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Gustafson Porter Win Valencia Parque Central Competition

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Jan 31, 2011

Aerial View from Northeast (Image: Gustafson Porter)

London-based landscape architects Gustafson Porter have won a high profile competition to design the Valencia Parque Central. The winning project “Aigua Plena de Seny” was developed by an international multi-disciplinary team which is a joint venture led by Gustafson Porter and includes Borgos Pieper architects (London/ Barcelona), Nova Ingeniería Project Management and Grupotec Engineers from Valencia.

The international competition initially drew 36 teams from eight countries. The five shortlisted design teams to submit a master plan at the final stage of the competition also included Foreign Office Architects, Zaha Hadid Architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture. The designs were judged by a jury comprising prominent members of the local architecture and landscape community and the Mayor of Valencia, Rita Barberá, who announced the winning design of the international competition on January 25, 2011.

Central Plaza, View towards Arts Plaza (Image: Gustafson Porter)

With a total surface of 66 hectares and an investment of 73 million Euros, the Valencia Parque Central project is, according to the Mayor Rita Barberá, “a historical milestone of the city’s urban development” and “the most attractive, important and certainly the economically most significant project in Europe”.

Plaza Norte, View towards South (Image: Gustafson Porter)

The Valencia Parque Central project covers the central urban area affected by the arrival of high speed trains to Spain’s third largest city. The new contemporary public park is made possible by the tunnelling the existing railway lines below ground. More than half of the available site will be planted, and a new 23-hectare Central Park will become the heart of Valencia’s most important redevelopment project to date.

View of the Amphitheatre and the Arts Centre (Image: Gustafson Porter)

Mary Bowman, Director of Gustafson Porter, states: “We are extremely pleased to have won this prestigious competition. The Valencia Central Park is one of largest and most important public parks to be built in Europe. The park will dramatically improve the quality of life for residents by creating 23 hectares of gardens, large green open spaces, play areas and cultural and educational activity spaces within the heart of the city. A new residential quarter with neighbourhood parks and gardens covering another 43 hectares forms part of this ambitious project. It is fantastic that a landscape project has been given this level of prominence in the redevelopment of the city.”

View of the Amphitheatre towards East (Image: Gustafson Porter)

The design celebrates the landscape and culture of the Valencia region and builds on Valencia’s unique location between ecological habitats: the Turia River reserve, the agricultural plain (La Huerta), the Albufera natural park and the Mediterranean ‒ resulting in its role as a major European trading and cultural center throughout history.

View of the Natural Lake towards South (Image: Gustafson Porter)

Inspired by the local tradition of ceramics, the concept of the “bowl” incorporates the unifying gesture of the Park ‒ with water as the overarching design theme. Its shape represents the idea of containers. Each of these containers holds art, activities, people, landscapes, history and cultural memories. Water, landform, plants and existing buildings are the design elements used for the configuration of the individual bowls:

  • Arts Plaza ‒ Existing refurbished buildings, Art Centre, Library, Visitor Centre and Café, and a natural amphitheatre frame a spectacular water feature and form one of the poles of attraction of the Park.
  • Huerta Garden ‒ Planted terraces suggest the historical agricultural tradition of the Valencia region (Huerta).
  • Flower Garden ‒ Formalized avenue around Alquería historic building framed by colourful flowers.
  • Children’s Garden ‒ Offering flexible space for play areas serving different age groups.
  • North Plaza ‒ Featuring a large water feature and spectacular canopy.
  • Central Plaza and North-South Promenade ‒ Promenade of palms and jacarandas, opening to a central square and acting as a link for all the main pathways of the Park.
  • South Plaza ‒ Featuring an atmosphere of movement and speed created by linear lights and projections to treasure the site’s historic memory of travel, trains and journeys.
  • Exhibition of Mediterranean Gardens ‒ A new glass house next to a terraced landscape of Mediterranean plants constitutes this second pole of attraction.
  • Amphitheatre ‒ Sculpted park forming a natural amphitheatre with a large lake of natural water and aquatic plants creating space for picnics and gatherings as well as informal seating during performances and concerts.
  • Perfume Garden ‒ Garden dedicated to Mediterranean fragrances and scents.

