The Murcian firm headed by José María López and Edith Aroca, in collaboration with The Pink Panther Collective, has won the competition to refurbish the civic center of Roldán, a district under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Torre Pacheco. T
Like firewood and pasture, snow and ice have since time immemorial been economic resources of humankind, whether for the conservation of food and medicines or for the luxury of making sherbets and ice-creams. Pliny the Elder mentioned an active trade
Molina de Segura (Murcia) is a formerly-rural county where vast stretches of land have been exploited to create suburbs. The result is a flattening of the land’s topographies and the destruction of its ramblas (territorial system of ravines) and loca
As an amenity within a housing development located in one of the driest regions of Europe, a small pavilion seeks to provide the residents with a shaded communal space. At the end of the development’s main street, a sweeping concrete fold forms a cov
Two Madrid practices – one headed by Francisco Burgos and Ginés Garrido, the other by Javier Alejo Hernández Ayllón, Verónica Paradela Pernas, and Javier de Andrés de Vicente – have worked together on a proposal that has won for them the competition
The archaeological remains of the lower level are surrounded by a cultural space, visible from the street. On the upper level a new public area includes a green plaza protected from the sun from which visitors can observe the ruins... [+]
Elevated on a steel structure and wrapped in planes of glass, refrigerated panels, and polycarbonate skylights, the house is organized around an elliptical crown of tractioned marble that invites to observe domestic everyday life... [+]
The earthquake that struck the city of Lorca in the year 2011 affected a very high percentage of the buildings in the city, many of which had to be demolished, especially those located in La Viña neighborhood. The San Mateo Residential Development, o
A strong snowfall in the 1950s destroyed a group of houses in the historic center of Cehegín, in Murcia, leaving a large empty space that interrupted the flow of the adjacent streets. When crossing this urban fracture – known as ‘El Coso’–, citizens
Set on the cornice of a preexisting building, the house rises over neighboring rooftops to become an urban landmark, thanks to its expressive faceted form.
Industrialized and portable, this house conceived as a small self-sufficient machine has the capacity to colonize different kinds of places, from natural enclaves to city centers.
The objective of recovering buildings in disuse is a good starting point for public interventions, and the guideline for this specific project, which is minimal but still manages to produce a powerful and unitary image. Reusing as much of the existin
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
This new building, which goes up in Águilas, a town in southern Murcia that is very close to Andalusia, is one of the last fruits of the decade of prosperity that Spain experienced prior to the financial crisis. It rests on the ground as if it were a
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
In the project three systems overlap: circulation (replacing the straight line of the road with a zigzag), landscape (linking both sides of the avenue), and urban (with blocks in a sequence of loops)...
The historic ‘Real Camino Nuevo’, a promenade dating from the 18th century, is recovered to create a large green boulevard that branches out and brings the gardens into the project...
En el paisaje urbano propuesto se levantan torres circulares con una altura de 16 a 24 plantas, densificando así la trama sobre un manto geométrico, natural y discontinuo de huertas productivas...
Aiming to restructure, both functionally and formally, the access to the city through El Palmar Avenue, the City Council of Murcia and the city’s Institute of Architects called a competition for the design of an urban space around the three-kilometer
Over the remains of the Islamic Murcia, a landscaped plaza covered by a wood latticework at different levels includes lightweight photovoltaic panels which are concealed...
A new interpretation center and an elevated square are articulated following the footprint of the old layout; the medieval city once again becomes part of the daily life and routines of citizens...
The scheme proposes a new urban landmark for the city through the creation of an elevated garden that will also be the roof below which the medieval remains will be sheltered...
A large green carpet provides the museum with electricity thanks to the use of piezoelectric pavements that run on the kinetic energy produced by pedestrians when strolling by...
La localidad murciana de Águilas dispone ya de un nuevo auditorio y palacio de congresos, una pieza diseñada por el estudio barcelonés Barozzi y Veiga, cuya silueta dinámica se inspira en la forma de una ola. Flanqueado, por un lado, por el tejido ur
Monteagudo, pedanía de Murcia conocida por su imponente castillo, cuenta ya con un pequeño museo diseñado por el estudio madrileño dirigido por Andrés Cánovas, Atxu Amann y Nicolás Maruri. Enclavado al pie de la fortaleza, el edificio se dispone orgá
El MUCAB es un nuevo centro cultural y de servicios para la localidad murciana de Blanca, diseñado por el estudio de Martín Lejarraga. Situado frente al río Segura, el MUCAB actuará como un nuevo núcleo urbano que potenciará la actividad en sus riber
Los tres programas —museo, guardería, y servicios sociales—del nuevo MUCAB de Martín Lejarraga en Blanca (Murcia) se agrupan en tres bloques conectados por patios, lo que permite la independencia entre ellos y también la flexibilidad de usos, la comu
El cuarto ciclo de exposiciones individuales y simultáneas que muestra La Conservera de Ceutí (Murcia) hasta el 26 de junio, cuenta con la participación de las artistas Lili Dujourie, Carolina Silva , Lily van der Stokker y Elena del Rivero (fotograf
