Club Náutico

Club Náutico (‘Nautical Club’) is a building in Cuba. It is in the reparto (city ward) of Náutico, Playa, Havana.

Club Náutico de Marianao
Arches at Club Náutico, 1953
Former names	Club de las Panteras
General information
Type	Recreation
Architectural style	Modern
Location	Playa, Havana
Address	terminus of 152 (off 5ta Avenida)
Town or city	Ciudad de La Habana
Country	Cuba
Coordinates	23°5′37″N 82°27′35″W
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

History

It 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. 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.

Architecture

Borges used a catenary arch, similar to those used in the Tropicana.

There is a color differentiation at the Club Náutico between the blue, and smooth surface of the architectural covering of the arch and the white structure above. The arches at the Club Náutico lack the architectural and structural purity that Borges achieved at the Tropicana as most of the arches there are for the most part self-supporting. Here as in the Tropicana Borges used the difference in height between arches to insert a clear glass skylight. The floors are polished concrete.

External links

• Club Náutico
• El viejo Náutico
• Vista de la Playa: el Náutico