Exhibition Hall at the Faculty of Fine Arts
Sevilla
Architects
Sol89. María González & Juanjo López de la Cruz
Collaborators
Alejandro Cabanas, installations; Salva Prieto, Ana Sánchez and Rosa Gallardo
Technical Architect
José Castro
Client
Universidad de Sevilla
Construction Company
Deco-arq SL
The project is part of a series of interventions aimed at revitalizing the courtyard of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Seville. A set of surface-level operations seeks to recover and enhance the image of the courtyard, which has been degraded by numerous partial renovations carried out over the years. At the same time, the project aims to activate various disused spaces so that life in the courtyard—the true vestibular space of the Faculty—becomes more vibrant and helps make the activities taking place in the building more visible.
This initial intervention intends to repurpose an unused space in one of the corners, allowing students and young artists to use it as an exhibition hall that showcases their work to the public. This concept suggests not only intervening in the interior space but also addressing the entrance to the Faculty, which has so far been dominated by vehicle access, in an effort to extend the approach to the exhibition hall and connect it to the public street.
To achieve this, three linked operations are proposed: repaving the entrance hall with red granite cobblestones to replace the current vehicle-grade surface and leveling it with the ambulatory surrounding the courtyard; replacing the access ramp with one that, in addition to meeting the needs of people with disabilities, functions as a physical and symbolic umbilical cord between the hall and the street—guiding pedestrians and protecting them from vehicles with a tall, opaque parapet; and creating a shaded transitional space at the entrance to the hall by recessing its access point, forming a waiting vestibule that overlooks the mural painting classroom located beneath it.
Inside, the intervention is minimal: the powerful reinforced concrete structure is exposed, and a display wall is deployed to regularize the uneven perimeter, generating a series of auxiliary spaces along the edges.
