2024-05-20T10:43:35-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150412211/zooco-creates-brutalism-over-the-sea-with-spanish-restaurant-inside-renovated-1970s-concrete-structure Niall Patrick Walsh 2024-01-11T13:55:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6d/6d072de5acc621527f62594ec5c03025.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Madrid-based studio <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/54612709/zooco-estudio" target="_blank">Zooco</a> has completed an extensive <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/6765/renovation" target="_blank">renovation</a> and extension of a 1970s concrete structure in Santander, <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/501/spain" target="_blank">Spain</a>. The Cantabrian Maritime Museum restaurant has been constructed inside an architectural complex that also includes an Oceanographic Center designed by Vicente Roig Forner and &Aacute;ngel Hern&aacute;ndez Morales, built between 1975 and 1978.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/79/79caa14179f56ee301bb1303cc37b8e5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/79/79caa14179f56ee301bb1303cc37b8e5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: David Zarzoso</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2a/2ae7e9fd329b80e89ddad60bb877f104.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2a/2ae7e9fd329b80e89ddad60bb877f104.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: David Zarzoso</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The original concrete structure sees two square forms connected by a canopy. The interior spans three floors with a central courtyard covered by a vault of paraboloid membranes, while a 2003 renovation and extension saw the addition of a pyramid-form aluminum structure to the western facade and roof.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d3/d397d4f220c89a657d435a1227a7db05.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d3/d397d4f220c89a657d435a1227a7db05.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image credit: David Zarzoso</figcaption></figure><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8b/8bda2127b66dcbca65939d40c8e1f543.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8b/8bda2127b66dcbca65939d40c8e1f543.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: David Zarzoso</figcaption></figure></figure><figure></figure><p>For their 2023 overhaul of the scheme, Zooco inserted a new space on the second floor to house a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1307175/restaurants" target="_blank">restaurant</a> and terrace. To facilitate the restaurant, a new volume was constructed to resolve issues with the roof and facade, while ...</p>