will induce the so called “botijo effect” during summer. Also during this season, local spirituous drink – “orujo” – is produced in glass jars called “Cuartillas”. The same elements that will act as a Vernacular “Trombe” wall during the cold months.
In this space, the human guest takes care of the wild hosts by collecting its goods and water during the abundancy seasons, for providing them later on, during the hard ones; producing ecological compost for feeding both animals and plants. And the other way around, they will provide fruits, shadow, fresh atmosphere in warm seasons and warm in the cold ones. Achieving, by this process, a symbiotic relationship based on an elemental concept: hospitality.
El cabañán · El Moral [Spain] · 2018
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