Located in Molinete Archaeological Park, in the historic center of Cartagena, the museum occupies the ground level and basement of the health center. The project was drafted – with the building of the Roman Curia already excavated –, with the intenti
Cartagena’s designation as a military base led to a major spurt of urban transformation in the 18th century. Economic growth and the development of industry connected to the port brought a huge flow of people into a city in expansion, doubling the po
LOCATED ON the southern slope of Molinete hill, in the municipality of Cartagena, the project’s purpose is to protect a group ofarchaeological remains and to wrap up the urban border at the foot of the hill. Molinete, one of the five hills that chara
The city of Cartagena has undergone an intense transformation process involving the refurbishment of a decaying historic center and the construction of new infrastructures to attract tourism. The Auditorium and Congress Center El Batel is a key piece
The discovery of the ruins of the Roman Theater of Cartagena unveiled an exceptional monument, making it hard to understand how, given the scale of the ensemble, it remained concealed for centuries. The use of a section of the stage as a market durin
The Alfonso XII quay, physical edge ofthe city of Cartagena, was built in 1872 on land reclaimed from the sea, and devoted to port uses until just a few years ago, when authorities decided to recover it as a space for civic activities, along the same
En referencia al mundo submarino y arqueológico, gran parte del programa se sitúa enterrado. Al exterior emergen dos volúmenes: uno transparente y zigzagueante, que aloja el centro de investigaciones subacuáticas y otro prismático, opaco y con lucern
The foothills of Monte de la Concepción – one of the five mountains protecting the city of Cartagena – were opened in 1878 to allow Gisbert street to run through, and so connect the interior valley with the Mediterranean. During the excavation works
The Cartagena countryside is a flat, barren, and dry area. The sea gets lost in the distance and the sun remains as the only point of reference when it comes to building here, something that the rural architectures which fill the plain have always ke
El Campo de Cartagena es una extensa planicie al sureste de la región de Murcia, en suave pendiente hacia el mar. Su clima mediterráneo subdesértico da como resultado un paisaje en el que abundan las palmeras, mezcladas con otras especies levantinas,
The huge military boost that Cartagena underwent in the 18th century remains evident in the great constructions that dominate the city’s encounter with the sea. The Royal Arsenal, the Antigones barracks and the Artillery Park are just three of the op
El paseo marítimo de Cartagena discurre entre la Muralla de Carlos III y la dársena portuaria. Este singular emplazamiento, una zona donde se superponen diferentes capas de información —histórica, arquitectónica—, acoge una pequeña construcción que s
The project for a memory box like the Molinete Archaeology Museum in the center of Cartagena, recently completed by the Madrid-based practice of Atxu Amman, Andrés Cánovas, and Nicolás Maruri, had to be tackled with a difficult, two-pronged objective
The Madrid studio of Emilio Tuñón has won the bid to expand the architecture school of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT). Its design divides the program into three blocks: the existing building, containing administrative services and off
Proyectado por José Selgas y Lucía Cano, el nuevo auditorio de Cartagena da cuenta de la condición longitudinal de su enclave, un antiguo muelle vinculado al puerto, y colonizado ahora por un amable paseo urbano. El edificio hospeda su complejo progr
Junto al Museo en Monteagudo (véase AV Monografías 147-148) y el embarcadero de El Hornillo (véase Arquitectura Viva 136), la intervención en el Parque Arqueológico del Molinete en Cartagena es la tercera de las obras concluidas recientemente en Mur
