Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12888
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Luis Díaz Díaz
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Adobe, Quadro (Outdoor pavements)
Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz

Text description provided by the architects. The square is located in the urban epicentre of Collado Villalba and it is pivotal for the public use of the municipality. However, it was a rigid space detached from its surroundings due to the road traffic circulation and the perimeter parking, as well as its lack of uses and its harsh design. The square was a mere asphalt terrace devoted to hosting the weekly market, containing almost no green or rest areas.

Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz

The principal aim of the remodeling project of the square was to transform this urban void, which was isolated and not very permeable, into a freer, open and multifunctional space, where the citizen becomes the subject of the action.

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Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz

This involves a process of humanisation of the place, in which the pedestrian is favoured over the car, and the paved surface is reduced in order to accommodate larger green areas. Such green areas are not conceived as a mere decorative element, but hold a direct relation with what has been built.

Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz
Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Exterior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz

Both the vegetation and the incorporation of new uses, such as the playground, the dry fountain, the rest areas, etc. are the premises around which this project revolves. To provide the open space with content and to encourage a welcoming feeling through the zoning is prioritised.

Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Interior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz
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© Luis Díaz Díaz

The limits are diluted in the new Plaza de los Belgas, giving way to transitional paths and spaces which uses are interrelated, in order to achieve the square's total integration into the urban and social context of Collado Villalba.

Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura - Interior Photography
© Luis Díaz Díaz

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Address:28400 Collado Villalba, Madrid, Spain

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Cite: "Remodeling of the Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura" [Remodelación de la Plaza de los Belgas / Contxto Arquitectura] 10 May 2021. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/961221/remodeling-of-the-plaza-de-los-belgas-contxto-arquitectura> ISSN 0719-8884

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