Gothic Design Archive, Barcelona, 2015

The challenge for this competition is to design a new building to house the Gothic Design Archive. The structure should present a Modern or Contemporary interpretation of a Gothic Architecture. The Gothic design Archive will house a collection of historical documents or records and a host of information chronicling the Gothic influence on architecture, art, design, fashion and popular culture.
OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPETITION
The objectives of GOTHIC DESIGN ARCHIVE Competition are the following:
• Reward quality design solutions that responds effectively to the specification of this brief.
• Encourage architectural design solution and ideas that best respond to the location.
• Generate both functional and volumetric contribution to the site.
• Promote the design of a structure that take into context the site and topology.
• Stimulate the discussion of ideas regarding the intervention and construction on such a site.