alcolea+tárrago arquitectos . Roberto Ercilla . Jerez arquitectos . Piedra arquitectos . renders: © JAM images
The restoration of the Hospital Concepción in Burgos brings back the original architectural qualities of this 16th and 17th century building, which has received many fragmented and not cohesive interventions during the past centuries.
The new program components –university cultural center and regional historic archive– are inserted with elements which could be eventually removed or easily transformed, in an effort to acknowledge the temporality of the new contemporary parts in opposition to the ever-lasting serenity of the historic context. The new extension, built with brick and local stone, accommodates to the historic building, by following its alignment, dimension modularity and overall composition principles. It aims for a calmed and subtle dialog while contributing to inserting an abstract and contemporary volume addressing both, the historic context, the cloister, and the public park.
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Restoration of 17th century Hospital into Regional Archive and Cultural Center, Burgos, Spain
alcolea+tárrago arquitectos
Roberto Ercilla
Jerez arquitectos
Piedra arquitectos
Project development: Fernando Iraburu
Images: JAM images
