Tipologia
Tipologia
Urban planning ideas competition. Honorable mention
Situation
Amposta, Catalunya
Team / authors
Sergi González, Rafael Crespo, Bernat Hernàndez, Sergi Bernat Quinquer, David Capellas i Catarineu
Promoter
Quaderns d’arquitectura i urbanisme
Surface
2,486.00 m² (Square) + 550.00 m² (Casal)
Project and work dates
2004
Memory
On a minimum required density, similar to that of a garden city, the project seeks to create an urban environment on a previous agricultural base.
First reparcelling on the basis of the pre-existing agricultural structure, distributed following rational irrigation criteria. A direct consequence is the acceptance of the jornal (maximum daily cultivation area) as a project dimension. It is a relative and topological measure, preserved from the agricultural heritage of the plot.
Specification of the system, understood as a morphological unit. Three work scales: radical, unit and system, are designed to define a base state of the system that allows for controlled subsequent growth, facilitating management tools.
The system is intended to be flexible and modifiable over time, refining its structure according to needs. First, being supported by a small secondary road in Amposta, then developing and expanding the units, and finally incorporating into the urban crown of Amposta and expanding beyond the limits of the plot. The abstract maximum limit is all that agricultural plot annexed to a town.