DESTRUCTION OF AVERLY
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JULY 21 , 2016 , early morning . The first demolition machines that will finally settle the battle for Averly ’ s conservation are coming . Traffic , noise . The model ship drops . Dust . The foundry . Ruins . The mold room . 68 % of the oldest industry in Aragon , founded by Antonio Averly in 1880 , explains the industrial revolution in the city , the syndicalist movements , and the one that architecturally represents a unique example of industrial archeology . July 21 , Checkmate , only the final blow of a long and painstaking work , through actions and overcome constraints .
Perhaps the unique charm of Paseo Maria Agustin , -full of blocks and cars- be tripping Atletico brick . The surprise of finding once at street level . Go over that huge gray metal door crowned by a very Bauhaus typeface that lets you read : AVERLY- S . -A . Further progress . Look left-right , do not come any cyclist on the bike path , and stand , clutching the bars -forjados in the same place to observe without much detail that strange space , so close and yet so exposed . That Typical summer garden of BOURGEOIS FAMILY , decorated with fountains , route by roads , surrounded by plants of all kinds . On the right , the side of the house , that house film . But above all , that halo of mystery . And this feeling of strangeness only makes clear what is perhaps the basic problem : the almost structural IGNORANCE of the immediate environment . Do not have that access to information . Do not recognize or know important goods . And therefore , not being able to configure an idea around them . Not being able to be critical or indignant . Only narcotized docile beings free hand .
17 years ago APUDEPA - PUBLIC ACTION FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE ARAGONESE HERITAGE - already requested the protection of Averly . They wanted it to be classified as a Property of Cultural Interest . There were too many reasons : it was not only the oldest industry Aragon , -and its most important moment , the most producía- , but its design is ( was ) only believe that the founder imported from France this model has . It has been called “ Villa-factory ”. a structure that combines housing employers and ships working in the same architectural complex , common on farms but not in foundries and is not protected . Their operation , they said , was the ultimate guarantee of conservation .
When in 2013 Averly ceased the activity and the real estate Brial bought the floors , it was too late . The -Committee International TICCIH for Conservation and Protection of Heritage Industrial- joined the petition , getting in vain that industrial it was protected as Aragonese Cultural Heritage . A cataloging which did not involve ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION . n , and therefore not could ensure the conservation of the architectural ensemble . a
THE EXPERTS ? WHAT EXPERTS ?
In this same year the DIPUTACIÓN GENERAL DE ARAGÓN presented three REPORTS to assess the value of Averly . The first , realized , by an architect , valued the state of the good . The second , he took care of the pieces of furniture and machinery . The third determined which areas would be retained -APUDEPA had also submitted DGA The technique of three reports , the “ three highs knowing good ” that , contrary to those of the DGA , advocated the protection of the entire whole- . On which fell this decision , and therefore the fate of the architectural ensemble , was the same that had secured two years ago in the XIII International Conference of Industrial Heritage , which Averly was the most important of Aragon industry well and one of the most relevant of Spain . And yet , he did not consider PRESERVING the whole .