{"id":5700,"date":"2026-04-24T09:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesa.cr\/?p=5700"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:49:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:49:41","slug":"el-atico-mac-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icesa.cr\/en_us\/el-atico-mac-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"El \u00c1tico: Mac Panam\u00e1:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notes-on-a-museum-and-the-city\"><strong>Notes on a museum and the city<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icesa.cr\/en_us\/portfolio\/mac-panama-el-atico\/\">Our proposal <\/a>for the new <a href=\"https:\/\/macpanama.org\">Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama<\/a> begins from a simple premise: the museum should not be conceived as an object, but as a place within the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site sits between contrasting urban conditions: the fishing community of Boca La Caja, the expanding district of San Francisco, institutional campuses, and large-scale commercial developments. Within this fragmented context, the project establishes a civic locus by prioritizing the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The corner of the lot\u2014its most visible and accessible point\u2014is released as a shaded public space:&nbsp;<em>Atrio Arte<\/em>, a covered plaza open without a ticket. In the tropical climate of Panama, shade is not an amenity but a precondition for collective life. The plaza is not residual space; it is the primary architectural act. The museum is organized above it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The project operates through section rather than image. A continuous base\u2014built upon the existing foundation slab\u2014absorbs the technical and service program. Above, a column-free exhibition volume is lifted and defined by indirect zenithal light, wrapped in a permeable terracotta envelope. The separation between both strata allows for cross-ventilation, tempering the public space below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the plaza, the building organizes a gradual ascent. Community spaces mediate between the civic ground and the exhibition level, structuring a sequence from the public to the collective, and from the collective to the contemplative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This stratification is both spatial and institutional. It extends the role of the museum beyond exhibition, positioning it as an active urban platform. 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