The head of corian, steel body, the metal legs and wood glue. So will be the Cicada Bar, a contemporary culture in the center of The Cigar of Alicante, an insect camouflaged in the garden of the municipal building and the structure of which can be discerned.

The project to raise the café-restaurant, which the economic crisis has taken its toll on the delay in its implementation, highlights two main aspects: the forefront in the design and in the materials used, such as corian or micronized cement and the newness in the method of financing, with the contribution of 80 percent of private companies, mostly in the province of Alicante.

The firms involved in the construction of this building incorporate their brand to the property, making this an ad-architecture model not covered so far in Alicante.

The coordinator of The Cigar, Gertrud Gomez recalls that the original project envisaged a small cafe precinct, "but seeing the size of the set, Thomas Amat, teacher projects from the School of Architecture of the University of Alicante, offered a project very modern and very groundbreaking.”

Amat, along with another architect Paul Belda, have convinced a number of companies in the sector to invest in the project, which costs 430,000 Euros, of which 100,000 must pay to the City of Alicante, 200,000 private companies and 120,000 ahead dealer installation.

Urbana de Exteriores, Hispanitas, Tecnocemento, Expoequipa, Finstral, Corian, or Serviplac Eurener are, so far, the participating firms, but others are welcomesince from the crisis it has been some initially collaborating firms that have gone bankrupt in the meantime.

"We have integrated advertising in the building, we have not been getting by meter, and all part of the design," said Amat of the project, calling them "announcement made by architecture, anticipating the moment we are living, difficulties and advance what was coming. collaboration architecture is expressed through logos and have the courage to have something done in common. "

Although most of the companies are in the province of Alicante, others like Dupont, the creator of the Corian material used in bathrooms, kitchens, or façade-moldable and infinite design possibilities, but high cost has been providential. "They loved the project and they said yes to the first." Others, such as Urbana de Exteriores, the most sponsors, considered "very good idea to approach the project. The materials are of new technology and we wanted to be here from the beginning," said Pedro Sáez, head of the company, adding that "the build system must be rethinking and assist in making a city with unique buildings like this.”

Amat Thomas notes that, apart from funding collaborative system, "ie contemporary art and has become a Centre for this purpose.'s Very revolutionary in concept and design and we are confident that transcend collaborative modeling architecture."

The Councillor for Culture, Miguel value, stressed that we must find new ways to continue to take forward projects and public works "and this is new management at this time," while noting that soon will award the tender for its management, with the expectation that the next April is already running at full capacity the bar-restaurant, which opens tomorrow night.

Seven companies that provide finance
There are seven firms that for the moment finance most of the project: Urban de Exteriores running the cladding of the head; Hispanitas in charge of the metal structure; Expoequipa, with the contribution of the Finstral carpentry, Dupont Corian, gives the material from the cladding of the head; Tecnocemento, microcemento pavement; Eurener, solar panels for hot water and Serviplac the drywall.

Source: Diario Información