Invited to participate in a series of utopian projects for Madrid, Siza returned to the Parque del Oeste, near the site of his unrealized competition-winning project for the Min­istry of Defense Cultural Center. His proposal includes two elements; the first, a garden on the site of the Cultural Center, is a level plane, which, given the steep slope of the site, is banked into the earth for most of its exent. Two walkways cross this space perpendicularly, and one tun­nels under the street to reach two galleries, located in the park itself, that house Picasso’s Guernica and his sculpture Pregnant Woman. One of these galleries projects ob­liquely over the sloping park, while the other curves, becoming perpendicular to the first. The floor of the straight gallery slopes and its ceiling ascends, creating a false perspective. A line of central columns is interrupted by an opening, through which one may contemplate the Guernica canvas, located on another wall which screens a mirador or lookout. The curved galleries look towards the mountains north of the city, one of the most characteristic panoramas of Madrid... [+]