AJG Gallery, České Budějovice
Year 2024 Architects: Diego Díaz Mosqueira Gustavo Figueira Serrano Álvaro Itarte Pérez Alba Álvarez Vázquez Jimena González Verdía Renders: Bump Estudio Location: České Budějovice, Czech Republic AJG Gallery The Keystone / Klenák embodies AJG's spirit, forming a symbiotic relationship between two contrasting yet complementary values: honoring history while embracing the future. These opposing pairs—progress vs. history, experimentation vs. conservation, and openness vs. protection—define two architectural spaces. "Void" symbolizes progress, experimentation, and temporality, while "Solid" represents history, protection, and permanence. These spaces intertwine, organizing the program across five floors. The interplay between Void and Solid also defines volume and expression. A rough, warm-toned granite skin protects the building, offering exterior views through large glazed openings. It is a primitive yet timeless form that connects past and future. Far from an isolated entity, the museum's architecture embodies its responsibility of serving as a cultural keystone, promoting art and culture regionally and across borders. "Our proposal for the new Alšová South Bohemian Gallery, woven from contrasts and continuities—permanence...
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