The jury of the competition for the new Carmen Thyssen Museum in Sant Feliu de Guixols (Girona) has awarded First Prize to the proposal of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos.

The project is located in the city's monastery, a heritage architectural complex that spans from the 13th to the 18th century and the current era.

In relation to the existing museums of the Carmen Thyssen collection in Madrid, Malaga and Andorra, the new project will house the collection of Catalan paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries, in a program of uses conceived as an artistic and cultural center in close relationship with the surrounding gardens.
The project of Nieto Sobejano, arises from the desire to connect architecture with the landscape through an elevated garden, under which the new heart of the museum is developed: a multipurpose space from which you can access the historic building, as well as the outdoor gardens.

The new extension evokes the history and architectural typology of the monastery cloister that never came to be realized.

The resulting flexible space will allow various modes of exposure: painting, sculpture, performances and artistic installations. The historic building will be restored and rehabilitated with the utmost respect for its original architecture.

The new Carmen Thyssen Museum will coexist with the long and heterogeneous history of the monastery of Sant Feliu de Guixols, aware of the role of contemporary architecture in its relationship with the city, landscape and history.
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Fuensanta Nieto (Madrid 1957) and Enrique Sobejano (Madrid 1957), are graduated architects by the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM) and Master of Science in Building Design por la Graduate School of Architecture and Planning (GSAPP), Columbia University, New York (USA). Are partners of the office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, with headquarters in Madrid and Berlín.

Enrique Sobejano is Design Professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin (Germany) and Fuensanta Nieto Fuensanta is an Design Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at the Universidad Europea de Madrid. Both have been guest professors and lecturers at various universities and institutions within and outside Spain. From 1986 to 1991 was Director of ARQUITECTURA magazine, of Official College of Architects of Madrid.

Sobejano Nieto's work has been published in numerous magazines and books in Spanish and international, such as Casabella, METALOCUS, The Sketch, Architectural Review, Domus, Architectural Record, Detail, A + U, etc, and has been exhibited, among other places, Venice Biennale (2000, 2002, 2006) and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York (2006). They have received the National Award for Restoration of the Ministry of Culture (2008), the Nike Prize BDA (Bund Deutscher Architekten) (2010) and the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (2010).

Among his recent works include Madinat al Zahra Museum (Córdoba), Moritzburg (Germany), Colegio de San Gregorio (Valladolid) and the Conference Centres of Mérida and Zaragoza.

NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS: http://www.nietosobejano.com

 

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Published on: March 9, 2020
Cite: "Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos wins the competition for the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Sant Feliu de Guixols" METALOCUS. Accessed
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