At the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo in Móstoles, Spain, CA2M+ revisits the spaces that connect visitors, staff and the museum’s daily activities.

Pedro Pitarch’s 2026 project takes the existing museum as its starting point. The emphasis falls on how rooms and circulation can accommodate changing uses, rather than on an entirely new building. It continues a sequence of interventions by practices including Andrés Jaque, Studio Animal and BURR.

The reception brings several activities into one compact aluminium-clad object: information, visitor assistance, security, book displays and staff work. A metal framework with lacquered expanded mesh complements the solid furniture, incorporating lighting, storage and services. Parts open and pivot, allowing the same elements to work as shelves, doors or seating.

This combination gives the entrance a distinctive material presence while addressing ordinary practical needs. The contrast between solid aluminium and porous mesh makes the division between furniture and architecture less clear: the counter concentrates functions, while the surrounding structure organises the room.

The entrance strategy also addresses the street. Removing an opaque façade section opens a connection to the hall, and a stepped platform provides a place to pause near the threshold. The museum’s first encounter with its visitors becomes a space that can support time spent there, beyond passing through.

The wider CA2M+ programme includes future changes to the café, rooftop, archive, library and offices. These remain proposals in the published account and should be distinguished from the photographed reception interventions. Together, the current work and proposed phases describe an approach to adapting an institution through its shared spaces.

Sources: Metalocus and Arquitectura Viva.