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The project proposes the arrangement of the surface of Passeig Garcia Fària between Bilbao and Josep Pla Streets.

Before 1992, with the construction of the Ronda Litoral, the Passeig Garcia Fària Avenue was shaped with a double carriageway section with a central partition. On the sea side, the construction of a car park attached to the retaining wall of the Ronda left its roof pending urbanisation.

The new road scheme has moved traffic on the sea side of Garcia Fària to the other side of the Ronda and has extended Bac de Roda and Selva de Mar streets in the form of a bridge over the Ronda Litoral. The road addition to the central trunk of the Ronda located at the height of Josep Pla has been moved to the intersection of Selva de Mar with Garcia Fària, causing the demolition of part of the existing car park. The new Diagonal-Mar super-island delivers a new grade to Garcia Fària that has forced the longitudinal profile of this street between Selva de Mar and Josep Pla to be modified.
All this means that the area of action has been defined as the existing surface between the current average and the limit of the Ronda Litoral, plus the mountain road of the section between Selva de Mar and Josep Pla.

The resulting piece to be developed is a strip about 40 m wide and approximately 1.3 km long, divided into three strips by the road that crosses the Ronda Litoral. This strip is divided at the same time into two sub-strips: the coverage of the car park facing the Ronda and the remaining space between the current partition and the wall of the car park. The project starts from this consideration and consolidates the division by giving shape to a paved promenade over the car park and a landscaped strip.

The permissible overloads of the existing car park (1,000 kg/m2) and the future maintenance of the same have led to the decision to abandon the possibility of landscaping and building on its roof. That is why we have thought of a two-colour asphalt pavement as the protagonist of this strip intended mainly for bicycle traffic, fitness circuits, jogging and other similar activities. We think that emphasising the large dimension of this space, by stripping it of overlapping elements, reinforces one of its primary qualities.

For the rest of the promenade, a linear garden organised through trapezoidal pieces of green is proposed that allow permeability between the pedestrian crossings and the esplanade above the parking lot. The sewing of both areas is done thanks to the interruptions of the flower beds and the elevated platforms, overlapping with the car park roof, which act as viewpoints over the sea. Some of the planted areas rise above the natural level, offering lawns that also extend towards the beach.

The organisation of the walk had to take into account the crossing of vehicles towards the access ramps to the car parks, which are far from the new pavement line. These crossings are made in the form of a gap between the vegetation. To mitigate the fracture caused by the ramps, small slabs are built that, in the form of a bridge, cross them at their central point. The arrival at the new Bac de Roda and Selva de Mar bridges requires the promenade to be recreated at these points to connect it with the new levels.

The cross section has been designed with slopes of between 1.5% and 2% towards the Garcia Fària road. The need to allow drainage and the new width of the promenade force the re-creating of the levels above the current car park and, consequently, the over-elevation of the existing railing, which is done by means of a prefabricated piece of concrete that fits into the original wall.
The planting has been planned with species appropriate to the unique situation of the promenade: first line of sea, without built elements to protect it from its influence. Organised in strips, it also helps to understand the whole promenade as a unit.

Basically, there are two types of parterres. Those that flow towards Passeig Garcia Fària are planted in bands ordered by vegetation height: the first two are grasses of different heights and finally they are located in the tamarisks. The double-sloped parterres are covered with grass on the side facing the sea and planted with a mass of white sand on the opposite side. In some strategic areas, small groves of mulberry trees appear on ivy upholstery, which become areas of shade.

Palm trees are planted as single trees in groups of two or three. Mimosas and lavender plantations complete the landscaping of the promenade. The boundary with the paved road is consolidated with a linear parterre that contains the existing palm trees and the oleander plantation also existing in the current partition is thickened.

The lighting is solved with a pattern of PRIM-type staves that organises the entire area on both sides of the Ronda Litoral. Special care has been taken in leveling the crowning height of the staves regardless of the variable topography of the anchor points.

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  1. International Biennial of Landscape Architecture

    Finalist
    Passeig Garcia Fària (FASE 1)

