LOCATION   |   Aguirre Company Town, Salinas, Puerto Rico

 

SIZE  |  70,000 SF.

 

PROJECT FEATURES  |   Welcome Center, Lobby, Local Artcraft Shop, Lobby, Restaurant &Lounge, Spa, Presidential Suites, Community Center, and Library

 

CONCEPT  | Industrial nature in the Sugar Plantation. Sugar as the bond of reconciliation among the three scenarios that conform Aguirre, the ecological, industrial and cultural context in a sustainable way. The Sugarcane is a common denominator among the past, present, and future of Aguirre Company Town. The sugar cane has been transformed from the raw material to the refined granulated sugar in order to
respond to the needs of the market since 8,000 BC in the tropical zones of New Guinea and India.
 

In aesthetic terms, transitions from rigid to chaotic compositions, from solid to transparent textures, from industrial to natural materials will become an abstraction taken from the context and inserted into the interior of the building. The atmosphere in the interior of the structure must reflect the juxtaposition of all the elements blended in the landscape.

 

The design must appeal to different user groups such as local population, young professionals, and mid-aged eco-tourists, through a casual luxury look. The sugar refinement process suggests different moods, from relaxed to excessive excitement that was reflected in the past of Aguirre, that must re-surge in the present and remain in the future. Therefore, it is important to create an energetic mood of the industrial setting in the spaces that would be necessary; while in others it should be reflected the calmness and relaxation of the sugar cane plantations and the Caribbean Sea.