Green Space Badalona, Barcelona Play Area, Catalan Urban Realm, Spanish Architecture Images
A green space in Badalona
Contemporary Landscape Development in Catalonia, Spain ? design by peris+toral.arquitectes
7 Sep 2017
Badalona Play Area
Design: peris+toral.arquitectes
Location: Badalona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Green Space in Badalona
REDEVELOPMENT OF A GREEN SPACE BETWEEN AVINGUDA DE MÃ’NACO AND CARRER DE VERDI IN BADALONA, BARCELONA.
A simple architectural gesture eliminates the fencing around a children?s playground

peris+toral.arquitectes architecture practice has designed a project to reorganise the green space situated between Avinguda de Mònaco and Carrer de Verdi in the town of Badalona, a site which provisionally hosted Santa Coloma?s Fondo Market.
The project resulted in the creation of a play area for children of different ages, situated strategically near the district?s schools and pre-school centres. A subtle architectural solution meets the needs of shelter and protection required by this kind of space. It took the form of creating two dunes planted with grass, creepers and shrubs that remove traffic from the field of vision, and designing a gentle hollow that marks out the play space.

The resulting difference in level in the play area serves a twofold purpose as a seat and as a work bench where children can play the imitation games that are so important for stimulating their imagination. As a result, the fences separating children from adults are el...