Located in Bilbao?s upcoming neighbourhood La Vieja, the project for an art gallery focusing on works of local and international photography artists is situated in a former workshop, derelict for years.

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Architects: BABELstudio

Location: Bilbao, Biscay, Spain

Architect In Charge: BABELstudio

Area: 57.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: José Luís Revuelta

Collaborators: Andrea Emmanuel Laredo

Client: Private

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From the architect. Located in Bilbao?s upcoming neighbourhood La Vieja, the project for an art gallery focusing on works of local and international photography artists is situated in a former workshop, derelict for years.
Axonometric

The design was to great extend influenced by the clients request to preserve the ambience of the space?s architecture and it?s enclosing brick and stone walls, while obtaining a contemporary, flexible exhibition space. This set-up was accompanied by our intention as designers to avoid the conventional concept of the white cube.

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The project thus focuses on a respectful and in-detail restoration of the existing perimeters, providing the needed wall surface for the art pieces by a minimal architectural intervention: A series of wall-mounte...