GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE

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The area of ​​action, in which this proposal is developed, is made up of the remains of residential and commercial buildings from the mid-16th century, and a large vacant lot as a result of the demolitions carried out in the area at the end of the 16th century. XX.

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In its surroundings, residential structures of the same type alternate with others of a monumental nature and public use, (Church of Santa María, House of Luis de Morales, Old Town Hall, Arco del Peso,… .. etc.) All these buildings are articulated in an urban space made up of large voids (Alta, San José and Luis de Morales squares).

From the point of view of the structuring of urban space, this proposal aims to interrelate, through the internal route of its most public uses, Exhibition Rooms, Access and Cafeteria, the public spaces in the area of ​​the Plaza de San José -Puerta del Capitel with the Plaza de Luis de Morales.

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The volume of the new building will integrate the remains of the old buildings, showing themselves as musselled pieces.

The new structure is conceived as a diaphanous space, which by means of glass enclosures, except those of the assembly hall, opens generously to its Southwest and Southeast facades.

Given the criticality of these orientations in relation to solar capture, they will be protected by a fixed lattice, consisting of a shading curtain wall made of ceramic material and an automated awning system.

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The element described above will determine the appearance of the building and its insertion in the surrounding urban environment, it is intended to evoke and reinterpret the language of the constitutive architectures of the Christian city, in its transition from the Late Middle Ages to Renaissance Modernity, where The fusion of the state architecture of the last Trastamara-Reyes Católicos with the Mudejarism typical of the local workforce, produced a syncretism of which we have received brilliant vestiges in the public buildings of the Plaza Alta and in which the dynamism is manifested cultural culture of Castilian society, at the end of the Dynastic and Granada Wars, with broad reflection throughout the kingdom, producing epiphenomena in places as far from the centers of power as the city of Badajoz could be.

BUILDING DESCRIPTION

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LEVEL 2
Developed below ground level, this level will be perforated by a patio, traced under the sloping bleachers of the assembly hall, allowing natural lighting of the Bibliographic Consultation Room located on this floor, next to the storage and archive spaces. Given the difficult access to the plot and the proximity of the Sta. María car park, as well as the need to take advantage of the entire built-up area, to satisfy the program, the use of this floor as a parking space is obviated.

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LEVEL 1
The next floor is projected onto the Plaza de Luis de Morales, through a wide open and covered space, like a porch, which leads to the access control hall to the building, which filters the entrance to the Assembly Hall- Planetary. This use is the one with the greatest influx of public, so on this level, an additional group of toilets are projected, as well as the cafeteria that, with its own small warehouse, integrates the remains of the old cellar of the houses located on it. .
As for the auditorium-planetarium, a spatial arrangement has been chosen that integrates both functions in a single room. Its arrangement between level -1 and level ± 0, allows its use as an audiovisual space linked to the exhibition halls.

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LEVEL ± 0
This level integrates the remains of the houses, which are intended to be preserved, rebuilding them according to the documentation that is had. This reconstructed part, together with the rest of the floor, will constitute an exhibition area, interrelated with the lower level.

The resulting large space is subdivided into four independent rooms, of which the one located on the stage of the assembly hall, due to its geometry and location, seems to us the most suitable to house the fixed structure of the image workshops.

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LEVEL +1
This level is reserved to house the administrative and management spaces of the foundation and its attached bodies.
Due to the representativeness of its location, we will arrange the management and management offices, as well as their administrative support in the area conserved on the upper floor of the old houses, making it possible to read them as representative spaces. In this area, the inclusion of a patio allows natural lighting for both the administrative area and the Boardroom (C1). Separated by translucent partitions, the room destined to house the Foundation's Social Action area will also be located in this area.
The rest of the work spaces will be located in the large room that is projected on the Plaza de Luis de Morales, allowing its redistribution through mobile partitions, according to the needs of the moment. The work area of ​​the magazine La Galera is located in a separate room.

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LEVEL +2 DECK
The communications and toilets core extends to the roof level, incorporating a small office, which, supported by the service elevator, will facilitate the use of the terrace for holding events. The rear part of the terrace will be used for installations, whose view from the outside will be avoided by forming a sloping ceramic tile roof, recovering the idea of ​​the traditional bends of Extremadura housing.