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The architect José Manuel Chacón get an international architectural award for the building of the CISG (21/06/2010)

The company Umicore Building has distinguished architect José Manuel Chacón by the work of the former headquarters of the Seamen Training Awards Trophy Archizinc TROPHY ARCHIZINC architecture.

The awards ceremony was held last week at the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

These awards are held twice a year for eight years and has a requirement for having done work in which use corrugated iron.

The international competition has six categories, dwelling unit, collective, public building, office buildings, award and special prize for audacity.

220 projects were submitted from 25 countries worldwide.

It has also been awarded the architect Vázquez Consuegra by the work of the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology (arching) in public buildings section.

Of the twelve prizes awarded, six have gone to Spanish works, two of which are in Cartagena.

(CIM and archaea).

The architect José Manuel Chacón said that the award has been granted by the innovative application of zinc in his work as being a material intended primarily to waterproof roofs and walls in this building is seeking different benefits. The zinc was filtered sunlight and shade the impinging on the glass facade without losing the transparency property.

Used were perforated sheet which allows you to see through it.

Other properties that were taken into account were the strength and behavior of this material in an area close to the sea and use in the construction of zinc as traditionally rooted in the city for more than a century, Grand Hotel, Hall or Palace Casino Cartagena.

Source: UPCT

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