The planned site for the extension of the Reina Sofía Museum, located at the rear of this Madrid Art Gallery, inspired a solution in which its marginal position in relation to the Atocha roundabout is compensated by a type of architecture that leaves no doubt as to the activity of the institution. The imposing mass of the existing building warned against a continuation of its compositional mechanisms and the extension is therefore a deliberate contrast, with a free style of geometry defined by the flow of movement through the building. A ramp rises up to the new entrance and opens onto a landscaped courtyard that serves as the centre of gravity. The formal fluidity of the extension is based on a brick-clad façade with metal sheets for the roof, a sloping plane that is echelonned to illuminate the halls and reflect the varying heights of the interior spaces.
Client:
MNCARS
Address:
C/de Santa Isabel, 52. 28012 Madrid, Spain.
Typology:
Museums & Galleries
Status:
Projects
Competition:
1999
Design of project:
1999
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Collaborators:Alexander Fernandez-Llamazares, Angel Garrido Burón, Belén Rivera, Blanca Sánchez, Brigitte Joye, Elba Herrero Acosta, Elena de las Moras Hervella, Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, Juan Carlos Mulero, Miguel Blázquez Gomez-Landero, Miguel Velasco, Sancho Igual, Sina Buxtorf
Model:Luis Montiel
Photography:Fotowork (model)
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