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While the column and hearth ground
the building, both symbolically and aesthetically, the table
appears to defy gravity, an expression used by the architect
in another quincho. Here fitted
into a slatted wood enclosure, the thick plank table is a
heavy object cantilevered from something light, an intentional
juxtaposition that also allows light to filter into the space
alongside the porous walls. Without the openings in the walls,
the roof might be too oppressive, though the patterned reflections
of the water on the ceiling (shimmering leaves?) are a stunning
consequence of keeping this plane solid, as opposed to the
reversal apparent in the other
design mentioned. |
