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CINEMA CENTER IN MATADERO LAGAZPI - MADRID
DESIGN BY CHURTICHAGA & QUADRA SALCEDO ARCHITECT
DESIGN BY CHURTICHAGA & QUADRA SALCEDO ARCHITECT
CINEMA CENTER IN MATADERO
LAGAZPI - MADRID
DESIGN BY CHURTICHAGA &
QUADRA SALCEDO ARCHITECT
When
architects and designers are called in to redesign a space that already exists
for a specific reason and their goal is to reinvent that space for an entirely
different use, professionals are faced with a duality of responsibility and
potential. In order to respect what once was and bring truth and beauty
to the space that is without time or purpose, the task at hand becomes
visceral. Questions arise as to how we want people to feel in this space. How
can this space envelop the senses and become functional in its new incarnation
while retaining its inherent beauty?
The dark gray pine wood acts as a backdrop where the
designer let his memory and imagination come to life. His childhood fascination
with basketry comes alive and influences the lighting as “floating figures” and
“huge vibrant baskets” that occupy the open main spaces. The Archive Area is
covered by a “permeable basket” that works as a gigantic lamp that one can walk
through and on top of. It filters light and is constructed of what seems to be
an infinite number of woven orange hoses (actual conventional industrial
irrigation hoses). The main room is illuminated in orange by another floating
basket that fades into the darkness, with only the black surface remaining when
a movie begins playing. In the small projection room, the basket weaves once
again through a black space and only when a window opens to let in natural
light, can one see the intricate work and brilliant concept at play.
The Matadero promises to
be a great attraction and public gathering space, a centerpiece project of an
urban renewal effort to bring cultural and art programs to southern urban
Madrid.
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JOSEMARIA DE
CHURTICHAGA
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Born in Madrid in 1967, graduated from Escuela
Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid,1992.
In 1995 he founded with Cayetana de la Quadra-Salcedo the Office CHURTICHAGA+QUADRA-SALCEDO
architects. Focused mainly in Public Buildings , they have won several national
and international competitions and his work have been awarded and published in
national and international publications and books.
The work of the office is focused on the intimate relation between physical and
unphysical aspects, trying to understand architecture as a sensorial interface,
as an atmosphere between the man and the environment.
He has been Design Studio Professor at the School of
Architecture of Madrid from 2003 to 2008. Since 2008, he is Associate Dean of IE School of
Architecture and Director for
Undergraduate Architecture Studies.
He has lectured at prestigious institutions in USA, UK, Germany,
Norway, India, Portugal, Spain, Argentina, Italy…
Among the distinctions are MIES VAN DER ROHE
prizes (selected), ENOR International Young Architects Prize (1st. Prize).,
PREMIO COMUNIDAD DE MADRID (1st. Prize), PREMIO BIGMAT (1st. Prize).
