On Thursday, January 22, 2015, the presentation of the Progress Report of the Municipal Housing and Land Plan (PMVS) of Almería was held at the ASEMPAL headquarters. The speakers were: Blanca Marín Valiño (Head of the Housing Service of the Regional Government of Andalusia in Almería), José Mª López Cerezo (Director of the Municipal Housing Institute of Málaga), Pedro Gómez Calvache (Director of the municipal housing company “Almería XXI”), and our colleagues Antonio Palenzuela (architect in charge of the Plan at Ferrer Arquitectos) and José Ángel Ferrer (Architect and Director of Ferrer Arquitectos) as moderator.
After the presentation of the Plan and a brief presentation by the speakers, an interesting and lengthy discussion began between the speakers and the audience, which filled the ASEMPAL room.
Among the conclusions of the Conference, it is worth noting the importance of encouraging the construction of subsidized housing by the administration. Likewise, emphasis was placed on the importance of new homes meeting the real demands, both rational and emotional, of today’s society through an adequate design that excites and makes the use of homes effective and attractive to their users, using, among others, sustainability criteria in the broadest sense of the word (environmental comfort, air quality, energy saving, etc.). The Plan foresees the creation of an ordinance in that regard. The vision provided by José Mª López Cerezo, comparing the PMVS of Almería with that of Málaga in a clear and enjoyable way, was also of special interest.
Ferrer Arquitectos, as part of its commitment as a socially responsible company, incorporated sign language interpreters into the conference to assist attendees with hearing impairments.
Finally, after the interest aroused by the attending public, the City Council pledged to extend the deadline for suggestions, to further enrich the document currently on public display.
