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La revista Domus publica el Auditorio de Cartagena de selgascano (José Selgas y Lucía Cano)en un artículo de Mario Ballesteros y fotografías de IwanBaan

A new glow in boomtown – Architecture – Domus

Selgascano’s approach to their Cartagena project is truly neoartisanal: they rely on locally sourced high-tech materials and low-tech, low-impact solutions, and assume a working philosophy of active reuse while lowering costs by investing heavily in ingenuity. Instead of worrying about defining a personal style, the architects revisit and replay many of their signature technical processes and aesthetic concerns, producing unique results with each reiteration. The design responds first and foremost to the site’s conditions and character. It is constantly adapted on site to better suit them, through trial and error, instead of relying on “genius” and ego, or worse, on indecipherable calculations and solutions spewed by a machine hundreds of miles away. And it shows.


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Design Architects: selgascano (José Selgas, Lucía Cano)

Design Team: Lara Resco, Carlos Chacón, José de Villar, José Jaraiz, Lorena del Río, Blas Antón, Miguel San Millán, Julián Fernandez, Beatriz Quintana, Jaehoon Yook, Jeongwoo Choi, Laura Culiañez, Bárbara Bardín

Interior Design, Architect of Record: selgascano

Assistants: Antonio Mármol, Joaquín Cárceles, Rául Jiménez

Site area: 5.628 mq

Total built area: 18.500 mq

Design phase: 2002

Construction: 2006—11/2011

Cost: 34.5 million €

Structural Engineering: FHECOR

Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineering: JG

Acoustic Engineering: ARAU ACUSTICA

Textile Engineering: LASTRA Y ZORRILLA

General Contractors: DRAGADOS, INTERSA

Plastic Manufacturers: POLIMERTECNIC, SABIC

Auditorium Seating: FIGUERAS

Floor Manufacturer: PRIALPAS

Lighting Manufacturers: IDEALUX, TALLERES ZAMORA

Wall Manufacturer: ATA AISLAMIENTOS TECNICOS