Can Framis Museum for the Vila Casas Foundation
BAAS arquitectura. Barcelona, Spain
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Name of work in English
Can Framis Museum for the Vila Casas Foundation
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Name of work in original language
Museu Can Framis de la fundació Vila Casas
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2011
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Work Location
Barcelona, Spain
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Studio
BAAS arquitectura
EUmies Awards 2011 Nominees
Collaborators
Program
Culture
Completion
2009
With 'Can Framis' we aim to play on contrasts, with a surrounding garden providing a tranquil breathing space away from the hubbub of speed and time. The mainly-paved garden will have many trees and winding paths which will embellish the cloak of ivy which already covers the environs and in the future will enshroud the building and trees.
The two buildings to be preserved have little architectural worth and are currently derelict. Their main interest lies in the contrast of their location, based on the former agricultural sketches prior to the implementation of the Cerdà plan at a level of 1.5m below the current road. The project consists in restoring the two current factory buildings and constructing a new one which will link them, coinciding with the site of another former warehouse which as a whole will form a courtyard, paved with stones recovered from the former factory, which will be the main entrance to the museum.
Visitors will begin on the highest level and continuously move downwards through semi-lit areas, which will then light up to showpiece the exhibited pieces. Outside, the lime mortar which blends with the existing stonework merges with the exposed concrete of the new buildings. The façade then becomes a collage of textures, niches and coverings which reflect the different ups-and-downs of the building throughout time.