Bobby Esposito: Looking Out Week 3

In response to a receding, increasingly uninhabitable coastline, Guallart Architects created the
Vinaros Microcoasts in Vinaròs, Castellón, Spain. These steel supported wooden islands bring an inviting quality to the Spanish coast. The islands are composed of hexagonal flat planes with a tessellated wood pattern. Some of the parts are folded upwards to provide places to lean against and offer a variety of uses. These platforms show the powerful connection that humans can have with wood and how a simple material can help change a way a space feels and is experienced.