    Jordi Castelló, Mariana Plana, Carme Ribas i Seix, Jin Taira

  2. Passeig Garcia Fària Avenue

    Ravetllat-Ribas Arquitectes, Pere Joan Ravetllat i Mira, Carme Ribas i Seix

    Passeig Garcia Fària Avenue

    The project proposes the arrangement of the surface of Passeig Garcia Fària between Bilbao and Josep Pla Streets. Before 1992, with the construction of the Ronda Litoral, the Passeig Garcia Fària Avenue was shaped with a double carriageway section with a central partition. On the sea side, the construction of a car park attached to the retaining wall of the Ronda left its roof pending urbanisation. The new road scheme has moved traffic on the sea side of Garcia Fària to the other side of the Ronda and has extended Bac de Roda and Selva de Mar streets in the form of a bridge over the Ronda Litoral. The road addition to the central trunk of the Ronda located at the height of Josep Pla has been moved to the intersection of Selva de Mar with Garcia Fària, causing the demolition of part of the existing car park. The new Diagonal-Mar super-island delivers a new grade to Garcia Fària that has forced the longitudinal profile of this street between Selva de Mar and Josep Pla to be modified. All this means that the area of action has been defined as the existing surface between the current average and the limit of the Ronda Litoral, plus the mountain road of the section between Selva de Mar and Josep Pla. The resulting piece to be developed is a strip about 40 m wide and approximately 1.3 km long, divided into three strips by the road that crosses the Ronda Litoral. This strip is divided at the same time into two sub-strips: the coverage of the car park facing the Ronda and the remaining space between the current partition and the wall of the car park. The project starts from this consideration and consolidates the division by giving shape to a paved promenade over the car park and a landscaped strip. The permissible overloads of the existing car park (1,000 kg/m2) and the future maintenance of the same have led to the decision to abandon the possibility of landscaping and building on its roof. That is why we have thought of a two-colour asphalt pavement as the protagonist of this strip intended mainly for bicycle traffic, fitness circuits, jogging and other similar activities. We think that emphasising the large dimension of this space, by stripping it of overlapping elements, reinforces one of its primary qualities. For the rest of the promenade, a linear garden organised through trapezoidal pieces of green is proposed that allow permeability between the pedestrian crossings and the esplanade above the parking lot. The sewing of both areas is done thanks to the interruptions of the flower beds and the elevated platforms, overlapping with the car park roof, which act as viewpoints over the sea. Some of the planted areas rise above the natural level, offering lawns that also extend towards the beach. The organisation of the walk had to take into account the crossing of vehicles towards the access ramps to the car parks, which are far from the new pavement line. These crossings are made in the form of a gap between the vegetation. To mitigate the fracture caused by the ramps, small slabs are built that, in the form of a bridge, cross them at their central point. The arrival at the new Bac de Roda and Selva de Mar bridges requires the promenade to be recreated at these points to connect it with the new levels. The cross section has been designed with slopes of between 1.5% and 2% towards the Garcia Fària road. The need to allow drainage and the new width of the promenade force the re-creating of the levels above the current car park and, consequently, the over-elevation of the existing railing, which is done by means of a prefabricated piece of concrete that fits into the original wall. The planting has been planned with species appropriate to the unique situation of the promenade: first line of sea, without built elements to protect it from its influence. Organised in strips, it also helps to understand the whole promenade as a unit. Basically, there are two types of parterres. Those that flow towards Passeig Garcia Fària are planted in bands ordered by vegetation height: the first two are grasses of different heights and finally they are located in the tamarisks. The double-sloped parterres are covered with grass on the side facing the sea and planted with a mass of white sand on the opposite side. In some strategic areas, small groves of mulberry trees appear on ivy upholstery, which become areas of shade. Palm trees are planted as single trees in groups of two or three. Mimosas and lavender plantations complete the landscaping of the promenade. The boundary with the paved road is consolidated with a linear parterre that contains the existing palm trees and the oleander plantation also existing in the current partition is thickened. The lighting is solved with a pattern of PRIM-type staves that organises the entire area on both sides of the Ronda Litoral. Special care has been taken in leveling the crowning height of the staves regardless of the variable topography of the anchor points.
  3. Passeig Garcia Fària (FASE 1)

    Jordi Castelló, Mariana Plana, Carme Ribas i Seix, Jin Taira

    Passeig Garcia Fària (FASE 1)

