Manuela Gatto, Senior Associate of Zaha Hadid Architects, after the death of the anglo-iraqui architect, has been visiting Bilbao to give a conference at the BIA Urban Regeneration Forum, organized by local architects. Gatto, who was the Director of the Master Plan for Zorrotzaurre, has been interviewed by a number of local media organisations with the Zorrotzaurre project the central theme. With regard to the design of the Zorrotzaurre Master Plan, the Italian architect explained that they wanted to maintain the soul of the area and give new life to the industrial buildings. She recalled that they attempted to maintain…

Today saw the meetings of the Zorrotzaurre Management Commission and the Zorrotzaurre Contracting Board in Bilbao. The meeting of the Management Commission was held one year after Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao, was named as chairman in substitution of Ibon Areso. Angel Toña, Minister for Employment and Social Policy of the Basque Government was also present. During the meeting, and beyond the analysis of the regular matters, the Mayor explained the balance of activity for the last year on the Zorrotzaurre plan, which suffered the loss, in March, of the author of the Master Plan, the anglo-iraqui architect, Zaha…

The Contracting Board has paid out a good part of the compensation due to companies that have to leave Zorrotzaurre and to owners giving up ownership of their plots. The Land Reorganisation Project set compensation at 47 million euros for the buildings to be demolished and for the companies, which have to leave their current installations in Zorrotzaurre due to the new uses defined in the Special Plan. Of the above amount, the Contracting Board has already paid out 16 million euros. The rest of the compensation is to be paid before the end of 2018, in accordance with the…