The reform of the square held by Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez was recently awarded the IX Prize of Architecture and Urbanism of the Castilla and Leon in the category of Design of urban spaces, gardening and landscaping. Square aims to concentrate all the natural resources that surround the village being a representative of the same canvas.
Description of the project by Óscar Miguel Ares Álvarez
The requested project was to remodel the town square in a town of just over one thousand inhabitants. Lack of character, the town hall was little more than a wide degraded street. It was necessary to act in order to provide the place with the representation and the multifunctional space required for festivities.
With one single material, slate, all needs were satisfied: The cobbles, natural textures, recall the plain of the valley and serve as place for activities; a wide line consisting in four centimeters saw cut plates, metaphor of the fast-flowing Duero, serves at the same time as a space limit, a bench and a fountain; a triangular surface, drawn by six centimeters thick polished plates, symbolizes the nearby hills and makes the function of dividing element between pedestrian and vehicular traffic as well as children’s area; wood boards rest on a block of slate which serve as seats surround the olive tree rooted in the landscape before the reform. We dare define this project as a symbolic, stone natured and poetic memory of the people of Traspinedo, resolute in its small Town Square.
2015
