Description of the project by Eduardo de Miguel
The project works over the rests of the old “Ateneo Musical” located in “el Cabanyal”, near the port of Valencia. The only element which is maintained is the facade that looks towards Rosario Square, in order to preserve the character of the most emblematic urban space of “el Cabanyal”
The new building is composed of a civic centre, a music hall, theatre and public representations with a capacity for 400 people and a service area. The site’s perimeter is formed by the pre-existing party walls of the neighbouring buildings in which case it is very difficult to establish a direct relationship with the environment.
The most evident characteristic of the intervention is the double wall which contains the circulation elements and permits the introduction of natural light though it. The tension of the project is produced between the communication spaces that are placed between the two walls and the public spaces that occupy the open-spaces created in the interior. The open space of the entrance hall, meeting place between the civic centre and the principal hall, receives light from above veiled by wooden strips that sift the light and continue until the floor.
Built on top of the ruin of the old Ateneo Musical del Puerto located at the Cabanyal Quarter in Valencia, the Cultural Center proposal is erected. Take a look behind the wall of the old building and discover it by yourself!
Eduardo de Miguel has been the architect in charge of the construction of a Cultural Centre in Valencia, whose main complicaión was its coexistence with an old building in extreme decay. Through the project, and as you can see from the photographs of Mariela Apollonio, the building manages to keep the facade of ruin and build a space in line with the its entity. An architecture that, without eclipsing the preexistence, stands out for the subtlety with which it merges the environment.
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