Uruguay Maua Dam Tender

The Ministry of Industry Energy and Mining the Municipality of Montevideo and the Faculty of Architecture Design and Urbanism FADU inaugurated on Wednesday 19 Abre Maua an instance open to the public for two days in order to know and appropriate the emblematic property on the rambla montevideana.The opening was headed by the Minister of Industry Energy and Mining Guillermo Moncecchi the mayor of Montevideo Christian di Candia and the dean of the Faculty of Architecture Design and Urbanism FADU Marcelo Danza. Open Maua presents to the public the potential of the space located in a strategic area of the coast of Montevideo in continuity with the rehabilitation process initiated by the urban-architectural ideas contest convened by the ministry in 2019.In dialogue with the Ministry of Communication Moncecchi recalled that this instance is another step in a process that has been developing for some time which included a call for suggestions and the competition of ideas in conjunction with the Udelar University of the Republic and the National Agency for Research and Innovation ANII to which the Municipality of Montevideo has now joined.As an antecedent of this instance an ideas competition was held in which 51 proposals were received with a registry of more than 400 contestants and the participation of multiple interdisciplinary teams. Moncecchi said that the work process was successful because it generated a wealth of information in a public and transparent way and in addition made visible an area of the city that charged Montevideans with expectations. With this work there is an institutional coordination formed with ministry officials.