NEW MUSEUM UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE by MONEO

The project of the new Museum of University of Navarra was presented in Madrid at the headquarters of the ISEM, with the presence of Rafael Moneo (Tudela, Navarra, 1937). The works for construction of the Museum began immediately, the first half of November and is expected to open in autumn 2013.

The project started in 2008 when the University of Navarra receives the grant from the contemporary art collection of Maria Josefa Huarte Beaumont. The Museum will house this collection not only of art but also the Photographic Collection, the University has since 1990 (legacy of Jose Ortiz-Echagüe), which has expanded over the years with new donations and acquisitions. The photography collection at the University of Navarra is one of the most extensive collections and interest of our country, with over 10,000 photographs and 100,000 negatives.

The museum consists of 11,000 square meters, of which 2,700 will be exhibition halls. The other major area of the site forms the auditorium, with capacity for 700 spectators and a good level of stage equipment. The realization of the museum, 11,000 square meters, representing a total investment of 25 M €.

It is not the first time Moneo works in Navarra. The Royal Archive project, the reform of the bullring, the Plaza de los Fueros, are some of his previous projects. To explain the origin of the project, Moneo says his known connection with the whole family Huarte, who comes from afar. "I knew very closely Felix Huarte, very important in the history of construction in Spain since the years of the Republic. He liked to show off the quality of concrete. His four children (Jesus, John, Maria Josefa and Philip) continued with business as well as making their own art collections. But maybe her's collection, Maria Josefa, is the most special. "

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José Rafael Moneo Vallés

José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born May 9. Tudela, Navarra,1937) is a Spanish architect. He was won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996. He studied at the ETSAM, Technical University of Madrid (UPM) from which he received his architectural degree in 1961. From 1958 to 1961 he worked with the architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza in Madrid and from 1961-62 in Hellebaeck, Denmark with Jørn Utzon. In 1963 he was awarded a fellowship at the Spanish Academy in Rome. Upon his return to Spain in 1965, he opened his office in Madrid and began teaching at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid.

In 1970 he won a teaching chair in architectural theory at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Barcelona. From 1980 to 1985 he was chaired professor of composition at the Escuela Técnica Superior of Madrid. He has taught architecture at various locations around the world and from 1985 to 1990 was the chairman of Harvard Graduate School of Design, where he is the first Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture. In 1991 he was named Josep Lluís Sert Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he continues to lecture as Professor Emeritus. He became Academic Numerary in the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid in May 1997.

Spanish constructions of his design include the renovation of the Villahermosa Palace (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum) in Madrid, the National Museum of Roman Art in Mérida, an expansion of the Madrid Atocha railway station, the Diestre Factory in Zaragoza, Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Majorca the headquarters of the Bankinter (again, in Madrid), Town Hall in Logroño. He also designed the annex to the Murcia Town Hall, which was completed in 1998. His latest works are the enlargement of the Prado Museum, the extension of the Bank of Spain, an almost totally mimetic reproduction of the existing building and the extension of the Madrid Atocha railway station 2011.

Some of Moneo's prominent works in the US include the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, the Davis Art Museum at Wellesley College in Massachusetts and the Audrey Jones Beck Building (an expansion of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston). Moneo also designed the Chace Center, a new building for the Rhode Island School of Design. Moneo's most recent work is the Northwest Corner Building (formerly the Interdepartmental Science Building) at Columbia University in New York City, which first opened in December 2010.

Moneo is in possession of prestigious international awards including the Prize of architecture Arnold W. Brunner Memorial (1993) of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Schock Prize in Visual Arts (1993) in Stockholm, the Pritzker Prize (1996), the Antonio Feltrinelli (1998) of the National Academy of Lincei in Rome and Mies van der Rohe (2001) of Barcelona.

Biography Dates

	1937	Born in Tudela, Navarra Spain
	1958-61	Worked at the office of Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza
	1961	Obtained degree from the Escuela Técnica Superior, Madrid
	1962	Worked at the office of Jǿrn Utzon, Denmark
	1963	Spent two years at the Spanish Academy, Rome
	1967	Diestre Factory, Zaragoza, Spain
	1976	Bankinter (Bank) in Madrid
	1981	City Hall of Logrono, Spain
	1985-90	Dean at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
	1986	National Museum of Roman Art, Mérida, Spain
	1987	L’Illa Diagonal, Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with Manuel Solà-Morales
	1990	Kursaal Auditorium and Congress Center, San Sebastián, Spain
	1991	Murcia City Hall Extension, Spain San Pablo Airport, Seville, Spain
	1992	Madrid Atocha railway station The Pilar and Joan Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
	1996	Pritzker Architecture Prize Souks, Beirut, Lebanon
	1998	Moderna Museet and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
	2000	Audrey Jones Beck Building, Houston, Texas
	2001	Iesu Church, San Sebastián, Spain
	2002	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California
	2003	RIBA Royal Gold Medal
	2005	Northwest Corner Building, Columbia University, New York, USA, in collaboration with Moneo-Brock Studio
	2007	Museo del Prado extension, Madrid, Spain Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, USA
	2009	New Library of the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain
	2012	Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts
	2015 2017	Museum University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain Praemium Imperiale