The company Jaureguizar has founded ‘Vivezorrozaurre S. Coop.’ the owners’ cooperative, which will build the first development of new homes on Zorrotzaurre. For further information on this operation go to www.vivezorrozaurre.com This first development will occupy two plots in San Ignacio and one in Deusto, with112 social housing units, 117 controlled price units and 131 privately developed units to be built. Building is expected to start in the 3rd quarter of 2016 and to last 30 months.

Zaha Hadid, designer of the Zorrotzaurre Master Plan has been awarded the Royal Gold Medal for 2016 of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the most prestigious architectural prize in the United Kingdom. She is, as well, the first woman winner of the prize. This is one more of the many prizes, including in 2004 the Pritzker (considered the ‘Nobel’ of architecture), won by the anglo-iraqi architect during her career.

The Zorrotzaurre Contracting Board has commenced the demolition this week of five unoccupied buildings that belonged to the company Mefesa. The buildings housed installations for the manufacture of hard metal alloys. Two other Mefesa buildings (the laboratory and the offices) have been preserved and will house services in the future. The demolition, which is being carried out under the most complete waste management protocols, will free up 11,620m2 of land for future construction as defined in the Special Plan for the area. Zandesa, the company carrying out the demolition, has 12 weeks for the works and the budget approved stands…