CENTRAL PARK IN SANT PERE DE RIBES

PROJECT: CENTRAL PARK
LOCATION: SANT PERE DE RIBES, BARCELONA
DATA PROJECT: 2004 – 2006
CONSTRUCTION: 2008 – 2011
BUIT AREA: 118.723 m²
PROMOTER: PRIVAT
AUTHORS: DATAAE + CLAUDI AGUILÓ RIU
TEAM: EULALIA ARAN (BUDGET) DINA ALSAWI (AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER), JOAN GONZÀLEZ GOU + MIQUEL PORTELL (ENGINEERS)
IMAGES: ADRIÀ GOULA

THE PROJECT IS STRUCTURED THROUGH THREE MAIN STRATEGIES:

– FOCUSING ON BOOSTING THE HIGH LANDSCAPE VALUE OF THE EXISTING FOREST BY RECONFIGURING ITS SHAPE TO BE IN CONTRAST WITH THE OPEN-PLAN SPACE OF THE CENTRAL AREA. THE CREATED CONTRAST BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL FACILITATES WORKING ON A PARTICULAR SITUATION SYSTEM FOR EVERY LANDSCAPE.

– CREATING A ROAD SYSTEM TO ALLOW URBAN CONNECTIVITY AT HORIZONTAL LEVEL, AS WELL AS COVERING THE WHOLE PARK AT VERTICAL LEVEL. THESE ITINERARIES ARE COMPLEMENTED BY A SYSTEM OF PLATFORM ACTIVITIES FOR EVERY RELEVANT PURPOSE: CHILDREN’S GAMES, GROUPS OF BENCHES TO REST, SPORT FACILITIES, COARSE SAND SURFACE AND DUNES PLACED FREELY AROUND THE OPEN SPACE OF THE LARGE CENTRAL AREA. THE HIGHEST AREA OF THE PARK INCLUDES A CONCAVE-SHAPED SQUARE WITH A FOUNTAIN FOR CHILDREN TO INTERACT WITH WATER, NEXT TO A THEATRE FACING THE EMPTINESS OF THE PARK, WHICH UTILIZES THE EXISTING TOPOGRAPHIC UNEVENNESS.

– WITH REGARD TO MATERIALS, THE PROJECT IS BUILT ALMOST ENTIRELY WITH A SINGLE ELEMENT, A PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCT WHICH HOLDS MULTIPLE USES AS PAVEMENT, CONTAINMENT, INDICATOR OR STEP FOR THE PARK.