Museum of Navarra Extension
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Semester Project in Various Media & Sizes
Individual Project (Cornell University)
Visiting Professor: Fernando Tabuenca, Tabuenca & Leache Arquitectos
Calle Cuesta Santo Domingo, Pamplona, Spain
The art museum extension responds to the existing museum in a language of opposites - there are vast, open spaces in response to the existing condition of long and narrow exhibition spaces. These large volumes of space could accommodate contemporary art of different medium and scales, but the spaces are most suited for large scale, destination, art installations.
The interior is defined by daylight and proportion, while solid materials characterize the exterior. The plans of the original museum determine the organization of the rooms in the extension. Curved walls that are pulled from the proportions of the old museum plan to create spaces and light wells for soft light and soft spaces
Urban Texture | The language of urban and domestic courtyards in Pamplona
Context Drawing | 1. Archive of Navarra by Rafael Moneo | 2. Outdoor Parking | 3. Dept of Education | 4. Dept of Education | 5. Museum of Navarra | 6. Museum Extension | 7. Residential Zone
Basement | 1. Existing church converted into a multipurpose space for educational and civic use. This space could be used as an additional lecture hall for large international symposiums. | 2. Existing entrance of the museum retained as the main entrance of the museum and it’s extension. | 3. Coat check area and pre function overflow. 4. Pre Function area and additional area for displaying paintings and traditional mediums of art. | 5. Auditorium. | 6. Art Storage | 7. Exhibition Area | 8. Toilets
Ground Floor | 9. Existing museum offices. | 10. Existing museum for traditional mediums of art. | 11. Courtyard sandwiched between original museum and the extension. Courtyard is open to the public. | 12. Museum extension entrance/entrance into museum cafe. By situating the cafe here, guests can enjoy sweeping views of Pamplona and/or enjoy the restaurant without having to circumnavigate the galleries. | 13. Service entrance. Large art work drop off zone via large trucks. | 14. Exhibition area. | 15. Courtyard to museum extension entrance/entrance into museum cafe.
Level 1 | 16. Exhibition area. | 17. Double height exhibition area. | 18. Existing museum for traditional mediums of art. | 19. Existing art storage area.
Level 2 | 20. Exhibition area. Level 2 provides sweeping views of Pamplona. | 21. Existing museum for traditional mediums of art.
