Treasury Delegation

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · Category: Architecture · Subcategory: Civil architecture · Year: 1956 · Authors: Sobrini, Marín y García de Castro

The building is located within the consolidated urban fabric with ambitions to be recognised as singular; the means to achieve this is to separate from its party walls so that it stands free on its perimeter. The compositional scheme fits within post-war architecture that advocates a return without ideology to the principles of modernity, in terms of simplicity and truthfulness of plastic resources; however, maintaining the rhythms of academicism defended by officialist options.

The general volumetric organisation consists of four blocks arranged around an apparent covered courtyard spatially connected at several levels, unified by the vertical communication core on its axis; a main block, through which access is gained, that stands out in height above the sides and is topped by a large cantilevered canopy that perceptually increases its importance. The contact between this module and the sides is made through the articulation between a solid stone mass that develops attached to the main façade and intrudes over the virtual boundary of the side; in the overlapping area between this and the stone volume, small perforations are made.

Also, in the organisation of the openings on the façades, the role each plays in the overall composition is interpreted. The sides have a series of openings arranged in a matrix that give a continuous reading of the wall with a neutral rhythm, supporting the prominence of the main elevation, whose organisation of openings between the building's load-bearing pilasters produces a vertical reading that enhances its height and value.

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