This time it is the recovery of a building of great formal and typological value located in the city of Paraguana, is a building of the early 50s, built by the company Shell, the current CRP refinery Cardon. We think these project were designed in the United States typologies projects were adapted to the new oil industrial developments that were initiated in South America. From its importance as a fully imported and adapted to our climate and building culture icon of a time in our history.

Below we present the first stage of labor. This consists of two parts: a first part consisting of the overall collection of information; covers aspects of architectural-constructive research, planimetric survey, photographic survey, inventory of materials, construction systems employees and general condition thereof.

After the inventory and collecting information described above, we proceed to the second part of it: the detailed analysis of the information and material compiled to reach a diagnosis raise the real situation of the building. This makes it possible, at a later stage, you can have a better understanding of the nature and condition of the property that is involved, which in turn, allow us to propose an appropriate use of the possibilities and characteristics thereof and the needs and demands to comply with the proposed revitalization of the same objective.

The function of this building, once recovered, cannot and should only be contemplative. It should return to its original use, but must also be a "living" place of cultural activity, allowing it to be a meeting place of conscious community to preserve and enhance its built heritage, as evocation and finding a collective memory and as a link between individuals who share a common history. The Project objectives are:

1- Put up old spaces to restore its original use, safeguarding their condition of significance to the community. Having this difficult balance always present, with the aim of making clear the dialogue between the new language and the sobriety of the building.

2- The incorporation of film Cardon the Cultural and Educational activity of the city and state, benefit the community by adding this building to Cultural tours that are proposed for the city

From the technical point of view, the project tries to rescue the building as a landmark within the urban fabric of the Cardon community. This structure dating from the 50s, has survived to date, and few more corrective maintenance interventions and re consolidation and structural stabilization peripheral walls, the most affected by erosion and neglect, the Old Cinema Cardon, can be recovered and put to the service of the community.

Besides the use ever developed in this space, it is adequate to the needs of others but with contemporary, current and current criteria, where technology allows and encourages different representations of different cultural manifestations, from a film until the presentation of a play or a small orchestra.