Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo
19/07/2018.
[MAD] Spain
metalocus, JUDIT OTERO
metalocus, JUDIT OTERO
The headquarters of the Bank of Spain, whose construction ends in 1884, was designed by the architects Severiano Sainz de Lastra and Eduardo Adaro.
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Interior view. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
Drawings. Remodeling of the reading room of the Banco de España library, by Matilde Peralta del Amo. Photograph by Luis Asín
The current reading room of the library, former courtyard of operations, is part of the building of the first phase of the Bank of Spain in 1891 in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, retains the lattices of cast iron and intact metal structure that were executed in the town of Mieres. It is a relevant element of the architecture of his time.
The passage of time had led to the deterioration of the lattices and some interventions carried out with the purpose of improving the conditions of habitability, had had as a consequence that the value and uniqueness of this space had not been perceived in its fullness.
The object of this rehabilitation, carried out by Matilde Peralta del Amo has been the recovery of the original monument together with the rehabilitation and refurbishment of the surrounding spaces.
The passage of time had led to the deterioration of the lattices and some interventions carried out with the purpose of improving the conditions of habitability, had had as a consequence that the value and uniqueness of this space had not been perceived in its fullness.
The object of this rehabilitation, carried out by Matilde Peralta del Amo has been the recovery of the original monument together with the rehabilitation and refurbishment of the surrounding spaces.
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Architect
Matilde Peralta del Amo
Collaborator
Rafael Álvarez-Rementeria
Technical architect
Santiago Hernán
Promoter
Acquisitions and General Services of the Bank of Spain
Budget
1.200.000€
Dates
Contest date.- april 2014. Project date.- sept 2014. Start date of works.- may 2018
Area
1.050 m²
Technical collaborators
Facilities engineer.- Ingenialia. Acoustic engineer.- Arauacústica
Venue
Calle Alcalá 48, Madrid. Spain
Matilde Peralta del Amo
Matilde Peralta del Amo was born in Madrid, in 1966, in a family dedicated to puppets. At eleven the was already part of the family company, with which she toured, many theaters in Spain and Europe. She studied architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, where she later did the master’s degree in Bioclimatic Architecture and Environment.
Matilde Peralta has had great teachers, worked with Víctor López Cotelo and for sixteen years in the office of Mansilla y Tuñón, architects. She has been a professor at the Toledo School of Architecture at the University of Castilla La Mancha and at the Superior School of Design in Madrid.
She has been commissioned with projects and rehabilitation works mainly, such as the Navalmoral de la Mata Market Theater (Cáceres), the Reading Room of the Bank of Spain and the Archive of San Fernando (currently under construction) and many competitions of architecture.
She coordinates her work in the architecture office with other experiences in the field of architecture, design and research with fabrics and tapestries. Between 2005 and 2012 he has taken summer courses on textiles at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (London).
Matilde Peralta has had great teachers, worked with Víctor López Cotelo and for sixteen years in the office of Mansilla y Tuñón, architects. She has been a professor at the Toledo School of Architecture at the University of Castilla La Mancha and at the Superior School of Design in Madrid.
She has been commissioned with projects and rehabilitation works mainly, such as the Navalmoral de la Mata Market Theater (Cáceres), the Reading Room of the Bank of Spain and the Archive of San Fernando (currently under construction) and many competitions of architecture.
She coordinates her work in the architecture office with other experiences in the field of architecture, design and research with fabrics and tapestries. Between 2005 and 2012 he has taken summer courses on textiles at Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (London).
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