Museu Carmen Thyssen, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
First Prize- Architect Nieto Sobejano
- Typologies Museum Refurbishment Culture / Leisure
- Date 2020
- City San Feliú de Guíxols (Girona)
- Country Spain
- Brand Úrculo Ingenieros Bernabeu Ingenieros


The Madrid practice of Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano have won first place in the competition to build a museum in San Felíu de Guíxols (Girona) to house part of Carmen Thyssen's art collection, joining those already existing in Madrid, Málaga, and Andorra.
Nieto Sobejano's scheme carried the day over those drawn up by the other four teams shortlisted: Camps Felip Arquitectura + Tuñón Arquitectos; Martinez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos + Adriá Orriols Camps; Fuses-Viader Arquitectes; and Calderon-Folch Studio + AV62 Arquitectos. .
The 4,040-square-meter home for a collection of 19th- and 20th-century Catalan painting will occupy a monastery to be restored and refurbished accordingly, with respect and in a way that connects the architectural complex to the landscape through a garden raised over the heart of the new institution: a multipurpose space leading into the historical building and to the exterior garden. The expansion pursues the architectural typology of the cloister that never came to be built in this monastery.










Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Arquitectos Architects
Fuensanta Nieto, Enrique Sobejano, Alexandra Sobral
Equipo Team
Pablo Gómez, Elena Díaz, Ignacio García, Martina Palmioli, Valeria Polato, Juan Carlos Redondo, José Romera
Colaboradores técnicos Technicians collaborators
Bernabéu Ingenieros, S.L. (ingeniería de estructuras structure engineering), R. Úrculo Ingenieros Consultores, S.A. (cálculo instalaciones MEP engineering)
Museografía Museography
Consuelo Luca de Tena
Conservación y mantenimiento Conservation and maintenance
Ester González Ortega
Imágenes Images
Hut Studio
Maquetas Models
METRICAminima SLL