TURO DEL SASTRE PARK IN MONTGAT

PROJECT: TURÓ DEL SASTRE PARK
SITE: MONTGAT, BARCELONA
LOCATION: TURÓ DEL SASTRE
DATA PROJECT: 2006
CONSTRUCTION: 2007 – 2008
BUILT AREA: 10.450M²
PROMOTER: AJUNTAMENT DE MONTGAT – AMB
AUTHORS: DATAAE
TEAM: CATI MONTSERRAT (AMB) + EPTISA
IMAGE: JORDI SURROCA
AWARDS: ARQUITECTURA MARESME 2010 – 1ST PRIZE, BIENAL ARQUITECTURA ESPAÑOLA 2009 – SELECTION

THE MAIN STRATEGIES OF THE PROJECT ARE TO ENSURE ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL POINTS OF THE PARK, INCLUDING ACCESS TO THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE HILL, AND TO STRUCTURE A SERIES OF OPEN AREAS OR SEATING ZONES TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITY. THE PARK IS STRUCTURED THROUGH TWO TYPES OF PATHWAYS: THOSE THAT ALLOW DIRECT CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PARK, AND THOSE THAT ORGANIZE THE ROUTES THROUGH THE LANDSCAPE, LINKING THE DIFFERENT SEATING AREAS TO REACH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POINTS. THE DIVERSITY OF ROUTES IS DIFFERENTIATED BY THE MATERIALS USED. THE URBAN PATHWAYS ARE DEFINED BY MINERAL-BASED MATERIALS; THE ROUTES ON THE UPPER PART OF THE HILL ARE CHARACTERIZED BY PLANT-BASED MATERIALS, SUCH AS WOOD.

THE STRATEGY FOR FORMALIZING THE ACTIVITY AREAS IS THROUGH WIDENINGS OF THE PROPOSED ROUTES, AVOIDING LARGE OPEN SPACES THAT WOULD POSE A TOPOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGE. THESE SEATING AREAS CAN BE, FOR EXAMPLE: CHILDREN’S PLAY AREAS, GROUPS OF BENCHES FOR RESTING, MULTIPURPOSE SURFACES MADE OF COMPACTED EARTH, VIEWPOINT AREAS ALONG THE PATH… THE VIEWPOINT IS THE REFERENCE ELEMENT OF THE PROJECT, AS IT IS THE FINAL AND HIGHEST POINT OF THE PARK’S ROUTES, FROM WHICH SEA VIEWS CAN BE ENJOYED.

THE VEGETATION, IN GENERAL, CONSISTS OF NATIVE SPECIES TO ENSURE MODERATE WATER CONSUMPTION. THE TYPE OF PLANTING VARIES DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, THE USE OF THE SPACE, OR ITS SOUTHERN EXPOSURE (DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND SEA BREEZE). ON LARGE STEEP ROCK SLOPES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLIMBING PLANTS ARE PLANTED, WITH VARIOUS FLOWER COLORS AND DIVERSE LEAF SHAPES AND COLORS.