The “dreamy” youth in Madrid are creating 56 projects competing for 8 areas in the capital need transformation. Three of them were awarded this Monday. In July, the City Council launched the “Sueña Madrid” competition in which architecture students were asked to create the Plaza de Porto, the Antonio López 27 lot, the mobility intersection of Latina, the Herrera Urrea-Fuencarral industrial zone, the Palomas neighborhood of Canillejas, and the meeting spaces of Colonia de la Esperanza. Repair of Plaza de Castilla and enhancing the heritage value of Bellas Vistas.
After five months of competition, the winning projects were those in Bellas Vistas, Plaza de Castilla and Antonio Lopez, in that order. Although the delegate of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante, who was present at the event, emphasized that, Awards “do not mean that projects will be implemented,” He emphasized that it helps the city council know “what young people see as missing these spaces,” and that they “undoubtedly need to be renovated.” The one that won the first prize of €3,000 was the one designed by Nina Elisabeth Méndez Bisgaard and Maximiliam Sternström, two students of architecture, and consists of the revitalization of the Bellas Vistas Park and the Amaniel Aqueduct, and the creation of Corridor under the arches With cultural and commercial spaces to attract neighbors.
The project also plans to restructure the land with high platforms to create views of the city, and thus shadow on the land. This point in Madrid was chosen by students to “draw their attention” and Seeing “a lot of potential for transformation into a new living space in Madrid.” Delighted, they showed off their large cheque, explaining to this newspaper that they would probably invest it in a trip to New York. After that, they explained that it would be a “dream” for them for Madrid to realize their idea in the future, or even partially.
Second prize: Water park in Plaza de Castilla
The second prize, amounting to 2,000 euros, went to students Natalia Díaz Amati and Sofía with an idea entitled “Raíces de agua” to renovate the areas surrounding Plaza de Castilla. Specifically, the city council proposed this location in Madrid Because of the need to restore the concept of “square” Reinventing the intersection and integrating it into a “friendly” public space. To do this, his idea relies on a main protagonist: the water of the second canal that runs under the square. They placed them in the form of fountains and ponds in a new garden high above the square and also integrated them into the fourth warehouse.
Antonio Lopez’s “zero emission” orchard, 27 years old
Finally, the third prize of €1,000 was won by Elena M. Arenas’ “dream” of placing “El huerto de Antonio” on the now abandoned plot of land of Antonio Lopez, 27 years old. The Urban Planning District selected this area of 8,465 square metres For its ability to create a new pedestrian axis between Carabanchel and Arganzuela Cross the Arganzuela Bridge. To do this, the architecture student proposes creating a park at different heights “to restore the agricultural importance that the city on the banks of the Manzanares River had in times of scarcity.”
The Young Women’s Plan seeks to respond to two current realities in Arganzuela and Carabanchel: the high rate of aging and its recent action Manzanares normalized in Madrid Rio. In this way, it is proposed to create “a green space for recreation and occupational therapy aimed at continuing the city’s connection with nature and promoting activities that promote physical, mental and social health.” The park is “zero” in emissions and water consumption and is self-sufficient on energy generated from the sun, people’s exercise and rainwater.