Cañadas Park
CAÑADAS PARK
Abis Architecture
YEAR
2010
LOCATION
Pliego, Spain
CATEGORY
Park
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CAÑADAS PARK
The project started with ideas competition developed by Pliego City Council in collaboration.
The Ministries of Public Works and Planning and the Ministry of Presidency and Public Administration of the Region of Murcia.
The small town of Pliego is in the northwest of the province of Murcia, 42 kilometers away from the city of Murcia.
The main crops of the area are fruit trees, mainly the apricots (prized for their flavor and quality in foreign markets), peaches, almond trees and vineyards. The village of Pliego has an urban design characteristic of Islamic rural farmhouses.
As a result we have an urban sinuous and disorganized, whose logicis based on its own orographic base adapting to the slope of the mountain.
The area is in the highest part of Pliego, between the urban districts of the village and the Sierra Espuña National Park.
The proposal does not intend to be a limit of the village, it tries to link the new growth areas with the Sierra Espuña National Park.
These two valleys surround a small mound which seems to move towards the urban plot, creating a beautiful view over the village with the valley at the background.
The area consists of two terraced valleys coming from the mountain. The village of Pliego has an urban design characteristic of Islamic rural farmhouses.
As a result we have an urban sinuous and disorganized, whose logicis based. Its own orographic base adapting to the slope of the mountain.
The area is in the highest part of Pliego, between the urban districts of the village and the Sierra Espuña National Park.
The proposal does not intend to be a limit of the village, it tries to link the new growth areas. The Sierra Espuña National Park.The area consists of two terraced valleys coming from the mountain.
These two valleys surround a small mound which seems to move towards. The urban plot, creating a beautiful view over the village with the valley at the background.
All these typical species of Mediterranean forest recreate visual and olfactory sensations that permeate and surround the park reminding the visitors of the mountains of the area. Thanks to these species which require inexpensive maintenance.
And a limited water usage we could reduce the spending maintenance of the park.
This park was an empty and lifeless area restored to be used by Pliego´s citizens and visitors.
In short, this new space offers leisure activities and encourages personal relations in a place where there was nothing in the past.
