100 Linear Meters Pavilion
Winner of the Miradors de l’Horta 2025 International Competition
The 100 Linear Meters Pavilion is inserted into the Valencian orchard landscape as a subtle and evocative line, constructed from the rhythmic repetition of a reinterpreted portico. This structure, inspired by the traditional wooden trellises that have supported tomato cultivation in the region for generations, adapts to the present through the use of corrugated steel bars: a contemporary, recyclable, and reversible material that maintains the lightness and structural integrity of the original.
The design establishes a dialogue between agricultural history and contemporary art, articulating a 100-meter line that does not impose a closed form, but rather activates the landscape through a minimalist yet impactful gesture. This line, constructed through the almost musical reiteration of the module, invites not only exploration, but also observation, inhabitation, and listening to the orchard.
The light, floating textile roof introduces a second layer of interpretation: that of shade and atmosphere. The fabrics stretched between the porticoes create a play of light and shadow that evokes the rhythms of cultivation, seasonal protections, and the daily care of the land. It is not a functional roof, but a symbolic one: an evocation of labor, shelter, and the long, unhurried rhythms of the agricultural landscape.
The project understands that preserving agricultural land involves not only conserving its physical appearance, but also activating its collective imagination through a contemporary perspective. Reinterpreting agricultural structures is not merely a formal gesture, but a way of bringing into the present a way of life threatened by urban pressure, rural abandonment, and the climate crisis. The pavilion thus becomes a critical and poetic tool for recovering the emotional and sensory connection with the land.
With its reversible nature and minimal ecological footprint, the installation offers a framework for contemplation and reinterpretation of the landscape. It invites the community to explore it, inhabit it, and embrace it from a renewed perspective. Far from imposing itself, the intervention complements the landscape: it integrates with the furrows, follows the direction of irrigation, and allows itself to be shaped by the wind, the sun, and the passage of time.
The project, which spans 100 linear meters, seeks to revitalize the heritage through fragility, lightness, and repetition. It bridges tradition and innovation, agricultural practice and artistic expression, what we were and what we can still be as a community linked to a territory in transformation.
