La Viña Quarter, Lorca - Amann, Cánovas & Maruri
First Prize- Architect Amann Cánovas & Maruri - Temperaturas Extremas
- Type Refurbishment Landscape architecture / Urban planning
- City Lorca (Murcia) Murcia
- Country Spain
Although the earthquake, of 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale, was felt in the whole region of Murcia – and even in the provinces of Granada, Almería, Albacete, Málaga, Alicante, Ciudad Real and Jaén – the devastating action concentrated along a straight line passing through the neighborhood of La Viña, in Lorca, where the urban landscape was completely transformed. The winning proposal for the reconstruction, by the Madrid-based team of Atxu Amann, Andrés Cánovas and Nicolás Maruri under the motto ‘Modulorca’, presents a modular system of courtyard houses that is applicable to the entire neighborhood. For the jury, the project “adds private green spaces to the public ones, generating a large space that becomes the lung of the city...”[+]
Reconstrucción de Lorca: barrio de La Viña
Lorca Reconstruction Competition: La Viña Quarter
Arquitectos Architects
Atxu Amann Alcocer, Andrés Cánovas Alcaraz, Nicolás Maruri González de Mendoza (Amann, Cánovas & Maruri)
Colaboradores Collaborators
Pablo Sigüenza, Nacho Ferrer