Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, Spain.

The Royal Collections Museum extends the base of the Royal Palace, building a linear space that follows the palace’s outlines, drawn in the 18th century by Giovanni Battista Sacchetti, and contributes to rounding out the natural-artificial historical landscape of Madrid’s western edge. The Gallery is a new text on top of what was already written. With a material quality that is both heavy and light at the same time, it refers to the passage of time in the Palace’s old stones through the construction of a simple, compact building. The design is aware that maximum flexibility and opportunity can only be possible within a rigorous order, which adopts the materials of the Royal Palace and its dignified construction as a feature, adding a contemporary layout that is both opaque and transparent.RC