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The Contracting Committee of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) has proposed the work of Emilio Tuñón, Spanish Architecture Award 2017 of the Superior Council of Architects of Spain and National Architecture Award 2003, as the winner of the contest for the new headquarters of the School of Architecture and Building in the Campus Alfonso XIII.
This first prize is endowed with 4,000 euros and with the commission for the drafting of the project and the direction of the works.
The Tuñón project highlights the construction of a new building on the site now occupied by the workshops and the library.
The projected building has three heights.
It integrates a mixed structure of prefabricated concrete and glass enclosures and creates a public space on the upper deck, providing a square in height.
This building will house all the classrooms, workshops and laboratories of the School.
It will also host the CRAI-Library, the Campus cafeteria, an assembly hall and various work rooms.
"Ultimately, it is the property that will house all student life in the center," says the Vice Chancellor for Campus and Sustainability, Marcos Ros.
Tuñón completes his performance with a rehabilitation of the current building of the School of Architecture and Building, which will house all administrative services and offices.
The two buildings, the current one and the one of new construction, will be connected through a walkway on the first floor and an access ramp from the ground floor.
The building will be financed with ERDF funds from the European Union and UPCT own funds and contributions from the CARM.
The total investment is close to six million euros.
The UPCT hopes to be able to start the works by the end of 2018.
Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (1959) is Professor of Architectural Projects at the Polytechnic University of Madrid.
In 2014 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Government of Spain.
He received the 2007 Mies van der Rohe award, the Contemporary Architecture of the European Union 2007, 2003 National Architecture Prize and the 2001, 2007 and 2011 FAD awards.
Awards
The contest, launched in 2017, initially presented 60 proposals from architects of national and international prestige and six were selected for a second phase.
The second prize went to the Pereda Pérez studio in Pamplona and is worth 3,000 euros.
The third prize has been won by the architect Luis Martínez Santamaría, from Madrid, and is endowed with 2,000 euros.
The Board has awarded two runners-up, of 1,000 euros each, to the proposals presented by Muñoz Miranda Arquitectos, from Granada, and Ramón Andrada, from Madrid.
Source: UPCT
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