Adaptation of the Baluarte de la Candelaria to the Maritim Museum
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos. Cádiz, Spain
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Name of work in English
Adaptation of the Baluarte de la Candelaria to the Maritim Museum
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Name of work in original language
Adaptación del Baluarte de la Candelaria al Museo Marítimo
Prize year
EUmies Awards 1990
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Work Location
Cádiz, Spain
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Studio
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
EUmies Awards 1990 Nominees
The Baluarte de la Candelaria is a set of buildings of military origin from different times. Existing buildings, once modified, were to house the Museum of the Sea of the city of Cádiz.
Program
Culture
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Labels
Museum
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Client
Ayuntamiento de Cádiz
Total gross floor
5375 m²
Completion
1989
A simple restoration was not considered sufficient to meet the requirements that the museum demanded. Thus, a series of roofs were designed that link the different building bodies together, allowing the Museum to be covered under cover without losing contact with the interior garden. Through these operations, the whole complex is organized incorporating a new order that is superimposed on the arbitrariness with which the existing buildings seemed to be arranged. The character of these roofs allows them to be juxtaposed with the existing buildings and, on the other hand, to make the vegetation and the transparencies that are produced the argument for the new image that the Museum must offer to the city.
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