La Cuisine Art Center

La Cuisine is an art centre created by rehabilitating an old castle. The Spanish design team kept what remained of the historic structure and added new volumes that stay low and quiet beside it.

The additions are made of steel and glass. Seen from the surrounding grounds, they hug the ground and let the outline of the old walls and the open landscape dominate. Glazed fronts open onto terraces and paths around the site.

Inside, narrow, linear spaces with dark metal surfaces lead between the old and the new, with long views out through the glass. The art centre uses these rooms for exhibitions, workshops and residencies.