"Gandiaga Topagunea" Cultural Center, Santuario de Arantzazu

To recover one of the identifying themes of Arantzazu: the intense dialogue between nature and architecture has been the fundamental objective of renovation schemes carried out between 2002 and 2005, which seek to lessen the presence of large buildings constructed in the sixties, and to restore the balance with the magnificent natural and historical environment which surrounds the sanctuary of Arantzazu, in order to create spaces of respect, surprise and contemplation.

A new building named "Gandiaga Topagunea" arose on the site of the structure cut out of an enormous seminary built in the sixties, and slotted itself into the landscape as a series of bulks which, nestling in the majesty of Oiza and Oteiza, intertwine with each other to form a constructed rock which climbs up the hillside to embed itself into this section of the landscape.