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    May 18th, 2015

    ISLANDS

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    ISLANDS

    Design for the ‘Parque de las Flores’

    Alcorcón, 2014

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    The Parque de las Flores is an urban space of ca. 1500m2 placed in the Avenida de las Flores, Alcorcón. The future of the plot was decided through a popular vote. The neighbours determined their preferences and we took them as a starting point for the project.

    The uses chosen by the citizenry are concentrated in islands, which use the colour as a sign of identity: green for the elderly ‘biohealthy’ program, yellow for the vegetation and trees, magenta for the children’s activities and cyan for sports.

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    The result is a sustainable intervention that minimizes costs by concentrating the new equipments in certain points –islands- where the activity intensifies, encouraging the intergenerational exchange and the interaction between the different users. The rest of the green surface keeps its low-maintenance quality and allows a wide appropriation by the citizens.

    Here you have some pictures of the ‘islands’, already inaugurated and in use! Special thanks to the photographer Laura Bass for her images.

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    City of Alcorcón

    authors design:

    . Enrique Arenas, architect

    . Luis Basabe, architect

    . Luis Palacios, architect

    collaboration:

    . Almudena Cano Piñeiro, architect

    . Paula Fernández San Marcos, architect

    . Silvia Muñoz, architecture student

     

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