Museum Santiago Ydáñez Proposal / Matteo Cainer Architects

Feb 2012

By Alison Furuto — Filed under: mini ,Museums and Libraries , Matteo Cainer Architects, Puente de Génave, Spain

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Matteo Cainer Architects shared with us their proposal for the Museum Santiago Ydáñez in the town of Puente de Génave, Spain which expresses the relationship between the work of the artists, the site and the building program. Through an engaging, energetic and permeable design, they conceive a musical rhythm where the new museum becomes a reactive and interactive part of its landscaped setting through the intersection of the integrated and sculpted grids. More images and architects’ description after the break.

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Conceptually a jazz improvisation, the artists’ expressive and forceful works are represented through a ‘dance of loose gestures’, and the new museum represents the musicality and juxtaposition of these gestures. As the artist discovers that repetitive motion can evolve into improvisation, the architectural language introduces three constituents of jazz music, rhythm, proportion and improvisation, to construct a tense, concentrated and unexpected ensemble.

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The inherent properties of jazz music and its inventiveness are translated into an apparently fragmented architecture, offering a series of fluid architectural connections, where spaces are designed to be reconstructed and continually reinvented. The intersection of circulation spaces become interconnected impromptu meeting spaces. Here, cross-axial views and physical connections provide opportunities for unexpected relationships, platforms for improvisation and workshops that become centers for knowledge and its dissipation. The museum is no longer a static and mute repository.

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The main volume that houses the permanent collection, cantilevered over the entrance as a dynamic portal, represents the artists’ desire to provide an engagement in his work. With energetic monumentality, the gallery reaches out and connects to the fabric of the city with its bold architectural identity.

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To encourage permeability, public functions are distributed across the entire site. Glimpses of the tranquil interior and the landscaped setting are framed through visual corridors from the city, and the agitated and fragmented architectural form of the new museum becomes a cultural and social landmark for contemporary art.

Architects: Matteo Cainer Architects
Location: Puente de Génave, Spain
Use: Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago Ydáñez
Client: Ayuntamiento de Puente De Génave
Total Floor Area: 4,600m2

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Cite:
Furuto , Alison . "Museum Santiago Ydáñez Proposal / Matteo Cainer Architects" 21 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 25 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/209837>