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Lawrence S. Ng Cornell in Rome Lecture Series: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos — Museums in Transformation

Interior view of Archive of the Avant-Garde with a staircase visible at the back of the space
image / Roland Halbe; Veroeffentlichung nur gegen Honorar, Urhebervermerk und Beleg

Lecture

Location

Cornell in Rome

Palazzo Santacroce
Piazza Benedetto Cairoli 6, 00186 Rome, Italy

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Cornell in Rome

+39 06 689 7070

cornellinrome@cornell.edu

Abstract

The Lawrence S. Ng Cornell in Rome Lecture Series features outstanding practitioners in the field based in Europe speaking on architecture and urban design. This installment welcomes Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos. The work of Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano is widely recognized for its consistent pursuit of a balance between memory and invention through projects embedded in complex urban contexts. Museum architecture exists in a state of ongoing transformation, frequently requiring extensions or adaptations that are integrated into existing structures, reshaping the urban landscape and generating new public spaces for collective interaction. During this lecture, they will present their recent museum and arts center projects, focusing on the ideas that inform them and on their work with public, cultural, and civic spaces in continuous transformation.

This lecture is part of the Lawrence S. Ng Cornell in Rome Lecture Series.

Biography

Color portrait of architects Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano posed in front of a window

Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Fuensanta Nieto and Enrique Sobejano are founding partners of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, based in Madrid and Berlin. Both graduated from the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM) and hold master’s degrees from Columbia University in New York. They have taught and lectured widely at universities and institutions in Europe and the United States. Their projects have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Kunsthaus Graz, and the MAST Foundation in Bologna. Among their numerous honors are the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Alvar Aalto Medal, the Nike Prize of the Bund Deutscher Architekten, and Spain’s Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts. Major works include the Madinat al-Zahra Museum, the Moritzburg Museum, the Arvo Pärt Centre, and the Montblanc Haus in Hamburg. Current projects include the extension of the Sorolla Museum in Madrid, the Vannes Museum in France, and the expansion of the Dallas Museum of Art.

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