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The building of the former Hospital Los Arcos, whose sales attempts have been unsuccessful, "is an opportunity to relaunch tourism in the Mar Menor".
So at least conceived the new architect from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) Francisco Javier Sanchez Belmonte, who proposes in its Final Grade (TFG) use existing equipment to solve the problem of seasonality of activity in Santiago de la Ribera.
Hotel school and university residence in winter, hotel and nautical season in summer, this is the formula of compatible uses designed by students of the School of Architecture and Building of the Polytechnic, which also suggests a tasting area local cuisine and itineraries tourist from the roof of the building itself to the sea through the anchorage for "to value the landscape of the Mar Menor," says the student, a resident of San Javier.
"My grandmother lived next to the hospital and seen as the neighborhood has lost all its activity.
Have closed businesses and services, "laments Francisco Javier.
"His work is an example of the civil Architecture, responding to real problems," highlights his tutor, Jaume Blancafort.
"We're for our egos, but to provide a service to society," he adds.
In addition reactivate in the area, the project would solve the lack of a hospitality school in the Mar Menor and a meeting place and residence for students of the Faculty of Sports of San Javier Sciences, while it would respond to the new tourism model which links offer accommodation activities, embellishing the nautical season.
"The building would be dedicated in winter training for employment and tourism in the summer," summarizes the author.
"The rooms and the kitchens have a dual use and compatible use and be maintained throughout the year, activity in the area," he explains.
"A tourist model only summer activity is not sustainable," says the co-tutor of work, Patricia Reus.
"The approval by the European Union of an ITI for the Mar Menor allows this type of regeneration projects that integrate existing neighborhoods and new tourist activities," he says.
The student will exhibit this July blades your TFG in the City of San Javier, whose mayor has been very interested in the project, which required two years of work, based on extensive prior analysis of the territory and of its activity in the different seasons.
"The conception of the idea is the most valuable," said Blancafort, who also notes that "the building itself becomes landscape, incorporating the wind on the facade thanks to the pendular movement of a suspended tesserae, which also serve to cool the temperature "he concludes.
Source: UPCT
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