Ad Fontes: An urban renewal project in the area around the Church of Santa María in Alzira, Valencia

Abstract

This project was developed within the framework of the 2019-2020 edition of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition. It was the winning proposal for the Alzira site. The aim of the competition was to find a solution for revitalising the western part of its historic city centre, an area that dates back to medieval times. After the Church of Santa María was destroyed during the Civil War, it was further disfigured by the erection of a number of large industrial and administrative buildings.