The project begins with an observation: visitors already transform the ruin by taking its stones and arranging them to leave their names. Umbráculo en Tabarca turns this spontaneous act of appropriation into a constructive process. A continuous metal matrix establishes the rules of the system and provides its structural stability, allowing the visitors themselves to take part in building the architecture.

The form and density of this new element respond to the island's prevailing winds, solar exposure, paths, movement and views. At the same time, the structure follows the traces of the pre-existing building. New framework and ruin are conceived as interdependent elements, establishing a structural symbiosis between the two.

The architecture remains in constant transformation through a bimodal process: it is constructed by people and eroded by nature. Stones can be placed, displaced and gradually worn away throughout the life of the project. Their position and density across the grid directly determine the spaces of light and shade below.

The proposal seeks to make the ruin more than a record of the site's past. By returning agency to its visitors, it becomes an active part of an unfinished history: a place continually rebuilt through occupation, weather and time.