Diagonal Mar Park
Miralles Tagliabue - EMBT. Barcelona, Spain
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Name of work in English
Diagonal Mar Park
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Name of work in original language
Parc de Diagonal Mar
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2003
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Work Location
Barcelona, Spain
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Studio
Miralles Tagliabue - EMBT
EUmies Awards 2003 Nominees
Program
Landscape
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Labels
Gardens & Parks
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Client
Diagonal Mar / Hines
Completion
2002
The urban renovation carried out on these lots was to create a new neighborhood on the shores of the Mediterranean where a variety of activities are available. To connect Avinguda Diagonal, which crosses the whole city, with the beach, a large park was created. EMBT organized the site via a road system that extends in different directions on a tree-like pattern. The main avenue directly connects the Avinguda Diagonal with the sea and assigned a pedestrian bridge that passes over the Ronda Litoral, a ring–road around the city. A series of spaces come off the intersection of the roads at the points where they join the park. Here skating rinks were installed as well as sport fields anked by bicycle lanes. Water is present in almost every part of the park whether in the guise of small ponds or as a large lake that accompanies the main avenue along its length.
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