Sunday, February 8, 2015

Urban Architect Workshop Tackles Centro Historico Design

by Maureen Dietrich
7 Feb 15
mazmessenger.com

The reactivation of Centro Historico, improvement of urban routes, new housing models and a telecommunications tower as a Mazatlán icon were some of the proposals put forward by participants in the three week international architect and urban workshop that took place in the port recently with participants from 12 national and international universities.

At the closing of the workshop, Juan Cano Forrat, president of the Instituto Tecnológico del Hábitat, said the suggested projects include vertical homes, green areas and a communications tower, modest projects with multiple strategic effects that will enliven the area.

With respect to the communications tower, Cano Forrat said the “horrible” antennas on Cerro de la Nevería must come down and be substituted with a communications tower that will become a Mazatlán icon as was done in Barcelona with the Collserola tower (designed by English architect Norman Foster) and the communications tower Montijuic by architect Santiago Calatrava, to be paid for by private companies using the tower.

(from Noroeste)

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