Enginyer Square

Enginyer Square
Granollers

The new square is the result of the extension of the existing one thanks to the transfer by the City Council of the plot resulting from the demolition of an old house.

The presence of a large porch, at a different level from the plot and the street, enriched the design process.

One of the main objectives of the proposal was to eliminate the architectural barriers to make the entire public space accessible to all, as well as revitalize the porch that was totally disused. The previous scheme of flower beds, sidewalks and lanes of vehicles around the square is replaced by a plan of colored concrete pieces that develops between vegetable carpets, linking the different levels of the public space.

Preserving and strengthening the existing vegetation was the argument that helped us position the four large strips of vegetation, which are related at the same time to the cadence of pillars that limit the porch, ordering this way the space of the square. We delimit the strips of vegetation with a series of corten steel lines that cross the square transversely. As if it was an origami game, the steel strips fold up creating a range of urban furniture elements such as sides, bicycle parking lots, bins, street lamps…

All the elements of street furniture, formerly dispersed, are now arranged in clear lines which set and order the public space.

LocationGranollers
Year2003
Completion date2005–2006
Surface1.610 m²
Budget613.408 €
PromoterAjuntament de Granollers
ConstructorSerxarsa
TeamSònia Serra, architecture. MIF associats, quantity surveyor. Proisotec, facilities engineering.
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