ALCÁZAR DE SAN JUAN MUNICIPAL MUSEUM ENLARGEMENT
20/10/2011.
by PKMN architectures. Competition: 1ºPrize
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
This way they repeated the icon but with contemporary materials (glass, perforated mesh and reliefs from overlapping metal plates). Thus the "ornament" is no longer functional for only ornament (the windows and doors are adapted to the new dimensions derived from the new requirements). The facade is pure stage, but in this case does not determine the relationship between building and public space. The industrial building is totally versatile, neutral, to accommodate various derivative uses of the future museum (in addition to managing the resources as well and cover solar, natural ventilation and sun exposure ...). LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS!
MEMORY + IDENTITY:
A dialogue between vernacular and contemporary.
Enlargement’s exterior skin is conceived as a reflection of the existing façade; it borrows its scale and its representativeness and transforms it into a multilayered sunscreen by means of using an assembly of contemporary materials. Openings and relationship to inner spaces is freed from compositional restrictions.
THE STREET DESIGNED AS A SOCIALIZING SPACE: THE PLACE TO MEET:
Alcázar public space comes inside the museum and goes all the way around; it becomes a street that links the existing building and its enlargement. The entrance hall belongs to a public domain, is a continuation of it.
VERSATILITY, CHANGEABILITY:
Exhibition halls are in fact multipurpose rooms; they are conceived as neutral spaces and designed as highly fitted out containers based on lighting changeability, a modularized system of moving walls and highly efficient energy saving parameters.
in METALOCUS.
"Being Rem Koolhaas" | PKMN.
published in: M-027 | AA.04. | p. 36
"Faked ArchID’S" | PKMN.
published in: M-027 | AA.04.[2] | p. 40
PKMN is an arch office and collective based in Madrid [Spain] since 2006.
Graduated at Technical University of Madrid, they have been awarded by Università La Sapienza(Rome), Instituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Ecole d'Architecture de Paris Val-de-marne, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia in Spain.
Carmelo Rodríguez, David Pérez, Enrique Espinosa y Rocío Pina have collaborated with many offices and practices: Juan Herreros, SOLID (Soto y Maroto), Javier Revillo, MI5 Arquitectos, Enrique Krahe, Andrés Jaque, José Mª Ezquiaga, ZooHaus, F8 Arquitecturas, Carlos Arroyo y Emilio Luque. They do research into technology - typology - construction (applied to consolidated urban contexts, local memory and contemporary cultures); simultaneously they love exploring new architectural fields connecting citizens, identity, pedagogy, communication, game, action and cities, specially throughout strategies of participation, mediation and social innovation, and experimental active learning process. They`re fulfilled diverse projects in Spain such as New Teruel Market Square, Oficina Gratuita de Arquitectura, Europan, Innopia, El Madrileño del Año, Plan Extinción or Museo MASJ in Alcázar de San Juan.
They develop an action and pedagogical workline called "City creates City" (with Diana Hernández, Alejandra navarrete, Carlos Mínguez and Almudena mestre, who have worked with PKMN in another projects) dealing with Spanish universities, portuguese, mexican and argentinian, such as La Coruña, Sevilla, UCJC Madrid, Chihuahua, Mexico DF, Buenos Aires, cities as Caceres, Toledo, Merida or Burgos and companies as Fagor or AENA. They have taken part in exhibitions such as XIII Bienal Buenos Aires, EME3 (CCCB-BCN), Archivo de Creadores (Matadero-Madrid) FreshMadrid & FreshLatino (COAM, I.Cervantes), AlNorte2010 or Post-post-post, and their work has been published by Mark, Pasajes, AV, METALOCUS, El País, El Economista, Arquire, Europan, Fundación Arquia, Future and other media.