The Haría City Council has awarded the rehabilitation project of the Haría Viewpoint-Interpretation Center, drafted by the municipal architect Miguel Ángel Fontes Figuera, to the company Lanzabloques Tinajo SL. The work, which has a budget of 237,279.99 euros, must be executed in six months and the investment will be made with funds from the FDCAN (Canary Islands Development Funds).
"After more than 15 years of abandonment, the Malpaso Viewpoint will reopen its doors before the end of 2018 to welcome again the thousands of visitors who access the municipality of Haría through the Famara massif," the City Council announces.
The Consistory explains that the building, which will not increase its built area, will fulfill a double function: on the one hand, as the Haría Interpretation and Tourist Information Center, and, on the other, as a viewpoint of the valleys of Haría and Temisa, "thanks to two impressive viewpoint walkways".
"The existing building will be rehabilitated, adapting the interior of the building to its new use, while the exterior works will maintain the conditions of the existing building, enhancing those elements that define it," the northern City Council points out, noting that "the building will be 100% energy self-sufficient."
For the Interpretation Center, "the terraces near the building will be recovered and enhanced through the creation of a path that will allow visitors to learn in situ, and with the support of information panels, endemic flora species of the Famara massif, in addition to those plant species of the area that have disappeared over the years." In this way, "a space will be created that contributes to environmental awareness and knowledge of the environment, based on the botanical and landscape richness of the area."
Increase the attractions of the municipality
The Malpaso Viewpoint, a project by the Lanzarote architect Enrique Spínola González, was inaugurated on June 6, 1966. César Manrique participated in the design of the building incorporating characteristic elements of traditional Lanzarote architecture.
The first northern mayor, Marci Acuña, emphasizes the importance of the start of works at the Haría Viewpoint, "one of the great bets of the current government group to transform this space into an interpretation center that increases the attractions of the municipality and allows to know firsthand the reality of the north of the Island."
