Jenga 7.0

As both teams Symbiosis and Pinnacle begin the last phase of Jenga we are looking forward to merging both our structures. The site we have chosen is Parador de Vic, a lake resevior located north of the town of Vic in Spain, which is in close proximity to Barcelona. This site is the perfect marriage of both our structures as it combines the textural quality of the land. with that of our structures through material similarities while the form emulates the topography of the natural landscape. Through experimentation is configuring our structures, we have found that pinnacle has a very open plan with a centralized atrium and four entrances that have the opportunity to include glass curtain walls encapsulated in angle frames. This ideation not only combines both our forms but it adapts to the natural pattern of the landscape around it. The orientation of the atrium style structure faces the open span of the lake with a blue tinted glass entrance greeting guest and reflecting the desolate calmness of the lake. Collectively, we decided to shave four levels off of pinnacle and add them to Symbiosis, encapsulating the experience in an angle framed pinnacle. The experience of the building offers moment of illuminating openness reflecting the peacefulness of the lake with moments of intimate shelter as one walks further in reflecting the idea of leaving the lake and walking into the hillside and to the mountains. Yet the experience ends in the culmination of an open pinnacle so that these moments of shelter and openness are expressed in a myriad of locations.