“Musa, musae, museum”
Cities might be consider as art containers.Which is the reflection between the society and history with the idea of museum?The House of the Muses adresses this question providing a new way to approach to art in connection with history,city and users.
The project is based on two main actions.
Re-connecting the city.The location,Alameda de Osuna,is a depressive area which in the past was one of the most concurred places by scholars and talented artists as Francisco de Goya.This connection is not only physical,it is also emotional and historical,where the new arts containers should have a global perspective of society.
When we talk about art we tend to imagine some paintings in a planned itinerary.The project emphasizes the idea of freedom.Why the user cannot be free to decide his approach to art?There is a reflection between the old and antique museums which they were likely Wonder Chambers without restrictions. This is a call for museums conservation.In addition,Spain is traditional in this approach, where you can only see paintings that are selected to be exhibit.Museums as Reina Sofia or Prado have more than five thousand pieces resting in their basements. What the project does is to enable the users to observe the art as they want,creating a new atmosphere where paintings,new technologies and interpretations come together.
Re-connecting the city.The location,Alameda de Osuna,is a depressive area which in the past was one of the most concurred places by scholars and talented artists as Francisco de Goya.This connection is not only physical,it is also emotional and historical,where the new arts containers should have a global perspective of society.
When we talk about art we tend to imagine some paintings in a planned itinerary.The project emphasizes the idea of freedom.Why the user cannot be free to decide his approach to art?There is a reflection between the old and antique museums which they were likely Wonder Chambers without restrictions. This is a call for museums conservation.In addition,Spain is traditional in this approach, where you can only see paintings that are selected to be exhibit.Museums as Reina Sofia or Prado have more than five thousand pieces resting in their basements. What the project does is to enable the users to observe the art as they want,creating a new atmosphere where paintings,new technologies and interpretations come together.
It’s about cities, it’s about density
“I took the inspire based on the very first crafts, long low steel ships”
The material action consists in creating a low continue building which leaves space for an open public square where the art meets the outside.The main steel structures provides a linear route. In addition, the basement is a place where the art connections happen.It is possible to attend a workshop at the same time we appreciate a new collection or we see how some sculptures are being restored.The relationship between both floors is produced by patios, introducing light and generating green indoor places.The project ends in an observation tower where people have a widen perspective of the city they live.I was inspired by last century ships, low structures following by just a tower.
“A city inside a vehicle, a spaceship capable of making cities in
other worlds”
How do we interpretate the museums in the modern era?The course asked to study the relationship between an historic depressive area, Alameda de Osuna, which in the past was a connection place among artist.Having said this,what concerns me is if our nowaday’s museums are making real connections with our society,environmment and cities.Studying the cases of art museums in Madrid, the conclusions pointed out that prestigious museums as Prado or Reina Sofia were actually exhibiting less than the 15% artworks.The purpose was to reflect on this factors in order to generate a new type of museum.
“Structure, becomes construction, becomes architecture”
