La casa Serrat de Lorenzo Ros en Cartagena

Resumen

In the early twenties of the last century, Lorenzo Ros Costa designed a remarkable building for Vicente Serrat, businessman linked to the “Compañía Cartagenera de Navegación”. The building, on Mayor street, one of the main streets of the city, occupies a site of irregular shape which provides access through the main facade and, on the back, across Bodegones street. The building consists of three floors and a symmetrical facade of great harmony and balance.It has different types of windows, including bow windows with masonry work, with plenty and diverse Art Nouveau ornamentation, prioritizing vegetation motives, different on each floor. During the phase of designing many graphic studies were drawn of the building in general and in detail.Exposing the features of the Serrat House is the object of the present communication.