Museum for the Central American Art & Arts Center [(MUCCA) Museo de Arte Centroamericano y Centro de las Artes]
Author: A. Cristiá Batista (Puerto Rico/Costa Rica), 01/2013
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"The future of museum architecture, stand out those designs that, within a consolidated urban space, is imposed a building as shock effect." - Museums for the XXI century
It must be a yell in the middle of urban space!
Currently, there are several places for contemplation of universal art; however, it has put aside the Latin-American scene, highlighting only a few artists in the extremes: Mexico and South America. Even more, the Central American scene has been set aside to the point that there is not even a proper documentation of artists and works in this region.
Georgina DeCarli, in her book, A Sustainable Museum, points out that a good museum of our era is that which preserves the integral heritage: integrated museums which its themes, its collections and exhibitions are interrelated with each other and with the human environment, both natural and social.
Location
Theoretical framework
Intangible variables
Concept
Project model
The Museum for the Central American Art (MUCCA for its acronym in Spanish) has: the museum side (exhibitions of painting, sculpture and others), classrooms and workshops for various kinds of arts, children’s area (interactive rooms), a place for temporary exhibition galleries, a cafe, concert hall and open-air theater, built in the park. This last serves as the large main lobby that directs people to the museum, from beautiful gardens and paths.
Bridges, ramps and transparency reinforce the concept of continuity, visibility and the relationship between the different spaces.
Model process
