The rehabilitation works of Sant Pau Modernist Campus began in autumn 2009, when the sanitary activity moved to the new building of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau.
The Pavilion of Sant Salvador, a work of the great modernist architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner between 1902 and 1918, has been restored by Ramon Àgata Boixader and Ferrando, who have been responsible for the structural consolidation and restoration of facades and roofs. This pavilion, with a built area of 1,529 m2, will host a new cultural space for exhibitions from this year.
Description of the project by BAAS
1. The intervention allows the access from both floors, ground floor and basement.
2. A large mirror in the long axis allows to reconstruct the image of the old building with the original beds and to differentiate the two exhibition areas, on of them covered by a tensed canvas.
3. The dome becomes the project's most representative space by connecting both floors in a double space through a monumental staircase. This staircase allows the visitor to access at any of the two levels.
4. The project intervention focuses on the building, opening up the possibility to display any museography or exhibition.
5. The museum facilities are set in order allow a total vision of the main nave. The elevators and toilets are given access through a secondary hall which allows the preservation of an existing staircase and a window. The offices are also located near the main staircase and the elevator.
6. The pavement follows the existing building aesthetics, not to the museology. This tiling creates carpets that define spaces.
Text.-BAAS.
CREDITS.-
Architecture.- BAAS + BOPBAA.
Team.- Jordi Badia, Iñaki Baquero, Josep Bohigas, Mireia Monràs, Iñigo Azpiazu.
Museography.- BOPBAA (Iñaki Baquero, Josep Bohigas, Francesc Pla).
Historiography.- Toni Ramón.
