The Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA) in Santa Cruz de Tenerife Canary Islands Spain contains the Óscar Domínguez, the city library, and the island’s Photographic Center. This stands as one of Herzog & de Meuron’s most impressive projects. It opened in 2008.
The interiors use repetitive shapes, such as eye-drop lights and blocky little windows, to insert dynamism into the spacial character. Horizontal ribbons of glazing unites all this in a direction that points to the historic and modern ends of the city.
The light is treated as warm or cool in coordination with materials, such as cool concrete or warm wood flooring. Movement, material, and light unite.
(Mataparda– flickr/creative commons license)
(Mataparda– flickr/creative commons license)
(Mataparda– flickr/creative commons license)
