Sevilla, March 9, 2011
Professors and ICOMOS claim against the erection of the Tower Cajasol
Roundtable at the University to make a new call for sanity, now that we still have time, stop and the construction of this building Crazy!
This evening there is a round table where, under the title Adding noes against Cajasol Torre will be put on the table the relevant facts and considerations that make this urban action nonsense social, economic, legal and urban. Will be at 18 pm. Faculty of Geography and History at the University of Sevilla (Aula Professor Carriazo).
In the table, co-organized by the platform Tumbala! and EGEA / Sevilla-European Association of Young Geographers, involved Asiaín Jaime Lopez, Professor of Aesthetics and Architectural Composition at the University of Seville; Isidoro Moreno, Professor of Social Anthropology in the U.S., and José María García Miguel , Professor of the Polytechnic University of Madrid and vice president of the English section of ICOMOS (the entity that advises the UNESCO's heritage), on whose behalf participates.
Also, finally we will also have Armendoira Ana Paula, a member of ICOMOS-Portugal whose word is highly anticipated because attended the last meeting of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Brasilia last summer, and witnessed the inner workings of a meeting which was to decide whether to include and to Seville List of World Heritage in Danger, and that person a delegation of the City of Seville, headed by the municipal spokesman , sent to "help" the positioning of the UNESCO ... Read More
On behalf of the speakers, the architect Jaime Lopez Asiaín explain some of the facts that invalidate the work and more personal reflections regard. Among the facts are:
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Acting is a huge mistake by urban situation, to generate significant traffic density unsolvable.
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The force, in view of all the information already gathered, is granted irregularly and is the result of manipulation , so it is challenged in court .
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UNESCO and other organizations have recommended to stop the works, to no avail .
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The economic operation is ruinous , and a great waste in a recession, to be frozen demand for office and be a lot of vacant area around the city. Just who wins with this plan and build, consultancy Ayesa.
Among the reflections :
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operation, and make society, represent a tremendous lack of sensitivity .
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The building profile destroys not only the city but the Guadalquivir valley and Aljarafe.
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The only explanation that fits give this aberration is that this building is an act of arrogance Cajasol President and Mayor.
Professor Isidoro Moreno , meanwhile, show its strong opposition to the Tower Cajasol on three axes:
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involves a bombing Urban Heritage Seville because it breaks completely balances urban and landscape along the historic river at the entrance to the city from the Aljarafe in the whole environment Cartuja and in the immediate neighborhood of Triana. If built, destroy any prospect of the Guadalquivir from the Torre del Oro to the bridge of Triana. This is a real attack on the tangible and intangible heritage of the city and most outrageous urban the last 150 years .
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assumes a multiple violation of the law force, and that there have been numerous irregularities in adoption: violation of the current General Plan, concealment of information, disregard of various regulations, ... A group of experts from Seville, and various civic and professional organizations, including himself, have raised a dispute in court detailing the irregularities and called for the immediate suspension of works.
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In the present circumstances of very serious financial and economic crisis in general and restructuring savings, is an attack citizenship, since it is a true monument to wasteful spending more 300 million euros (50,000 million pesetas) in a building, while making what has been indicated, is totally unnecessary from the point of view of its functionality (forty-two floors for offices do not have Today utility in Sevilla) and its energy sustainability, and will emphasize mobility problems at the entrance to the city with high traffic density.
Moreover, Moreno also considered very important to lay bare the assumptions arguments for the construction of the tower. Thus, it is true that, when we started the second decade of the century, modernity of a city is measured by the number of skyscrapers , and is an insult to the intelligence sell the idea connected with an alleged major attraction of tourists . This can only be defended by alleged cosmopolitan are nothing that cosmopaletos wayward provincial mentality with the clock stopped his thought a century ago. modernity today is about respect the natural environment, cultural and urban landscape and a harmonious, sustainable and human scale. In fact, Cajasol Torre would be a monument to megalomania two powers in decline: local financial power and political power, municipal, precisely at a time away Cajasol dissolved in a "Banking Civic rootless, of which no more than 30%, and that the local government very likely to change political sign . He proposes
all nominations to be submitted to the forthcoming local elections speak out clearly about the triple attack that is the Tower Cajasol, commit to take immediate action to arrest and works debugging of responsibilities that might arise.
Finally, Vice President of ICOMOS-Spain, Jose María García de Miguel , believes that Sevilla is known worldwide for its tangible and intangible, that is a source of prestige and wealth for the city. And his progressive destruction for the sake of a supposed "modernity" and neo-liberal approach is "killing the goose that lays the golden eggs" .
With good management it is possible to reconcile traditional values \u200b\u200bthat customize the city with sustainable development . Do you want to Manhattan with Cartuja? Will this be the attraction that is intended to Sevilla in the near future? Is this the future management model is intended? The authorities that support or allow this type of action must explain what ideas they have for the development of the city and where they want to handle it, and is society, last owner and recipient of the values \u200b\u200binvolved, which must decide whether to support or not the project. Concrete actions such as the present one seem rather result of cyclical and opportunistic particularism, and not a model of city development discussed and agreed with the public.
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Architecture and Social Commitment, Ecologists in Action, Association for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Andalusia (ADEPA), Association Teachers for the Promotion and Protection of Historical Heritage "Ben Baso, Demetrio de los Ríos Association for the Protection of Heritage, Foro Social de Sevilla, University and Social Commitment, Historical Association Retiro Obrero, Andalusian Association of Anthropology, Civic Platform by Parks and Gardens in Seville, Coordinator of Independent Associations of Seville, Asociación Amigos de los Jardines de la Oliva, Peace House, Association House Pumarejo Pumarejo Neighborhood Center, Committee for Educational Park Miraflores, Baetica Nostra, Association for the Defense Aljarafe Territory (ADTA ), EGEA / Sevilla-Association European Young Geographers Association, AL-GEA
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