Expansion of the Municipal Art Gallery
The theme of the exhibition space has played a major role in the history of architecture, involving a number of very important issues. Primarily the research around the relationship between the work and its "container" and the subsequent search around the space where the creative work comes from the private dimension of his creation to the interaction with the public. The change in spaces related to art exhibition went hand in hand with the evolution of artistic forms, subject to an increasing fragmentation, where more traditional forms have joined contemporary expressions such as digital art, performance, installations and so on; the relationship between the work and the public is therefore in constant evolution, rejecting the rigid codification of the past and so taking deeply subjective connotations.
The expansion takes the form of a large square cover, located in the back of the historic gallery, occupying the area now devoted to parking. At the bottom of this complementary coverage the new volumes are articulated in a complex way both in plan and in elevation. The roof, only guessed by those who approach the complex axially along the main avenue of the gardens, is set up as a rippled surface of skylights shaped as truncated pyramids on a square base. In this way, since there is a strong relationship between building and outdoor public spaces (facing forward), it is preferred the view from above of the new volume, generating an object that will be mostly appreciated by those who will be on the upper rocky ridge.
International design ideas competition
Project collaborators: Carmen Luna Caballero, Laura Martinez Hernandez
Client: Municipality of Cagliari
Superficie: 1.000 sqm
Cost: € 2.600.000
Project date: 2012
Construction: -
