Refurbishment of a barraca made with earth and thatch
El Palmar, Spain / Europe
2023
© Vegas & Mileto
Finalist of materia award 2025
Category: Cultural and sports public equipment
Project type: Rehabilitation
Material(s) : Cob, adobe, wattle-and-daub, plaster, Marram grass (Ammophila arenaria), common reed (Phragmites australis), giant reed (Arundo donax), hemp and rice straw
Project owner: Club Alcatí
Project manager: Fernando Vegas et Camilla Mileto (Arch.), Arquisama (Eng.)
Construction: Okambuba (adobe), Josep Rostoll (thatch), Millán Plasol SL (gypsum), Cal y Barro (lime), Juan Antonio Martínez/ Foresta 360 (wood frame)