Uploaded on 2015-04-27 by euporras

This is a picture from Málaga, my home city. It shows the new port and the recently inaugurated Pompidou Museum. Malaga's port is one of the oldest ports in the world with over 3,000 years of antiquity and it is now one of the most important cruise ship terminals in Spain. But, until fairly recently, Malaga's port was off-limits to members of the public and all its buildings needed to be demolished. Over the last ten years, there have been two projects aimed specifically at Malaga's port and the surrounding areas: an expansion plan and the city-port plan. The city-port plan was devised to develop the port area for recreational and commercial purposes, using modern architecture design and materials. Malaga's port is now one of the most important in Spain. The whole complex is very modern and elegantly designed. The Palm Grove of Surprises is a new public space for Malaga and finally brings the port back into the heart of this maritime city. This stunning new paseo is indeed full of surprises and great architectural detailing. But more than anything, along the palm grove are a series of spaces, each with its own identity; fountains, sculptural architectural gardens; small Italian style sunken gardens and play areas for families. Combined with the trees and palms, the unifying element is the brilliant white concrete pergola, creating a play of light and shadows. Malaga's port was selected as the site for the next Pompidou Centre. The first time the museum is to be located outside of Paris. The new Pompidou centre occupies, "El Cubo" - the cube, an existing glass structure that is situated right at the end of Muelle Uno. The glass structure has been redesigned with coloured glasses thanks to Daniel Buren to give it a new identity and the museum materials are concrete, wood, steel and aluminium. Both examples, the port and the Pompidou museum, are a great example of how construction has evolved from a localised activity to a kind of puzzle-process based on imported building components that shows how globalized economy affects architecture and cities design nowadays. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14301285687957523.jpg