xeriscape project

Location: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Cádiz

Project: Landscaping and xeriscape proposal on Avenida de la Constitución (Cuesta del Picacho).

01 terraces With terrain movements and biorolls, we reduced soil erosion and increase the infiltration of water and improving it permeability. Maintaining sustainability and economic efficiency we reused the clearing soil to bulit the embankments.

02 EXISTING PLANTERS Restoring the planters, we create planting areas, wrapping the terraces, aligned with the criteria of low maintenance and xeriscape garden.

03 'sewn staple' planters As a visual and compositional link between the upper area of the hillside and the passage of the pedestrian promenade, difficult given the steep slope.

To CONECT the upper design with the ground-level planters, slected climber species cover the existing retaining slab of the slope with a webnet-type stainless steel mesh, that is fixed to different points of the slab to generate waves.

DESIGN follows original level curves leves, creating soft organic waves, that could remind the sea approaching to the shore.

The concept: redesigning public space to generate a more lively and attractive environment, improving its environmental and social quality, based on a sustainable redesign

Different STRATEGIES have been considered to approach the rearrangement of space, using references and compositional arguments for the design, which establish a conextion with the place, its history, its geographical location and its tradition.

04 Planters benches principles of xeriscapE (Burés and Pastro, 2010).

To generating rest elements that furnish the promenade and give it life. An acebuche olive tree was proposed, native species with drought tolerance.

1. Proper planning and design

2. Stoil analysis and improvements

3. Selection of plant species

4. Reduction of grass areas

5. Efficient irrigation systems

6. Soil protection by mulching

7. Minimum and proper maintenance