Attitudes towards the site: Bonet, tourism architectures and the conquest of Atamaría

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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2021175928

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Bonet Castellana, site, landscape, tourism architectures, Atamaría, project strategies

Abstract

Tourism architectures represented in the 1960s the ideal working context to deal with the new relationships between built architecture and the site, in short, nature. In this sense, Bonet Castellana was one of the Spanish architects who most significantly faced this scenario throughout his long career. The text brings us first of all to the actions of the architect in La Manga del Mar Menor in Murcia, where the flat condition of the site would determine the implantation strategies and the relationship between architecture and site in each case. This approach allows a better understanding of the attitudes towards the place developed later in Atamaría, which constitutes the main research in this work. Here, Bonet will carry out a series of tests in which the following project strategies will be addressed: architectures that emerge from the terrain, such as Bungalows B which, with their stepped section adapted to the terrain and the use of garden roofs, seem to disappear; architectures on the ground, such as Bungalows A or Apartamentos Mirador that assume the double strategy of plans suspended on a massive plinth adapted to the terrain; and, finally, architectures within the terrain, such as the unfinished Peters House in which, projected to be located at the highest point of the Atamaría mountain, it will be chosen to create an artificial horizontality by dismantling the original terrain.

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Ricardo Carcelén González, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Professor of the Architectural Projects area at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Master in Research and Management of Historical-Artistic and Cultural Heritage from the University of Murcia. PhD from the UPCT. His research work has received the Special Mention in Architectural Research in the XXV Architecture Awards of the COAH and Special Divulgation Prizes in the XVIII, XX and XXI editions of the Architecture Awards of the Region of Murcia. He has presented his work at international conferences and congresses such as the first International Congress of the AhAU or the 11th Iberian Docomomo Congress, as well as in diverse scientific journals specialized in architectural research. He is a founding member of the Association of Historians of Architecture and Urbanism. He is co-author of the collection Architecture and Architects of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia.

José M. López Martínez, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Associate Professor of the Architectural Projects area at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Master in Restoration and Conservation of Architectural Heritage from the UPCT. Awarded several times at the Architecture Awards of the Region of Murcia. Selected in the first edition of Arquia Próxima. He has published various articles and participated in conferences about the work of Bonet Castellana in La Manga. In 2015 and 2016 he has curated exhibitions on the work of Enrique Sancho and Fernando Garrido at COAMU. In 2016 he carried out research work and preparation of the initial Catalog of Architecture of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia for the General Directorate of Cultural Assets of the CARM. He is co-author of the collection Architecture and Architects of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia.

Edith Aroca Vicente, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Associate Professor of the Architectural Graphic Expression area at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Awarded several times at the Architecture Awards of the Region of Murcia. In 2005 she obtained a grant from COAMU to document the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia. She has published various articles and participated in conferences about the work of Bonet Castellana in La Manga. In 2015 and 2016 she has curated exhibitions on the work of Enrique Sancho and Fernando Garrido at COAMU. In 2016 she carried out research work and preparation of the initial Catalog of Architecture of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia for the General Directorate of Cultural Assets of CARM. She is co-author of the collection Architecture and Architects of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia.

Fernando M. García Martín, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

Professor of the Urban Planning and Land Management area at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. Master in Urban and Territorial Planning and Doctor in the Peripheries, Sustainability and Urban Vitality program at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. PhD from the UPM. His research has three main lines: urban form in intermediate cities; the transformations in the historical agricultural periurban fabrics; and the analysis of urban activity and its environmental impact in various municipalities in the Region of Murcia (Murcia, Mula, Molina de Segura, Fuente Álamo and Lorca). In 2015 and 2016 he has curated exhibitions on the work of Enrique Sancho and Fernando Garrido at COAMU. He has published works on 20th century social housing complexes in the Murcia region, such as the La Paz industrial estate in Murcia. He is co-author of the collection Architecture and Architects of the Modern Movement in the Region of Murcia.

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2022-01-12 — Updated on 2022-02-01

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Carcelén González, R., López Martínez, J. M., Aroca Vicente, E., & García Martín, F. M. (2022). Attitudes towards the site: Bonet, tourism architectures and the conquest of Atamaría. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (17), 70–81. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2021175928 (Original work published January 12, 2022)

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No. 17 (2021): Domestic Natures

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