Master plan for the Llatzeret of Maó
Master plan for the Llatzeret of Maó

Drafting of the Master Plan for the Llatzeret of Maó, the former major quarantine hospital of the Spanish east coast (1793–1817). Located on Llatzeret Island, in the Port of Maó, it was declared a cultural heritage asset (BIC) in 1993.
The plan is structured around its two main objectives: the preservation of its original heritage values and its future sustainable and participatory management. To achieve the first objective, and based on an exhaustive historical analysis and assessment of the site’s conservation status, the plan establishes different protection levels for the existing buildings and the technical criteria for their future restoration. To achieve the eco-social objective, the plan proposes, in pursuit of self-sufficiency and net-zero impact, the creation of the Llatzeret resource-balance agency. It also outlines a proposal for citizen participation to define the future uses of the former hospital and articulate its co-management.
The drafting of the document was carried out by a broad transdisciplinary team and through rigorous fieldwork. The result is a management tool for the site that aspires to excellence in heritage intervention, binding environmental objectives and citizen co-participation.
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Status: Completed
Client:
Consell Insular de Menorca
Department of Local Cooperation and Tourism Promotion
Location: Port of Maó, Menorca
Dates (start and completion): 2019–2020
Area: 115,500 m²
Budget (PEM): €20,100,000
Awards: First prize in curricular and methodological proposal competition
Co-authors:
Joan Pons Alzina, historian
Josep Gavaldà, industrial engineer
Quantity surveyors: Amílcar Seguí and Rafael Mus
Traditional materials and techniques: Joan Ramon Rosell, quantity surveyor
Heritage intervention: Anna Chust, architect
Conservator-restorer: Carolina Moreno
Archaeologist: Ismael Moll Pelegrí
Environmental scientist: Iván Fernández
Environmental consultancy: Societat Orgànica
Collaborators:
Federico Biasotto, architect
María Zufiaur, Albert Asensio, Júlia de la Fuente, Alegría Garrofé, architecture students
Images: Ferran Vizoso
















