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Urban Park in Madrid (2012)

Madrid Río project below (2012)

The project addresses the need to regenerate an urban void resulting from the intersection of infrastructure: highway, secondary road and railway.

Our idea is to create an entertainment area associated activities related to man and other vegetation and (naturally divided by an ancient stream) planted to orchards.

In the image can be seen as vegetation-left-is structured by a great language that crosses the field vegetable lengthwise and another area for urban gardens following the idea of ​​crackto partition each plot to bring water to each and every one of them.


vegetation to this language are added a series of winding roads that mark stays within the scope aimed at different types of activities. The vegetation used in each area of the tongue plant (three in total) correspond to a type of activity associated with a color, determined and position within the set area.
preexisting plan

draw on the existing purple and orange and we want to preserve the elements that introduce and improve the existing

vegetation plan

study of vegetation based on the coloration of the species and on alternating with perennial deciduous to avoid ''dead zones''
the problems caused due to the proximity to an expressway are solved through interventions in the topography to which there is a simultaneous character.
the entrance to the park, contains more human scale sports and leisure. existing park at the gates of a school used as a hinge encounter between the city and the area.
the high voltage electrical towers are reused as milestones with associated activities: gazebo, bird nesting, kiosk, information board, flying film exhibitor ...
Urban Park in Madrid (2012)
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Urban Park in Madrid (2012)

Urban Planning. Urban Park in Madrid

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