REPORT

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.

Publication´s title: National Art Museum Queen Sofía, Madrid

Typology: Museums and Galeries, RehabilitationClient: MNCARSSurface: 16.309 m2

Year: 1999Status: Competition. FinalistsBudget: 23.699.093 €

SummarySummary

Madrid, Spain

National Art Museum Queen Sofía. Rehabilitation and Extension

General Exterior Views General Exterior Views

General Interior Views General Interior Views

Model Model

Sections Floor plans

Third floor

Second floor Third floor

Ground floor

First floor

Sections Sections

General plan

Ground floor Third floor

Structural Section Technical Data

MAIN DATAClient:Address:Type:Status: Building costs:Difference with budget:

DATASCompetition: Design of project: Construction:Implementation:

SURFACESSite:Main building:Other buildings:TOTAL:

PROJECT TEAMMain Architect:Collaborators:

Local Architect: Interior design:Lighting design:Landscape architect:Restoration architect:Digital imaging:Model:Photography: Structural engineering: Climate engineer:Building physics advisor:Fire safety specialist:Health and Safety: Urban planning: Survey:

National Art Museum Queen Sofía. Rehabilitation and ExtensionMadrid, Spain

TECHNICAL DATA OF THE PROJECT

MNCARSC/ Santa Isabel, 52. 28012 Madrid, SpainMuseums and Galleries, RehabilitationCompetition. Finalists23.699.093 €X,X % (motivo, mejora de calidad del cliente)

1999 1999--

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16.309 m2

Cruz y Ortiz ArquitectosBlanca Sanchez Lara, Belén Rivera Romero, Miguel Blázquez Gomez-Landero, Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, Elena de las Moras Hervella, Elba Herrero Acosta, Angel Garrido Burón, Alexander Fernandez-Llamazares, Juan Carlos Mulero Cortes, Miguel Velasco Gonzalez, Brigitte Joye, Sina Buxtorf, Sancho Igual------Luis MontielFotowork (Model)-------

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