Church on Corbera d´Ebre
Ferran Vizoso
Corbera d´Ebre, Tarragona
A dematerialized roof of ETFE pillows is set on the church´s stone walls to protect the interior while protecting the outdoor atmosphere.

Destroyed in the Battle of the Ebro in 1938, the town church of Corbera d’Ebre became an icon of what the population had to endure. It has now been transformed into a multipurpose hall, but in a way that preserves the memory of the Spanish Civil War, like a relic. The intervention involved a structural consolidation of the building’s masonry walls, combined with the construction of an altogether new roof to prevent further deterioration of the ruins while creating a new, perfectly usable space. To preserve the construction’s continuity with the landscape and the ‘outdoors’ feeling characteristic of ruins, the new roof – lightweight and almost completely transparent – provides protection against rain and wind but has openings to let in the sun’s rays, breezes, and sounds from the surroundings, besides giving views, from within, of weather changes. The building’s being something half natural and half artificial is reinforced by a continuous but subtle stretch of sand pavement.

Image number 32 of the current section of Church on Corbera d´Ebre in Cosentino UK
© José Hevia
Image number 33 of the current section of Church on Corbera d´Ebre in Cosentino UK
© José Hevia
Image number 34 of the current section of Church on Corbera d´Ebre in Cosentino UK
© José Hevia
Image number 35 of the current section of Church on Corbera d´Ebre in Cosentino UK
© José Hevia
Image number 36 of the current section of Church on Corbera d´Ebre in Cosentino UK
© José Hevia

Professionals form

Do you need information or samples of any of our materials? Would you like to establish a business relationship with Cosentino?

Request quotes