    El projecte planteja l’ordenació de superfície del Passeig Garcia Fària entre els carrers Bilbao i Josep Pla. Prèviament a l’any 1992, amb la construcció de la Ronda Litoral, es va donar forma al Passeig Garcia Fària amb una secció de doble calçada amb mitjana central. A la banda de mar, la construcció d’un pàrking adossat al mur de contenció de la Ronda, va deixar la seva coberta pendent d’urbanització. El nou esquema viari ha desplaçat la circulació costat mar de Garcia Fària a l’altre banda de la Ronda i ha prolongat els carrers Bac de Roda i Selva de Mar en forma de pont sobre la Ronda Litoral. La incorporació viària al tronc central de la Ronda situada a l’alçada de Josep Pla s’ha traslladat al creuament de Selva de Mar amb Garcia Fària, provocant l’enderroc de part de l’aparcament existent. La nova súper-illa de Diagonal-Mar entrega a Garcia Fària amb una nova rasant que ha obligat a modificar el perfil longitudinal d’aquest carrer entre Selva de Mar i Josep Pla. Tot això provoca que l’àmbit d’actuació hagi quedat definit com la superfície existent entre la mitjana actual i el límit de la Ronda Litoral, més la calçada muntanya del tram entre Selva de Mar i Josep Pla. La peça resultant a urbanitzar és una franja d’uns 40 m d’amplada i aproximadament 1,3 Km de llargària, dividida en tres pastilles per la vialitat que creua la Ronda Litoral. Aquesta franja es divideix al mateix temps en dues subbandes: la cobertura del pàrking donant a la Ronda i l’espai restant entre l’actual mitjana i el mur de l’aparcament. El projecte parteix d’aquesta consideració i consolida la divisió donant forma a un passeig pavimentat sobre l’aparcament i a una faixa enjardinada. Les sobrecàrregues admissibles de l’aparcament existent (1.000 Kg/m2) i el futur manteniment del mateix han comportat la decisió d’abandonar la possibilitat d’enjardinar i construir sobre la seva coberta. És per això que s’ha pensat en un paviment asfàltic de dos colors com a protagonista d’aquesta franja destinada majorment al trànsit de bicicletes, circuits de fitness, jòguing i altres activitats similars. Pensem que emfasitzar la gran dimensió d’aquest espai, despullant-lo d’elements sobreposats, reforça una de les seves qualitats primordials. A la resta del passeig es proposa un jardí lineal organitzat a través de peces de verd trapezoïdals que permeten la permeabilitat entre els passos de vianants i l’esplanada sobre el pàrking. El cosit d’ambdues zones es realitza gràcies a les interrupcions dels parterres i a les plataformes sobre elevades, encavalcades amb la coberta de l’aparcament, que actuen com a miradors sobre el mar. Algunes de les zones plantades s’eleven sobre la rasant natural, oferint plans de gespa abocats també cap a la platja. L’organització del passeig ha hagut de tenir en compte el creuament de vehicles cap a les rampes d’accés als aparcaments, molt allunyades de la nova línia de vorera. Aquests creuaments es fan en forma d’escletxa entre la vegetació. Per a pal·liar la fractura provocada per les rampes es construeixen unes petites lloses que, en forma de pont, les creuen en el seu punt central. L’arribada als nous ponts de Bac de Roda i Selva de Mar obliga a recréixer el passeig en aquests punts per a connectar-lo amb les noves rasants. La secció transversal s’ha pensat amb pendents d’entre l’1,5% i el 2% cap a la calçada de Garcia Fària. La necessitat de permetre el drenatge i la nova amplada del passeig obliguen a recréixer les rasants sobre l’actual aparcament i, conseqüentment, a la sobreelevació de la barana existent, que es fa mitjançant una peça prefabricada de formigó que s’encaixa en el mur original. La plantació s’ha plantejat amb espècies apropiades a la singular situació del passeig: primera línea de mar, sense elements construïts que el protegeixin de la seva influència. Organitzada en faixes, ajuda també a entendre unitàriament tot el passeig. Bàsicament, hi ha dos tipus de parterre. Els que s’aboquen cap al Passeig Garcia Fària es planten en bandes ordenades per alçada de vegetació: les dues primeres són gramínies de diferent alçada i finalment es situen als tamarius. Els parterres amb doble pendent s’entapissen amb gespa a la vessant abocada cap al costat mar i es planten amb una massa de baladre blanc a la vessant oposada. En algunes zones estratègiques apareixen petits bosquets de moreres sobre entapissant d’heura, que es converteixen en àrees d’ombra. Les palmeres es planten com a arbres singulars en grups de dos o tres. Margallons, mimoses, i plantacions d’espígol completen l’enjardinament del passeig. El límit amb la calçada rodada es consolida amb un parterre lineal que conté les palmeres existents i s’espesseix la plantació de baladres també existent a l’actual mitjana. La il·luminació es resol amb una trama de bàculs tipus PRIM que organitza tota l’àrea a ambdues bandes de la Ronda Litoral. S’ha tingut especial cura en anivellar la cota de coronació dels bàculs amb independència de la topografia variable dels punts on tenen l’ancoratge.
  4. FAD Award

    Finalist. Category: Outdoor Spaces
  5. FAD Award

    Finalist. Category: Outdoor Spaces
    Passeig Garcia Fària (FASE 1)

    Jordi Castelló, Mariana Plana, Carme Ribas i Seix, Jin Taira

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