E18 Portrait - ¡Tun, tun! Abre la muralla.

Oviedo (ES) - Special mention

¡Tun, tun! Abre la muralla.

Associates: Álvaro Menéndez Fernández (ES) – architect

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"The project re-sources the Malatería by opening a building historically defined by isolation. A light, transparent second skin preserves its image while activating climate and social life. Reusing materials on site and stitching the building to the park and the neighbourhood makes the proposal both ecological and socially regenerative."

Render view from Parque de Invierno. A new Malatería that respects the imagealready rooted in the collective imagination.
Sectional view of the stepped plaza. The new heart of the Malatería, activatingclimate and social life.
Before and after of the façade transformation. Bringing life to La Malatería, a new way of living in it.