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Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም by Batlle i Roig Arquitectura

Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም by Batlle i Roig Arquitectura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት in የከተማ ዕቅድ እና የከተማ ዲዛይን Competition Category.


ወርቅየከተማ ዕቅድ· 2021

Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም

by Batlle i Roig Arquitectura

Client: Batlle I Roig Arquitectura

A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት Winner in የከተማ ዕቅድ Category

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The Design

About Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም

Scenic Path Along Guixeres በስፔን ኢጓላዳ ከተማ ውስጥ በቀድሞ የጂፕሰም ማዕድን ማውጫ ስፍራዎች ላይ የተገነባ የእግረኛ እና የብስክሌት መንገድ ነው። መንገዱ በከተማዋ ዙሪያ የታቀደው አረንጓዴ ቀለበት አካል ነው። የተጠናቀቀው ክፍል 800 ሜትር ርዝመት ያለው ሲሆን 5,600 ካሬ ሜትር ስፋት ይሸፍናል። ሶስት ትይዩ ቀጠናዎች መንገዱን ይቀርጻሉ። ሶስት ሜትር ስፋት ያለው የግራናይት አሸዋ ማዕከላዊ መስመር ቀጣይነትን ያረጋግጣል። 1.2 ሜትር ስፋት ያለው የውጪው የኮንክሪት መስመር ለምሽት ታይነት የሚያበራ ድብልቅ ንጥረ ነገር የሚጠቀም ሲሆን የእረፍት ስፍራዎች ያሉት መመልከቻ ቦታን ይፈጥራል። የውስጠኛው የተክል ቦይ የዝናብ ውሃ ፍሳሽን የሚያስተላልፍ ሲሆን ጥቃቅን የመሬት መንሸራተቶችን ይይዛል።

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት

Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም የA' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማት አሸናፊ ነው፤ ይህም ለመጀመሪያ ደረጃ፣ ድንቅ እና የላቁ ዲዛይኖች የሚሰጥ እጅግ ከፍተኛ ክብር ያለው እውቅና ነው። የወርቅ አሸናፊዎች የዲዛይነሮቻቸውን ብልሃት፣ ጥበብ እና ችሎታ የሚያንጸባርቁ እጅግ ፈጠራ የተሞላባቸው፣ ራዕይ ያላቸው እና በውበታቸው የሚያስደምሙ ሥራዎች ናቸው። Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም ወደር የማይገኝለት ዋጋ የሚሰጥ እጅግ የተመሰገነ፣ አዝማሚያ ፈጣሪና ታላቅ ፈጠራ እንደሚሆን ይጠበቃል። ይህ የA' Design Award የወርቅ ሽልማትን ያሸነፈ ዲዛይን የኪነ ጥበብ፣ የሳይንስ፣ የዲዛይን እና የቴክኖሎጂ ድንበሮችን በእጅጉ የሚጠቅምና የሚያስፋፋ አስደናቂና የተከበረ ፕሮጀክት ነው። Scenic Path Along Guixeres የመሬት ገጽታ መልሶ ማገገም ጠንካራ የፍላጎት ስሜት ይፈጥራል፣ ፍቅርን ይቀሰቅሳል፣ ፈጠራን ያበረታታል እንዲሁም ይማርከናል።

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The project has two main goals: first, connectivity, achieving the continuity of this global project around the whole city (the green ring). Second, landscape and biodiversity recovery, establishing the necessary elements to generate a new dynamic on the site that will progressively improve its environmental conditions through the use of collected water. In this sense, the proposal creates a typical section with three clearly differentiated strips that adapt to the different situations of the layout, addressing the problems of the site as well as developing its potential.
Dimensions & Packaging
5.600 sqm / 800 meters long
Tags
Landscape Recovery, Pedestrian Path, Cyclable Lane, Rest Areas, Viewpoint, Architecture Landscape, Biodiversity
Production Technology
The central strip, with the main 3-metre-wide granitic-sand track, guarantees the continuity of the Green Ring. The outer strip is a linear lookout overlooking the city. A 1.2-metre-wide track paved with concrete to ensure the accessibility and using luminescent aggregate to improve visibility during the evening. The layout of this linear scenic viewpoint recognises the principal existing landmarks, vegetation and trees by widening and creating rest areas. The inner strip acts as a plant ditch, to channel runoff and generates a safety strip to stop minor landslips. These same fallen rocks are used to build a sequence of retaining areas to filter and rechannel this water to new points where vegetation has been planted to colonise the place.
Design Challenge
The project was born and built during the crisis, for which we had a very small budget available. We were asked just to solve a new path through that location in order to ensure the continuity of the Igualada Green Ring, but the knowledge acquired about the site and its values forced us to take the whole former gypsum mines as our scope of work. We did not want to design a project of a simple path, oblivious to everything observed and its potentials. Our desire was to recover the entire area, historically abandoned, and integrate it into the green and social infrastructure of the city.
Research
The proposal’s innovation lies in the result of this process of analysis and synthesis that concludes with the technification of conventional solutions for path construction, in order to accomplish greater performance regarding accessibility, visibility, durability and re naturalization of the environment, with an optimum cost ratio and maximum efficiency regarding environmental footprint.
Inspiration
The project is framed within Igualada’s Green Ring, creating a set of pedestrian and bicycle paths as a belt around the city. This new green sustainable mobility infrastructure aims at establishing a network of free spaces, apt for environmentally friendly leisure activities, adapting and recovering, to great extent, currently underused or degraded spaces. In this context, the gypsum mines path implies the adaptation of a 1,65km section, of which 800 meters have already been accomplished.
Project Duration
The project, located in Igualada (next to Barcelona, Spain) started in May 2017 and finished in January 2018.
Operation Flow
The intervention creates a landmark visible from afar (the viewpoint) that acts as a reclamation for the whole city and encourages the use of space. Also, the path is completed with a number of small living areas strategically placed on the most privileged areas. This section of the path ends in a final observation deck cantilevering over the mountain providing a panoramic view of the Anoia and Montserrat Mountain. The project has had an exceptional reception from the citizens. They flock to stroll and practice sports in their leisure time. This has motivated the municipality to go on with additional segments of the track to continue extending this Green Path around the city.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Batlle i Roig Arquitectura, 2020.
Team Members
Architect: Enric Batlle
Architect: Joan Roig
Architect: Ivan Sanchez
Architect: Mario Súñer
Architect & Landscape Architect: Livia Valentini
Agriculture Engineer & Landscape Designer: Dolors Feu
Agricultural Engineer & Environmentalist: Yago Cavaller
Building Engineer & Landscape Designer: Diana Calico
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Jordi Surroca, Guixeres (1), 2018. Image #2: Photographer Jordi Surroca, Guixeres (2), 2018. Image #3: Photographer Jordi Surroca, Guixeres (3), 2018. Image #4: Photographer Jordi Surroca, Guixeres (4), 2018. Image #5: Photographer Jordi Surroca, Guixeres (5), 2018.
Video Credits: Stupendastic Films

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