Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria MUPAC, Architecture, Spanish Building
Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria Building
10 July 2020
MUPAC – Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria
Location: Calle Bailén, s/n, 39004 Santander, Cantabria, northern Spain
“Estratos”, the winning proposal from Mendoza Partida, an international Barcelona-based design studio
Design: Mendoza Partida Architects
Mendoza Partida Win The Ideas Competition For The Construction of
The Mupac Museum Of Prehistory And Archaeology Of Cantabria

The MUPAC project, promoted by the Vice Presidency of the Government of Cantabria, involves the construction in Santander of one of the most representative headquarters of the archaeological history of Spain; covering a surface area of over 18,000 m2, it will house the museum and an administrative building.
The proposal of Mendoza Partida, an international Barcelona-based practice whose architecture is characterized by the sensitivity to understand and interpret multiple contexts and an ongoing search for new approaches, offers an ideal response to a cultural amenity that will occupy a prime and also complex location in the Cantabrian capital.

?Estratos?, the project by architects Héctor Mendoza and Mara Partida, partners in the international Barcelona-based practice Mendoza Partida, has won the ideas competition for the construction of the MUPAC, the Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria, with...