Valencia Parque Central Masterplan (Image: Gustafson Porter)

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Gustafson Porter Win Valencia Parque Central Competition

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Jan 31, 2011

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Aerial View from Northeast (Image: Gustafson Porter)

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London-based landscape architects Gustafson Porter have won a high profile competition to design the Valencia Parque Central. The winning project “Aigua Plena de Seny” was developed by an international multi-disciplinary team which is a joint venture led by Gustafson Porter and includes Borgos Pieper architects (London/ Barcelona), Nova Ingeniería Project Management and Grupotec Engineers from Valencia.

The international competition initially drew 36 teams from eight countries. The five shortlisted design teams to submit a master plan at the final stage of the competition also included Foreign Office Architects, Zaha Hadid Architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and West 8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture. The designs were judged by a jury comprising prominent members of the local architecture and landscape community and the Mayor of Valencia, Rita Barberá, who announced the winning design of the international competition on January 25, 2011.

Central Plaza, View towards Arts Plaza (Image: Gustafson Porter)

With a total surface of 66 hectares and an investment of 73 million Euros, the Valencia Parque Central project is, according to the Mayor Rita Barberá, “a historical milestone of the city’s urban development” and “the most attractive, important and certainly the economically most significant project in Europe”.

Plaza Norte, View towards South (Image: Gustafson Porter)

The Valencia Parque Central project covers the central urban area affected by the arrival of high speed trains to Spain’s third largest city. The new contemporary public park is made possible by the tunnelling the existing railway lines below ground. More than half of the available site will be planted, and a new 23-hectare Central Park will become the heart of Valencia’s most important redevelopment project to date.

View of the Amphitheatre and the Arts Centre (Image: Gustafson Porter)

Mary Bowman, Director of Gustafson Porter, states: “We are extremely pleased to have won this prestigious competition. The Valencia Central Park is one of largest and most important public parks to be built in Europe. The park will dramatically improve the quality of life for residents by creating 23 hectares of gardens, large green open spaces, play areas and cultural and educational activity spaces within the heart of the city. A new residential quarter with neighbourhood parks and gardens covering another 43 hectares forms part of this ambitious project. It is fantastic that a landscape project has been given this level of prominence in the redevelopment of the city.”

View of the Amphitheatre towards East (Image: Gustafson Porter)

The design celebrates the landscape and culture of the Valencia region and builds on Valencia’s unique location between ecological habitats: the Turia River reserve, the agricultural plain (La Huerta), the Albufera natural park and the Mediterranean ‒ resulting in its role as a major European trading and cultural center throughout history.

View of the Natural Lake towards South (Image: Gustafson Porter)

Inspired by the local tradition of ceramics, the concept of the “bowl” incorporates the unifying gesture of the Park ‒ with water as the overarching design theme. Its shape represents the idea of containers. Each of these containers holds art, activities, people, landscapes, history and cultural memories. Water, landform, plants and existing buildings are the design elements used for the configuration of the individual bowls:

  • Arts Plaza ‒ Existing refurbished buildings, Art Centre, Library, Visitor Centre and Café, and a natural amphitheatre frame a spectacular water feature and form one of the poles of attraction of the Park.
  • Huerta Garden ‒ Planted terraces suggest the historical agricultural tradition of the Valencia region (Huerta).
  • Flower Garden ‒ Formalized avenue around Alquería historic building framed by colourful flowers.
  • Children’s Garden ‒ Offering flexible space for play areas serving different age groups.
  • North Plaza ‒ Featuring a large water feature and spectacular canopy.
  • Central Plaza and North-South Promenade ‒ Promenade of palms and jacarandas, opening to a central square and acting as a link for all the main pathways of the Park.
  • South Plaza ‒ Featuring an atmosphere of movement and speed created by linear lights and projections to treasure the site’s historic memory of travel, trains and journeys.
  • Exhibition of Mediterranean Gardens ‒ A new glass house next to a terraced landscape of Mediterranean plants constitutes this second pole of attraction.
  • Amphitheatre ‒ Sculpted park forming a natural amphitheatre with a large lake of natural water and aquatic plants creating space for picnics and gatherings as well as informal seating during performances and concerts.
  • Perfume Garden ‒ Garden dedicated to Mediterranean fragrances and scents.

Valencia Parque Central Masterplan (Image: Gustafson Porter)

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