Parc Central of Nou Barris Wins Urban Landscape Award
Parc Central Nou Barris, one of my favorite parks in Barcelona, recently won the 2007 Urban Landscape Award. The park was designed by Andreu Arriola Madorell and Carmen Fiol Costa. Their inspiration for it is described as:
"the park design came from the early cubist and very colourful pictures of Pablo Picasso, which the young artist painted in 1909 at La Horta de San Juan (in Catalonia). The triangle was chosen as the creative guiding theme of the park because it is the most flexible of the geometric forms. Triangular wooden structures resembling artificial palms are therefore also the symbols of the park. They stand – singly or in groups – at key locations, giving shade during the day and illuminating the park at night."I never knew it was Barcelona's second largest park. The award was sponsored by Eurohypo AG, a leading specialist bank for real estate and public finance. The project is sited on a steep sloping site adjacent to Barcelona's La Guineueta neighborhood (see map). My favorite features (photos above) are the old bridge (I am not sure it was originally a bridge or if it was another type of structure that was reused) and the large jet fountains. It offers a wide variety of spaces throughout the design and successfully integrates the park into the difficult topography.
(Source: Eurohypo AG Website)
Labels: Barcelona, landscape architecture, parking, public space
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