FIELD NOTES / PRI / Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Harbour walls & coastal defence.
START WITH A PLACE
La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
La Fortaleza and the San Juan fortifications form a defensive ensemble adapted to the harbour. Successive building campaigns changed the relationship between the city, its walls and the sea.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Follow a wall from the street to the water-facing edge. Compare a defensive opening with the much wider horizon beyond it.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)