Fundaci\u00f3n C\u00e9sar Manrique (headquarters)<\/h1>\n
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The complex that presently constitutes Fundaci\u00f3n C\u00e9sar Manrique\u2019s HQ was once the artist\u2019s home (now a museum open to visitors), with its service quarters and a garage, all sited at Taro de Tah\u00edche. These areas were recycled by the artist himself to house the museum and its administrative and service infrastructures.<\/p>\n
The foundation\u2019s main offices are located alongside the museum in the former service quarters, reconditioned prior to the creation of FCM.<\/p>\n
The building\u2019s 340 m\u00b2 accommodate the reception and administration areas, library, executive suite and FCM\u2019s Conservation, Land Management and Environment, Culture, Communication and Education Departments. <\/p>\n
The office is open to the public Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.<\/p>\n
Telephone: +34 928 84 31 38<\/p>\n
The service area (bar and shop) occupy the former garage.<\/p>\n
C\u00e9sar Manrique\u2019s Museum and Home at Har\u00eda<\/h1>\n
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In 1988, C\u00e9sar Manrique moved from Taro de Tah\u00edche to Har\u00eda. There he built a home over the ruins of a former rural manor located on an estate measuring 11 261 m\u00b2, reconditioned and remodelled by the artist in keeping with the island\u2019s vernacular architecture. He kept some walls and materials, but true to his hybrid approach, he also included a few modern elements, such as a bathroom, in which he applied his original vision of that functional space along the lines of ideas implemented at Taro de Tah\u00edche.<\/p>\n
With its square floor plan surrounded by a generously sized palm grove, the house originally had two inner courtyards, a balcony, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two small sitting rooms, a kitchen and a living room with a stone hearth. Manrique used stone and wood profusely as his core materials.<\/p>\n
The typology, space and personality of this second home differ substantially from the atmosphere prevailing at Taro de Tah\u00edche. More private, cosier and conventional, set in a former palm grove, the Har\u00eda home stands as proof of the artist\u2019s personality in its good taste, allusions to traditional architecture and subtle interaction with the historic and natural environment, eschewing any dramatic effect. He recycled materials and used objects devoid of context, exhibited merely for their aesthetic value.<\/p>\n
He also annexed an apartment to the main building for his service personnel. The enlargement undertaken in 1992 was left unfinished upon his death.<\/p>\n
The estate had two structures detached from the main building: a garage and a large, half-buried studio. <\/p>\n
Residence and studio<\/h1>\n
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Pursuant to its policy of enhancing the institution\u2019s infrastructure, FCM has purchased an estate and respective manor house adjacent to its headquarters. The house, which will be refurbished, has been enlarged with a new-build structure intended as a studio. The complex will serve as a workspace for artists and creators participating in FCM\u2019s Resident Artists programme. The studio will also be used for educational and cultural purposes to supplement the foundation\u2019s present facilities.<\/p>\n
The 434 m\u00b2 studio, authored by Palerm & Tabares de Nava architects, has been carefully designed to harmonise with the specific nature of the site. <\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Saramago Hall (Arrecife)<\/h1>\n
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Jos\u00e9 Saramago Hall is sited at Plaza de la Constituci\u00f3n in Arrecife, capital city of Lanzarote. This building houses a C\u00e9sar Manrique reading and research area and rooms for cultural activities and encounters. <\/p>\n
Its 205 m\u00b2 are fitted with environmental control as well as audio, visual and lighting services.<\/p>\n
It opened on 24 November 2007 on the occasion of the exhibition \u2018Jos\u00e9 Saramago: the consistency of dreams\u2019, attended by Jos\u00e9 Saramago in person as well as Spain\u2019s erstwhile Minister of Culture, C\u00e9sar Antonio Molina.<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Saramago Hall was designed by architect Luis D\u00edaz Feria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n