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The call for a contest of drafts allow begin rehabilitation, commissioning use and value of the building of the former provincial prison of Murcia.
The procedure for carrying it out is included in the collaboration agreement between the City and the College of Architects in the near future sign the Mayor, José Ballesta, and Dean, Rafael Pardo Prefasi.
Through this competition the best draft proposal will be chosen to carry out the recovery of the property.
The criteria on which the call will be governed are:
- Achieve rehabilitation and commissioning full use of the property.
- Possibility of such rehabilitation in two phases.
The first phase will consist of the implementation and subsequent use of the portico building or "header" confrontational with Plaza Circular and Primo de Rivera, and adjacent free spaces.
- Ensure that the building is made permeable to the city, allowing its pedestrian access through their different sides.
- The contest will select 3 projects, determining that the winner can be immediately selected for the drafting of a basic design of the entire building and a project execution phase one, coinciding with the building header, next to the Plaza Circular.
Opening the city
This building will be equipped with bedside use restoration, exhibition hall and receptions, with proper treatment and integration of the two adjacent gardens, which are open to the city for citizens enjoy.
The works of Phase 1, by having funding of 2.1 M € approved by the House, can be undertaken quickly, estimating the opening in 2017.
The proposals will have to define solutions comprehensive rehabilitation, possible uses to be implemented in the different members areas of the building, urban integration, access, permeability, treatment of adjacent gardens, as well as other aspects that result in recovery space as urban, tourist and cultural reference.
Historical memory
It is an essential requirement of the competition that the proposals differ in the two phases:
- Phase 1, corresponding to the main entrance building, whose structural and functional configuration can be independent.
The rehabilitation of the building will be undertaken in an independent manner and advance to Phase 2 and it must be implemented using restoration, linked to a stay outside, garden and other spaces for use of exhibitions, receptions or similar and a space for administrative purposes that can serve as a municipal office and bureaucratic and operational management of complex future.
- Phase 2, for the rest of the building, in which participants will have greater freedom when considering the possible uses to implement, as municipal equipment.
At this stage, will be taken into account reserve a benchmark for the city to pay tribute to the historical memory of the building and those who suffered imprisonment for opinion or political reasons.
They are considered municipal requirements which involve uses to implement activities for any age group and time slot;
they can harbored nature and uses of museum auditorium;
and that the resulting gain in transparency and building enjoy sufficient natural light.
Contestants have a period of 3 months to submit their proposals and, if awarded the project design to one of the winners, the basic project must be made within 3 months and the implementation of Phase 1 within 2 months.
So, it is selected, a maximum of three draft proposals, which will be rewarded with 12,000, 6,000 and 3,000 Euros
The jury will be composed of the Mayor, the Dean of the College of Architects of Murcia, Councillor for Public Works, three renowned architects appointed by the city of Murcia and the Official College of Architects, and representatives of institutions the region, such as the Academy of Fine Arts Sta. Maria de la Arrixaca and UMU.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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