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| The budget considered is around 2,800,000 euros and the work is scheduled to go out to competition in the summer | The young architect from Madrid, Pedro Pitarch Alonso, will be commissioned to develop the project for the rehabilitation and adaptation of the Central Cinema of Cartagena after being the winner of the ideas competition among the 29 proposals.
This has been decided by the jury after deliberating its decision on November 26 and 27 and issuing its ruling. The vice mayor of Cartagena, Noelia Arroyo and the Minister of Education and Culture, Esperanza Moreno, presented the winning project this Friday, December 4, accompanied by the special delegate councilor for culture, Carlos Piñana, the director of Cultural Assets, t Counseling experts and members of the jury. "Great advances are being made in regional infrastructures that are fundamental for Cartagena," said Noelia Arroyo.
The deputy mayor has indicated that “progress has been made in what we consider to be a great catalyst for the city in the cultural sphere.
The jury has brought together all the possible disciplines so that, once the winner is selected, there are no stones in the way, because everything has been analyzed from an urban point of view ”. In addition, Arroyo has recalled the importance of this infrastructure from different spheres, since “not only will it be the cultural complex for cinema, performing arts and culture, but it will also enrich a university area which is expanding.
At the same time, as a city project, the city council is going to work to convert that space into the Plaza de la Cultura with buildings such as the MURAM, the Aguirre Palace, the Central Cinema and the plaza itself with archaeological remains.
" The counselor has announced the deadlines for this project: “the intention is to put out the work and tender in summer and, depending on the administrative deadlines, start the work.
The shuffled budget is around 2,800,000 euros, although it can oscillate 10%.
What is clear is that in the budgets of the Regional Government next year they will bear the title of Central Cinema ”. After evaluating 29 proposals, the winner is characterized by her detail.
As explained by the counselor, “the place is more than renewed to claim the influx to that part of the city.
It proposes resources such as the installation of a large roof in the building that facilitates access to the public and to a large number of users.
The incorporation of old spaces that are transformed for different individual and collective activities has been valued, and that allows offering a common framework for cinema, theater, social gatherings and cultural exchanges ”. To generate this common framework, the terrace is proposed, which is adapted to the interior space.
"It can host a kind of open upper plaza that stretches towards the horizon or a summer cinema with excellent views of Cartagena," said Esperanza Moreno. At the end of the event, on behalf of the jury, Andr s C novas, declared that it is "a project that can enter into a phase of conversation with administrations, institutions and cultural associations, as well as As with the different opinion groups.
He is ready to start the work.
" Likewise, he has remarked that "the good work of architecture is what belongs to everyone. OTHER CLASSIFIEDS In second place is Jos Mar a L pez Mart nez, architect from the Region of Murcia and professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) and the third ranked is Guillermo Jim nez Granero, Also Murcian architect and trained at the UPCT. COMPOSITION OF THE JURY The jury of the ideas competition has been made up of personnel from the Ministry of Education and Culture, an architect appointed by the Cartagena City Council, a representative of the Official College of Architects, Juan Pedro Sanz, and nationally recognized architects such as Andr s C novas and Juan Carlos Sancho.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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