The Museo del Prado launches an international architectural competition for the Hall of RealmsMonday, February 29, 2016
The competition to select the team that presents the best design for the remodelling of the building for primarily display use within the “Prado Campus” complex will consist of two phases: an open one and a second one for candidates selected from the first phase. Entry for the first phase is open until 21 April.
Salón de Reinos
The Museo del Prado today published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado the announcement of its international competition for the architectural remodelling and updating for museological purposes of the Hall of Realms [Salón de Reinos]. The Hall of Realms is part of the now largely lost Royal Buen Retiro Palace and was until recently the home of the Army Museum. It was officially transferred to the Prado in October 2015.
The aim of the competition is to select a team of architects on the basis of the best proposal to restore the Hall of Realms and create an alternative display space of outstanding quality for the Prado in which to present particular parts of the collection and mount an exhibition programme that focuses on key themes within Spanish history and artistic patrimony.
The addition of this building to the Museo del Prado’s Campus, which was envisaged in the parliamentary agreements on the Museum of 1995, is the principal goal of the celebrations to mark the Museum’s imminent 200th anniversary, which takes place in 2019. It will allow for an increase in display space of between 4,300 and 5,800 square metres.
The competition, open to both Spanish and non-Spanish architects and teams of architects, is structured into two phases. The first is an open one which will select up to eight teams who will be requested to produce a proposal of a preliminary study type. The best of these proposals will be selected as the winner of the second phase.
The competition will offer a first prize of 48,400 Euros together with the commission for the project. In addition, each of the other finalists will be awarded 36,300 Euros. The budget for the fees for the creation of the final project and the site management is 1,756,315 Euros, including VAT.
The results of the competition will be decided by a jury, which will consist of the following members:
President
The President of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo del Prado
Secretary
The associate director of Administration of the Museo del Prado
Board members
The vice-president of the Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo del Prado
The director of the Museo del Prado
The director-general of Fine Arts and Cultural Property and of Archives and Libraries
The deputy director of Conservation and Research at the Museo del Prado
The general co-ordinator of Programmes and Operations at the Museo del Prado
The financial controller of the Museo del Prado
The lawyer of the State Judicial Service
The president of the Higher Council of Architectural Colleges of Spain
D. Luis Fernández-Galiano
Dña. María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco
D. Rafael Moneo Vallés
D. Fernando de Terán Troyano
All those wishing to take part in the competition can apply up to 21 April 2016.
All entrants can make use of the following e-mail address for sending any questions or queries they may have, which will be replied to in that same section of the website:
