Club Náutico
| Club Náutico de Marianao | |
|---|---|
 Arches at Club Nautico, 1953 | |
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| Former names | Club de las Panteras |
| General information | |
| Type | Recreation |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Miramar, Playa |
| Address | 5ta Avenida y 152 |
| Town or city |  Ciudad de La Habana |
| Country |  Cuba |
| Inaugurated | 1953 |
| Owner | Carlos A. Fernández Campos |
| Dimensions | |
| Diameter | 20' |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Arches |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Floor count | 1 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Max Borges Recio |
| Known for | El Tropicana |
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Club Náutico (Nautical Club) was originally built in the 1920s and expanded in 1936 by its owner Carlos Fernández. Guests paid a modest fee (.10 cents), eventually there were more than five thousand subscribers. Fernández had in addition to the enjoyment of a short beach, a dance floor with an orchestra.[1] By the 1950s, an increase in membership necessitated expansion of the original premises in 1953 and Max Borges-Recio designed a set of porticos covered by vaults similar to the ones he recently had designed for the Tropicana. It is located at Terminus of 152, Nautico, Playa, Havana, Cuba.
Architecture
Borges used two types of arches, a Catenary arch, similar to those of the Tropicana, and a smaller, parabolic arch. Both types of arches are suspended from above by two reinforced concrete arches of corresponding shape. There is a color differentiation between the smooth, blue of the architectural covering arch and the white structure of the arch above. The arches at the Club Náutico lack the architectural and structural purity he achieved at the Tropicana as most of the arches there are self supporting for the most part. Here as in the Tropicana Borges used the difference in height between arches to insert a clear glass skylight. The floors are polished concrete.
References
- ^ "¿Quién salvará las playas del oeste de La Habana?". Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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