In Lamas de Abade, in Santiago de Compostela, you can see that even beauty is not immune to the passage of time.

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A palace, a chapel and a barn are victims of oblivion, at one end of a plot relegated to the storage of trees that are no longer considered suitable for public roads.

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Cofin to return the honor to the existing buildings and taking advantage of the presence of nature that has made this its home, the Jardín Botánico D'Aira and, more specifically, its Visitor Center are being planned.

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The Visitor Center is established as the starting point of the route through the botanical garden, a journey through time and through the senses.

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The central square or atrium recovers the traditional essence of a place of confluence and connection between the different volumes, all of them independent yet aesthetically and functionally related.

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The traditional constructions are now turned into a museum, in which they themselves form part of the exhibition, to which a new volume is added made from the columns that were left of an old roof.

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The furniture is designed according to the changing needs of the place, with wood and sheet iron being the main materials used, which under the folding concept give shape to the interior of the spaces in an almost ephemeral way.

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The rehabilitation has as a key precept the search for polyvalence, in which the different tablets can fulfill different functions, which is closely related to the abstraction of the design in certain areas.

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The balance between nature and buildings is essential to achieve an indivisible whole that, beyond being the renewal of an abandoned space, aims to be a demonstration of the value we have hidden by the undergrowth.

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