Andalusia Museum of Memory

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Project Name: Andalusia Museum of Memory
Construction year: 2008
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Address: Jose Luis Perez Pujadas & Eudoxia Piriz corner , GRANADA - Spain

Architect(s) : Alberto Campo Baeza
Project Category: Cultural | Museums

Latitude: 37.1619
Longitude: -3.60691

Andalusia Museum of Memory

The MA building is in line with the Central Headquarters of the Caja Granada Savings Bank that Campo Baeza completed in 2001. The upper floor of the MA, a three-story podium building measuring 60x120 meters, is at the same level as the podium of the main Caja Granada building.A slim vertical building, the same height and width as the main building of the Caja Granada, gives the illusion of a “Gate to the City.” The dialogue between the two buildings is further accentuated by the use of the same reinforced concrete. Large plasma screens will project images on the facade facing Granada’s main ringway.To access the MA you go through the opening in the vertical building, then continue down a wide staircase to the main entrance.The podium building consists of three floors, access, first floor and garden level, two of them below ground. An elliptical central courtyard, with circular ramps, connects the three levels. The dimensions of the elliptical courtyard were taken from the courtyard of the Palace of Charles the V in the Alhambra.The main entrance to the building is on the ground floor where the reception, administration, workshop, theater and cafeteria are located. The first floor is for temporary exhibition as well as an independent access to the theater.The vertical building consists of 10 floors, the third and fourth floor, a double height mezzanine, connects to the ramp and the vertical circulation. A restaurant, with magnificent views, is located on the 8th floor.

The MA open “Field,” a large horizontal platform towards the river, serves as a public space for this new area in the city of Granada.

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