MACA Expansion Project: Architects and Budget Details
The project team for the MACA expansion comprises architects Juan Carlos Sancho and Sol Madridejos. They will be responsible for drafting the expansion plan for the museum, under the insured auspices of the museum. A municipal procurement desk proposed that the Alicante City Council authorize a formal examination of these works in Madrid on an upcoming Wednesday, with a project budget of 359,118 euros.
The baseline budget for the tender to draft the MACA expansion was set at 399,079 euros. In the end, the Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office was awarded the contract after presenting the most competitive bid, reducing the initial amount by 40,000 euros.
In June, the City Council launched a competition to draft the museum’s expansion. Sancho-Madridejos and the Office of Abnormal Architectures were among the applicants. The proposal now moves to the Local Board for approval before the contract is signed.
The expansion, which will increase MACA’s facilities to 8,200 square meters, is planned over an eight-month period following contract signing. “This extension adds nearly 3,600 square meters,” noted the Cultural Council member, Anthony Manresa. He explained that with the current MACA footprint around 4,600 square meters, the reconfiguration will boost the space by roughly 75%. The expansion will create new venues for sculpture, paintings, photographs, and large-scale works, broadening opportunities to display a wider range of plastic arts.
MACA Expansion Project Targeted for Completion in March 2023
Manresa added that the early sketches and plans for the extension outlined several key features, including the creation of a monumental room with greater height. This space aims to accommodate substantial and valuable works, offering a setting that does justice to their scale and artistic significance.
The cultural leadership views the MACA expansion as a demand from the city’s cultural sector and from visitors across Alicante, reflecting broad local interest and expectations.
Textile Waste Management Service
Meanwhile, the Convention Committee awarded the public service contract for the separate collection of textile waste to a humanitarian organization—the sole bidder in the process. The Lazarus Project will operate the service for the next four years, with a total value of 572,009.24 euros. The Central Administrative Court for Contract Resources of the Ministry of Finance rejected an appeal that sought to broaden competition by inviting more bidders, allowing the existing winner to continue the arrangement (citation: Court decision, TACRC).
The tender process previously started in April with an initial base budget of 681,146 euros for four years. At present, the service remains with the same humanitarian organization, following the extension of the earlier contract.
Additionally, the municipal procurement body has awarded another contract to a Temporary Companies Association (UTE) for installation and supplementary assemblies related to festival, cultural, and sports infrastructure projects, amounting to 638,296 euros (citation: municipal minutes of Wednesday’s decision).