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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Cultural Center ‘El Soto’ Renovation in Móstoles, Spain by De Lapuerta y Asensio ArquitectosFebruary 24th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos In “El Soto” we had to reinvent the commission. Initially, the task was to develop a basic project, already approved by the City to renew an existing Cultural Centre, which was a focus of activity and tradition in the neighborhood. The challenge was to get as much as possible, with a very limited budget in times of austerity, and with the premise of preserving the existing building.  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán
 Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán Constant dialogue with the various representatives of the City Council has helped achieve exemplary acceptance and involvement of each of them with the operation from the very beginning. Covering the existing building, and using the preexisting foundation and structure, the transformation begins there:  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán The old white brick facade is dressed up with an industrial metal, disappearing into the grey sky and also camouflaged with the existing painted cover. A skylight of polycarbonate in the heart of the building bringing light on the hall disappears and appears as a surprising northern light entrance when entering the exhibition.  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán The existing theater (an Italian-type room with fixed seats, as other dozen standing in Mostoles) becomes a multi-scenic avant-garde room that allows for the assembly of an experimental space where the stage can be placed anywhere in the room, and where retractable bleacher-seats are collected and disappear if requested, leaving an open room. Finally, three new pieces of black brick (with a lock that makes it appear as another material) holds the extension of the library, cafeteria and theater storage. These pieces face the street creating a new public space.  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán In addition to a brand new building, Mostoles has this new small yellow paved square, which connects the multi-scene theater to the external events and leads the way from the street to the building entrance, flanked by a light plane and the velvet of the cafeteria.  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © Miguel de Guzmán  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos  Image Courtesy © De Lapuerta y Asensio Arquitectos
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