M. ARCH II COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION. GSAUP (UCLA): "THE SEVILLE PROJECT"
“A MUSEUM AND URBAN REMODELING; COMPUTER-AIDED ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN PROJECT”
CONCURSO (FINALISTA): ORDENACIÓN URBANA DEL PRADO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN EN SEVILLA Y MUSEO DE LAS AMÉRICAS
EVOLUCIÓN HISTÓRICA DEL PRADO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
ESTADO ACTUAL DEL PRADO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
THIS WORK IS CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA OF ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN AND COMPUTER - AIDED ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN.
THE WORK IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FIRST ONE IS TO GIVE A RESPONSE TO AN URBAN SITE APPROACHING THE PROBLEM FROM A COMPLETE STUDY OF ITS HISTORICAL EVOLUTION. THIS PROJECT IS USED IN THE SECOND SECTION OF THE WORK TO PROPOSE A SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE COMPUTER - AIDED ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN DESIGN PROCESS.
THE PROJECT CHOSEN IS THE URBAN REMODELING OF AN EMPTY SITE, THE SO CALLED “PRADO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN”, IN THE CITY OF SEVILLE, SPAIN, FOR THE INCLUSION WITHIN IT OF THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS. THIS MUSEUM WILL HOUSE ITEMS RELATED TO THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA AND THE SUBSEQUENT TIME, FROM THE “TIERRA DEL FUEGO” TO NORTH OF THE “RÍO GRANDE” AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN WHAT IS NOW THE UNITED STATES.
THE PROPOSAL IS BASED ON THE INTEGRATION OF THE URBAN SPACE AND THE MUSEUM IN THE IMMEDIATE OPEN URBAN SPACE, THE MARÍA LUISA PARK, AND IS DEVELOPED ENOUGH TO CLEARLY EXPOSE THE BASIC COMPOSITION OF THE VOLUMES AND THEIR INTEGRATION AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE EXISTING SURROUNDINGS.
IT IS MADE UP OF THREE DIFFERENT ARCHITECTURAL AND URBAN ELEMENTS:
• THE BROAD PLAZA.
• THE DEEP PLAZA.
• THE MUSEUM.
THE VOLUMES THAT MAKE UP THE MUSEUM ARE ORGANIZED AROUND A CENTRAL OPEN PATIO.