Article source: Mateo Arquitectura

In the grounds of Prague Castle, among various palaces currently reused to house the National Gallery, the brief was to design a small building that provides an entrance to the museum complex. Two parallel surfaces organize what used to be an empty space without weighing it down: one forms the floor, the other the roof.

Image Courtesy © Adrià Goula

• Architects: Mateo Arquitectura
• Project: Prague National Gallery Entrance Hall
• Location: Hradcanske Square, Prague, Czech Republic
  
• Photography: Adrià Goula
• Author: Josep Lluís Mateo
• Client: National Gallery of Czech Republic
• Site: Salm Palace, Hradcanske Square, Prague
• Project: 2004
• Construction: 2009 – 2012
• Surface: 1.500 m2
• Structural Engineering: Agustí Obiol – BOMA
• Landscaping: Manuel Colominas
• Installations Engineering: Grupo JG
• Fire Protection: Francesc Labastida

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