A 36 person Austrian delegation has been visiting Bilbao to learn, first-hand, about the development projects of the capital of the province of Bizkaia. The delegation made up of university staff, managers of regional and sectorial development entities and specialised journalists yesterday attended, in the central offices of Bilbao Ekintza, among others, a presentation, by Pablo Otaola on the basic outline of the Zorrotzaurre project and its innovatory aspects. Last Friday, the Zorrotzaurre project was also presented by the director of the Management Commission, in the head office of Bilbao Tourism, to a group of Danish architects and urbanisation experts…

The Official Gazette of the Basque Country published today resolution 38/2016 of the Department of Public Administration and Justice, which sets out the Collaboration Agreement with Visesa for the handing over, by the Basque Government, of five plots from the Execution Unit 1 of the Integrated Action 1 of Zorrotzaurre to be used for social housing. The Agreement also establishes the obligation on the part of Visesa to use the sums obtained from the plots for payment of the construction of the bridge between San Ignacio and Zorrotzaurre; Visesa, will then, pay for the works on behalf of the Basque…

The renovated Papelera Building (former Papelera del Norte building) has begun its new use in culture as the centre for activities related to the BIA Urban Regeneration Forum, a congress on urban regeneration with the presence of international experts held in Bilbao from the 5th to the 15th July. Among other activities, the Papelera Building is showing the selected proposals from the International Competition of Ideas for architectural students and young architects as well as the development of the academically recognised workshop for final year architectural studentsand recently qualified architects whose work will centre on the Burtzeña quarter of Baracaldo….