MACPR Galeria Exterior
Designers: María A. Mateo, María M. Serrano, Jeirca Medina
Professor: Prof. Darwin Marrero
Course: City Studio, July 2014
Location: Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary of Art Puerto Rico [MACPR] the Exterior Gallery, is an innovative conception of the Parada 18 bus stop. The project seeks to relate the context adjacent to the museum with its inner content. The proposal recognizes one particuliar urban character of the intersection between the Ponce de Leon and Roberto H. Todd Avenue, while recognizing the cultural potential of the museum, through a square and the reconception of the vehicular crossway the Project proposes to strengthen linkages between: the visitor and the museum, between the paserby and the sidewalk, between the consumer and public transport.
