
Designed by Mateo Arquitectura, the proposal for the Lascaux IV: International Cave Painting Center competition speaks to us of its history and woven of enigmas that humankind seeks to solve. It tells us that there are individuals who think, who prove, who suppose and interpret. Right beside, their virtual doubles welcome us in small theatres sunk into the ground, facing the hill. The gentle slope of the entryway leads you to a space of darkness, which awakens a unique experience. More images and architects’ description after the break.
The challenge was to design a complete scale replica of the Lascaux cave, at Montignac, at the foot of the hill where the actual cave is situated. A gentle slope leads us into the earth and gradually accustoms our eyes to the dark. There we are inside. Our only contact with the outside is the presence close by of the hill, an enduring mass that guards the treasure within. Then there is the wood and, more vaguely, the sky.
