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Students of Urban Studies I of the degrees in Architecture and Foundations of Architecture made a guided tour to the neighborhood of Los Mateos, to know in depth the urban, architectural and social reality of the neighborhood, and to contribute ideas for their regeneration.
The initiative is part of the collaboration as partners of the 'Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena' in the European Project URBACT - MAPS (Military Assets as Public Spaces), in which Cartagena City Council participates, with the intention of promoting urban regeneration Of the District of Los Mateos, through the rehabilitation and valorization of the Castle of Los Moros.
The visit was led by Pedro Martínez Hortelano, president of the Mateos, Dignidad y Respeto Associations Coordinator), who explained to the students the four zones in which the neighborhood is divided (Mateos Bajos, Mateos Altos, El Hondón, and El Cerro), and led them through all of them to know the particularities of each one.
During the visit they made several stops to talk and chat with neighbors of the neighborhood.
The visit ended in the Castle of the Moors, where the characteristics of the military fort were explained, and the magnificent views of the bay of Cartagena could be seen.
The students were accompanied by the UPCT professors, María Jesús Peñalver, coordinator of the UPCT's participation in the project, and Marcos Ros Sempere, professor of the subject.
Throughout the semester, the students of the subject 'Urban 1 will work on urban regeneration proposals of the neighborhood, which will serve as a basis for the development of a future strategic plan of the neighborhood, within the MAPS initiative.
Exhibition in Valencia
On the other hand, the UPCT today inaugurates its exhibition 'Five spans' in the Technical School of Architecture of the Polytechnic of Valencia.
The exhibition reveals the spontaneous, silent but inexorable transformation of the Huerta de Murcia since there are reliable data and images to work, that is, from the first orthotopic flight of Ruiz de Alda in 1929.
The exhibition is the result of the research project of the UPCT 'Contemporary Migrations', funded by the Séneca Foundation, developed by Marcos Ros Sempere and Fernando Miguel García Martín, professors of the Department of Architecture and Technology of Building.
'Five spans' was already exhibited in 2016 at the COAMU (Official College of Architects of Murcia) and at Science Week (SeCyT'16) in Murcia.
In the Technical School of Architecture of Valencia will be able to visit until next the 19 of March.
The exhibition is sponsored by ETSAV-UPV, LIURB-UPCT, ETSAE-UPCT, Master-SIG, VLC-Urban-Big-Data and Seneca Foundation.
Source: UPCT
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