At the entrance to the canal, the Veles e Vents building need for extensive and urgent repairs.

Emblematic building designed by David Chipperfield and Fermín Vázquez, which was home to the Foredeck Club and private lounges during the 32nd America’s Cup, has some imperfections in the details and finishes due to the fact that the deadlines for design and execution were so tight.

Responding to the congratulations of Public Works Minister Magdalena Álvarez, the British architect David Chipperfield is more keen on stressing what is still lacking than on patting himself on the back for what has already been done.

Now, the spacious shaded terraces – the two lower levels for public use, the two upper ones reserved for guests of the organization – are totally flooded and the slatted wooden floor had vanished.