TORRES DE QUART MUSEUM OF LOCKSMITHERY
Modification of the former city gate into a museum for locksmithery, Valencia, Spain
Competition: 1st prize, May 1996 | Completion: in 1997 | Client: Municipality of Valencia | Building Contructor: Empty S.L. | Costs: 80.000 Euro | Surface: 160 qm | Collaborators: Pedro Morales
The medieval Gate of Valencia is to be converted into a museum for lock and fittings. The extreme solidity of the historic walls are faced with filigree Vitrinenund light fixtures. The exhibits fit naturally into the interplay between gravity and lightness of construction materials.
