Costantini Museum (MALBA), Buenos Aires
International Competition, 1997
The museum is placed facing Peru Plaza with its long side becoming the physical boundary to this large public space. The plaza, rather than becoming a designed urban square, is seen as a park with earth instead of paved areas. Thus, the building hovering over this space cantilevers out proposing a simultaneous viewing of art and nature. The tilted long facade protected by external louvers, allows for a full view of the square, since the required angle for the louvres is closer to the horizontal.
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