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The Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda Mitma through the General Directorate of Urban Agenda and Architecture has submitted to hearing and public information the draft royal decree regulating the House of Architecture a key body to achieve compliance with the purposes of Law 92022 of June 14 of Quality of Architecture. With this any citizen organization or association that so wishes may send their observations until July 12.The Ministry hopes to have a broad participation in this process which will allow to outline the regulation of this body and give continuity to the dialogue initiated in the participatory process articulated for the elaboration of the Law of Quality of Architecture. This process called PECA Proposals on the Built Environment and Architecture has already passed the process of prior public consultation which was open from December 16 2022 to January 31 2023.With the opening of this hearing and information process Mitma takes another step in the regulatory development of this Law that in its article 7 includes the figure of the House of Architecture and the empowerment of the Government for its constitution and regulation.House of Architecture and its functionsThe House of Architecture seeks to bring the values of architecture to society as a tool of cultural diplomacy. The institution has the vocation of becoming a national and international reference for the dissemination of architecture.This body will exercise both the functions of a museum adapted to the present and those more typical of a platform for exchange between institutions and associations linked to the dissemination of architecture.Among the functions he will assume the dissemination of the Spanish architectural legacy and its contemporary representations stand out the positioning of the excellence of Spanish architecture on the national and international scene and enhance citizen participation both in the sector directly linked to architecture and in society as a whole.Likewise the House of Architecture aspires to become a forum for debate on the role of architecture or support for young professionals and the promotion of research and innovation.In the field of heritage protection the Casa de la Arquitectura will create a catalogue of architectural works of interest that will serve as a guide to the Public Administrations for the preparation of their own catalogues of protected buildings. In addition in coordination with the Council on the Quality of Architecture it will request ex officio the initiation of protection files before the competent Public Administrations in relation to examples of architecture of recognized quality.In addition it is constituted as a National Museum for being a permanent institution that acquires preserves investigates communicates and exhibits sets and collections of historical artistic technical and any other cultural nature and for the singular relevance of its purpose and objectives.House of Architecture headquarters and organizationIn the text of the draft royal decree it is established that the House of Architecture will have a physical headquarters in Madrid and a virtual headquarters materialized in the website of Spanish Architecture which will amplify the mission of this institution. In addition it is stated that other headquarters permanent or temporary may be established anywhere in the national territory in coordination with the headquarters and attached to Mitma.The text published for the hearing and public information process dedicates its chapter II to the Organization and internal regime of the House of Architecture defining the governing bodies of the same.Parallel to this administrative procedure from the General Directorate of Urban Agenda and Architecture work is being done on the implementation of the virtual headquarters of the House of Architecture and to have a first physical headquarters as the seed of this ambitious project.
