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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Productive urban garden: Creating a new ecosystem by recycling the invisible existing sources. The existing installations will serve as raw materials for the creation of a new topography. A new public space that makes use of native plant species and allows the collection, recirculation, and storage of water.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Productive landscape system.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    City versus nature.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Technical plan.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Nature system.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Artificial system: schemas water production.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Artificial system.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Density and torment water.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    A public environment.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Diagrams and connectivity urbanism.

Last updated: March 31, 2014 Roquetas de Mar, Spain

The concept revitalizes a degraded area in Roquetas de Mar in the region of Almería, Spain, and creates a park for public use. The plan envisages the construction of a utilitarian park – a leisure area which collects rainwater and recharges groundwater but also produces energy; a park that meets the needs of inhabitants. Existing installations will serve as raw materials for the creation of a new topography, and a participative effort will contribute to the improvement of conditions in adjacent spaces.

Progress: Simple technology for spectacular results that creates a perfectly structured and complex system. The existing installations will serve as raw material for the creation of a new topography. Furthermore, the new public space will also make use of the native plant species. Thanks to the terraces, a new productive topography is generated that allows the collection, recirculation and storage of water.

People: The goal of the project is to create an open system space without an immovable code of use. The citizen will be able to make decisions and manage the final use of the new public space. The creation of the park will improve the condition of the adjacent spaces. Not only new public transport connections will emerge, but also new commercial opportunities and new spaces for citizens.

Planet: In a city with variable weather, the interface responds to external conditions, taking advantage of natural elements to generate energy and economic benefits: self-watering system, improvement of acoustic and environmental conditions; and energy self-sufficiency.

Prosperity: The project generates an artificial system that responds to changes in climatic conditions in order to save energy and maintain the natural and aesthetic richness of the park. The artificial/natural system includes: groundwater recycling; groundwater depuration for use in the new irrigation system; groundwater storage and recirculation using mills and water tanks. These elements will also be a part of the natural richness of the park: the new mills will generate energy using hybrid systems. Thanks to this system, maintenance costs are reduced from €3.50/m2 to €2.50/m2.

Place: The new irrigating and water collecting system creates an oasis where citizens can enjoy a new landscape with new vegetation, which is not typically found under normal conditions. A strong contrast is created thanks to the mix of typical and exotic vegetation.