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Three final projects of the degree in Architecture of the Polytechnic of Cartagena propose new tourist and university uses to revitalize the more degraded neighborhoods of the historical center

"Urban regeneration is the future of Architecture".

With this idea in mind they have completed their studies in Architecture at the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) Pilar Martínez Andreani, Mari Carmen Luna Campuzano and Eduardo Martínez Aguilar, with final works in which they propose the rehabilitation of degraded areas of the historic center through equipment University and cultural.

"The objective is to introduce new urban uses, to reactivate an area where commercial businesses continue to close, while generating a dialogue with the preexisting, with the historical memory of these public spaces," explains Professor Antonio Cerezuela, who has directed These works within a generic workshop in which students were given a common area, the interior of the walls of Carlos III and an essential element in regeneration projects, a university residence.

Each student has delimited his architectural performance and, in particular, Pilar Martinez chose Monte Sacro, betting to demolish the building skeleton on the wall of Felipe V to recover its layout and give it visibility through a raised building, bridge type, With the ground floor open and open to the public, which would house rooms for university students and a civic center "to connect students with the neighbors of the Ensanche and fill the deficiencies of social and cultural facilities," says the new architect by the UPCT.

His companion Mari Carmen Luna chose to situate his urban intervention on the western slope of the Windmill, occupying the current solar sites of the street Morería baja, "where it is known that there was a neighborhood of craftsman in Roman times", details.

Its project mixes the tourist uses, giving visibility to the archaeological ruins from outside the square that would cover the site, and socio-economic uses, with a center of innovation and craftsmanship "to recover the primitive activity of the neighborhood and works with ceramics and Glass "in a nursery of artisans who would exhibit their creative work in show rooms facing the pedestrians.

Also in the Windmill, but in its northern area, Eduardo Martínez has designed its Center for Business Innovation for students and graduates of the UPCT, which would have workshops for entrepreneurs, coworking spaces, accommodation, library and conference room.

Altogether, up to six buildings, of smaller height than the wall, would occupy currently unused solar and medianeras, rehabilitating the views of this zone of the city, now carried out by the backs of the buildings, and generating common public spaces "to generate identity In the neighborhood, "emphasizes the ex-student.

Source: UPCT