CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio

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  • Architects: BURR Studio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Maru Serrano
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Text description provided by the architects. CRA is a set of support structures designed to temporarily transform one of the warehouses in Matadero Madrid into the Center for Artistic Residencies.

CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Stairs
© Maru Serrano
CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography
© Maru Serrano

The spatial proposal for the Center for Artistic Residencies (CRA) at Matadero Madrid consists of a collection of supporting elements designed to create spaces for gatherings, private work, storage, workshops, and other potential needs of the artists in residence at the warehouses of Matadero.

CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Chair
© Maru Serrano
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General Floor Plan
CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Table, Chair
© Maru Serrano

Drawing clear inspiration from Celine Condorelli's Support Structure Manifesto, these elements focus on the user. The intervention includes elements operating at different scales. Firstly closed storage elements are arranged with one side covered by stretched tarpaulins. These elements take the shape of "+" signs, "T" shapes, and "L" shapes on the floor plan, forming independent quadrants for four resident artists. They provide privacy for work, focused lighting, storage, and workspaces. The arrangement of these elements within the vast warehouses of Matadero Madrid creates more private individual spaces, allowing access from the perimeter for each of them. Simultaneously a common space appears, which the individual spaces converge upon, shielded from the gaze of visitors and other workers.

CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Beam
© Maru Serrano
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Floor Plan
CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Table, Bench
© Maru Serrano

Additionally, a semicircular aluminum structure on wheels featuring a large curtain serves as a backdrop for presentations or meetings. Finally, separate storage and workshop spaces are established, set apart from other uses by a large textile barrier.

CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Beam
© Maru Serrano
CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography
© Maru Serrano

The structures aim to present themselves as neutral and uniform elements that do not interfere with the artistic work of the residents. They adopt a deliberately temporary aesthetic, positioning themselves clearly as servers of the space and its users.

CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography, Stairs, Handrail
© Maru Serrano
CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio - Interior Photography
© Maru Serrano

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Address:Madrid, Spain

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Cite: "CRA (Center for Artistic Residencies) / BURR Studio" [CRA. (Centro de residencias artísticas) / BURR Studio] 12 Jun 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1002207/cra-center-for-artistic-residencies-burr-studio> ISSN 0719-8884

© Maru Serrano

CRA(艺术驻留中心) / BURR Studio

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