PROYECTO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN DEL EDIFICIO DE CUARTELES EN EL POLVORISTA. EL BINOMIO GAVER-VILLALBA.

The intellectual and material author of this barrack is the engineer Antonio de Gáver, although its in Polvorista Square must be framed within the initiative and promotion of Juan de Villalba and under a typological model imposed by the new Bourbon regime. Several previous projects of Gáver in his destination of Oran for its barracks, found at the Archivo General de Simancas, allows the comparison with the building that was actually constructed, forcing the conclusion of a clear analogy. Furthermore, his close relationship, military career and probable friendship with the then head of the Captaincy, Juan de Villalba, would corroborate this fact with a definite and clear synergy between the high-ranking officer and the engineer who would both carry out the construction of the barracks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]