Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea [Galician Centre of Contemporary Art], Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1988-1993

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People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea [Galician Centre of Contemporary Art], Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 1988-1993

Date:

1988-1995

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

Approximately 1,364 drawings (including 1,079 reprographic copies)
534 photographic materials
1 map
0.23 linear metres of textual records

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 54/80. The office assigned the date 1988 for this project.

This project was commissioned by the Xunta de Galicia for the autonomous community of Galicia in Spain. The building was located near the Galego Pobo Museum and the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval. The museum was approximately 75,000 square feet and divided into two L-shaped structures. The building had four floors and included exhibition halls, a terrace, a cafeteria, administrative spaces, an auditorium, and a library. The exterior was principally made of granite panels. The exhibition spaces were very bright, principally due to the natural light that came from multiple openings in the building as well as the white walls. The floors of the public spaces and exhibition rooms were made of Greek marble. Siza also transformed the Convento de Santo Domingo de Bonaval garden into a public park. The park was understood as an extension of the museum.

Documenting this project are sketches, studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1988.PR03

Arrangement:
Material in this series was arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and has been kept in this order.

Location:

Santiago di Compostela Spain

Credit line:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Language of material:

Spanish
Portuguese

Related units of description:

Sketches for Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note are sketchbooks 267, 269, 274, 281, 318, 320, 337, and 349.

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