Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH
24/11/2019.
[Alcalá de Henares - Madrid] Spain
metalocus, ANTONIO M. GARCÍA
metalocus, ANTONIO M. GARCÍA
The architects Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain have designed a mobile and flexible system for the Ibero-American Art Museum, in the Cisneros Building that is part of the Alcalá University.
Axonometric. Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain.
Axonometric detail. Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain.
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Floor plan. Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain.
Section. Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain.
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Ana Amado
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
Exhibition Design of the Ibero-American Art Museum-UAH by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain. Photograph by Javier de Paz García
The modular system, which multiplies the possible exhibition configurations of the museum, has a light triangular structure that offers the minimum solid surface necessary for the exhibition panels, obtaining greater visibility and reducing the footprint on the ground.
Project description by Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain
The Ibero-American Art Museum occupies 1,200m² of the ground floor of the Cisneros Building that is part of the Alcalá University. The museum's exhibition design takes as its starting point the architectural interventions that have been made throughout the history of the building. The project is understood as an additional layer that coexists with the different historical elements: from its Christian foundations, including also the expansions that turned it into a military headquarters, to the contemporary renovation of the museum.
The project consists of a mobile and flexible system that multiplies the possible exhibition configurations of the museum. A light triangular structure offers the minimum solid surface necessary for the exhibition panels, obtaining greater visibility of the different historical layers, and reducing the footprint on the ground and archaeological ruins.
The design proposes a geometry that serves both to articulate the perimeter of the gallery room and to create an alternative exhibition surface in the center of the space, providing additional linear meters for works of art. While directing the user's movement throughout the gallery, the modules also offer an oblique dialogue between works of art and the audience.
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Authors
Alejandra Navarrete and Jaime Yndurain.
Client
Fundación José Félix Llopis + Universidad de Alcalá
Builder
DYPSA. Exposiciones y Programas Públicos
Area
700 m²
Dates
2019
Venue
Cisneros Building, Alcalá University. Plaza de San Diego, 6, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Photography
Ana Amado, Javier de Paz García
Alejandra Navarrete Llopis
Alejandra Navarrete Llopis is an architect based in Stockholm, and founder of Nami Studio. Her research work focuses on the spatial implications of the mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion in contemporary cities. Navarrete's projects have obtained different awards, including the FAD Prize for Thought and Criticism, and have received support from several European and USA institutions, such as the New York State Council on the Arts or the Graham Foundation. Together with the After Belonging Agency, she was the chief curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale 2016, which discusses how architecture participates in the construction of new identities for a displaced and globalized population. He currently teaches at the Royal Institute of Technology KTH, and has previously taught seminars and studies at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, Blekinge Institute of Technology BTH, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Virginia and the Polytechnic University of Madrid ETSAM.
Jaime Yndurain
Jaime Yndurain, architect by the ETSAG (Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Alcalá de Henares), with studies at the IUAV of Venezia and specialization in project management by the ESIC. After collaborating with different studies in Spain (Arquitecturia, Javier García-Germán), Italy (Cibic Workshop), USA (Machado & Silvetti Associates) and France (Atela Architectes, AREP), he combines his professional practice between Paris and Madrid. He works multiple scales, from interior architecture to the territory, in projects of public, private and associative initiatives. His projects have been awarded in open and international competitions. Passionate about drawing, his graphic work has been published internationally.
