28|REPORTAJE T his project is about the renovation of the Tourism Center of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid. It is located on the ground floor of the renowned building “Casa de la Panaderia” (House of the Bakery). It was implemented by the architect, José Manuel Sanz and a large team of professionals. The main goal was to recover the original nature of this historical space that had remained unchanged since the decade of the 70’s in the XVII century. In 1617, Juan Gómez de Mora remodeled the house to adapt it to his outline of the Plaza. Tomas Román stepped in after the 1672 fire without affecting significally the architecture and distribution of the place. The tourism office, located in this building since the early XX century, was facing a mayor challenge with this remodeling project. The use of the space altered the configuration of the place, in the vaults as well as in the interior where a hidden patio laid hidden, and was later incorporated to the floor. The location of the furniture and the information area in the central area, where you find the vaults, made it difficult for the visitors to see them as they walked in the office. The patio was being used to place support elements, for graphic material, that were obstructive; people could not read the material clearly from every area of the floor. There was a need to visually connect both spaces so the patio would not seem something secondary and residual in relation to the other space. To solve this, the professionals at work in the project freed the central area to facilitate the movement of the visitors, enhancing the comprehension and value of the original space of pilasters and vaults. To attract the public’s attention, a perimeter defining this space was created; it marks the information area of the office. It was accomplished using a piece of furniture with LG materials by Hi-Macs that stands in opposition, by contrast of materials, color, texture and shape, to the architectural elements of the original space. This piece of furniture, multiplies, with its sinuous layout, the area of attention and, at the same time, it joins and gives continuity to both spaces. The audiovisual-graphics - posters, photographs, maps and routes - were moved to the back of the patio. Recovering the original cavities, that were artificially reduced in the past renovation, has helped this information space become more attractive to visitors. Even the patio, with its lattice