What is KREA

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What is KREA | Architectural project

Project description

Its 16,000 square metres will bring together two great cultural proposals that will turn Betoño into a highly attractive cultural axis for Vitoria-Gasteiz. Very close to the city centre, there are very outstanding projects in this area, namely, the Vital building, the Ciudad de Baskonia, the Ataria Centre for the Observation of Nature or the Shopping mall El Boulevard.

There are two buildings in this area:

1. The old Carmelitas convent, with a chapel
2. An independent building used as cemetery

The old cemetery is going to become the headquarters of the Sancho el Sabio Foundation, the main document bank of Basque culture in the Basque Country, which will also belong to the Caja Vital Kutxa Permanent Fund. It will be covered in glass and steel, and it will be provided with a basement where the documents will be kept.

The old convent will be KREA Expresión Contemporánea building. The architectural solution put forward is based upon the balance between the old convent and a new corridor-like building that winds through the old building and towers upon it, entering the cloister. This new building has been considered an icon of contemporary architecture in Alava, a powerful, yet, simple and familiar formal image.

KREA is divided into three areas:

1. The old convent will hold the area devoted to creation, as well as the rooms for the training and working activities: rehearsal rooms, workshops, study rooms, halls of residence for artists, offices, etc. The chapel may be used independently; it is linked with the crypt beneath it and can be accessed independently.
2. The new glass building will hold the leisure areas and meeting points: information, provisional exhibitions and the cafeteria-restaurant. The basement can be accessed through this structure and it holds------ the theatre and the cinema.
3. A green, slightly sloping area will complete the premises, and it will hold outdoor activities, concerts, etc.

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