Faculty of Journalism, Pamplona, walls not only dominate its façades,
but also define interior spaces (Figs 3.22 and 3.23). In some areas of the
building horizontal slots force the walls to span horizontally and func-
tion structurally like beams, and even balustrades read as low walls.
Inside and out, walls dominate the architectural experience. Fortunately,
any possible blandness arising from this architecture of walls is miti-
gated by exterior elevational and interior spatial variation, careful atten-
tion to surface textures, and the lightening of the concrete colour. The
rectilinear form of the walls strengthens the orthogonal architecture
they support, enclose and subdivide.
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▲ 3.22 Faculty of Journalism, Pamplona, Spain, Vicens and Ramos, 1996. Walls visually
dominate the exterior.
▲ 3.23 An interior architecture of walls.
