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The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, received this morning at the prestigious New York architect, Terence Riley, former director of the department of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Riley, accompanied by the Town Planning Councillor, Fernando Berberena, handed the mayor his first sketches for the future Museum of Art, Design and Environment of Murcia (Madman).
The project started in 2006 in collaboration with the FCG, which proposed to Riley, then director of the department of Architecture at MoMA in New York.
The first agreement was to promote a case study on the establishment of cultural infrastructure in the city of Murcia, as a model for a postgraduate course of the famous Harvard University, where Riley is also a professor.
The study was first initiatives by the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
Experimentally, studied for a degree in architecture and urban design feasibility of implementing a museum of architecture, urbanism and design standards.
The study had three phases: research and study of existing models in other cities, identifying areas (program phase) and urban planning and architectural designs.
Now it's time to capture on paper the results and proposals made.
2010-2015 Murcia
The creation of the Madman, on the other hand, it is one of the key aspects of Murcia 2010-2015 led by Mayor House and aims to further the vision of Murcia, as a benchmark for quality, creativity and innovation field of commercial services, cultural, sports and tourism.
Located in the Levante Park, next to the Auditorium and Congress Center, the future museum will feature a sculpture garden, Puntos and Resident Artists Program.
Mayor House has stressed that the Museum of Art, Design and Environment of Murcia will have a clear and perceptible impact on the city as well as in the rest of the region and the world.
In addition, this project will be a great boost to the economy, culture and Murcia.
Its mission is to collect, preserve and exhibit the arts which reflect the relationship between humanity and nature-or culture and the environment.
The Madman propose a unique approach to how this connection has evolved over time and how busy the artists for centuries.
The creation of this complex is also sponsored by the Government, through the Murcia Fundación Futuro.
The new infrastructure of museums, which have an area 11,700 meters square, it will become:
- A center for the creation, research and study of environmental art.
- A destination for regional and international tourism as an addiction to itineraries that include the Museo del Prado, Reina Sofia and the IVAM.
- An expression of the culture of Murcia.
- A boost to economic development in the region.
- A boost for local artists and arts organizations.
- A remarkable meeting of cultures.
The Madman is destined to become a hallmark for the city and a focal point for art and design based on the environment.
Collect, preserve and expose the arts that reflect the profound relationship between humanity and nature, culture and environment, incorporating as a single item in the world to have a museum open.
The MADMAN is the ideal place to explore the relationship between land and culture and provide ample space for indoor and outdoor galleries, and also organizing exhibitions of existing collections, will also provide a workplace for artists and curators from around the world to create new works.
Along with the formal exhibition galleries and educational programs, the complex will provide an informal location for local arts groups through exhibitions, workshops and joint educational programs.
Besides being physically and spatially open to their surroundings and the programs of the new museum will be open to society Murcia, educational institutions and the artistic community and maintain a close relationship with the University.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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