The new volume is placed opposite the current venue, the Meier building, with the purpose of including the convent and chapel on Plaça dels Angels, which will become the MACBA’s new center of gravity and a symbolic axis connecting the whole public space.

The sustainable use of brick establishes a dialogue with the heterogeneous context, which offers constructive, compositional, and volumetric cues. With its human scale, the extension will redefine the institution’s image, making it more accessible to the public.

The exhibition spaces are expanded with three large multipurpose halls – of 31x12 meters –, the last one with the possibility of introducing natural light through lightwells and the spaces between buttresses, reserved for unique artworks.

Images: Filippo Bolognese