From an urban perspective, the project is based on two fundamental principles: on the one hand, the Royal Collection  museum should be part of the natural-artificial landscape of Madrid’s western edge, and on the other, it is necessary to maintain the open, public nature of La Almunena and preserve views of the parks and gardens beneath the western lip of the city. The Museum, in its linear structure as an inhabited containment wall, tries to reduce the objective (physical and subjective (collective subconscious) environmental impact on the monumental plinth of the Royal Palace.

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Architects: Luis M. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón

Location: El Pardo, 28048 Madrid, Spain
Area: 50000.0 m2

Project Year: 2015

Photography: Luis Asín

Client: Patrimonio Nacional.

Collaborators: Carlos Brage, Rubén Arend, Matilde Peralta, Andrés Regueiro, Clara Moneo, Teresa Cruz, Bárbara Silva, Jaime Gimeno, Stefania Previati, David Nadal, Oscar F. Aguayo, Carlos Martinez de Albornoz, Asa Nakano, Coco Castillón, Javier González Galán, Mila Moskalenko.

Principal Engineerings: J.G. Asociados, Alfonso Gómez Gaite

Civil Engineers: INTEMAC (Roberto Barrios I.C.C. y P.).

Sideboard: Santiago Hernán y Luis Baena, arquitectos técnicos.

Construction: F.C.C. (...