Common Node
LASARTE-ORIA (ES) — WINNER
AUTHOR(S) — Alex Etxeberria Aiertza (ES), Architect
CONTACT — Ipar kalea 3, 2ª, 20800 Zarautz (ES)
CONTRIBUTOR(S) — Amelia Perea (ES),
+34 609946699
Eduardo Landia (ES), Architects
tarte@tartearkitektura.com / www.tartearkitektura.com
TEAM POINT OF VIEW — Depolarization of the urban core and a
new complementary centrality are the goals for the periurban area of Lasarte-Oria. The aim is to create a type of urbanity that catalyses the flows of the city and the rural and natural environment, activating the exchange between living, production and plant and animal biodiversity, which is enabled by the geographical condition of the site. Productive spaces are linked around the large central public space, since the established goal is an individual and collective production as a base to generate knowledge and innovation. The project seeks to strengthen the interaction between the industrial experience of the city and the tradition of the agricultural fields, spinning and enhancing all kind of circulations in an accessible and connected common node. JURY POINT OF VIEW — This project is base on a single operation:
a landmark/tower that is visible from a distance yet does not span the entire area. Instead, it shapes the zone by means of green terraces. The interest of this project lies precisely in its ability to connect up with a larger area than the Lasarte-Oria municipality as such. It recognises the need for an emphatic colonization of the territory. The proposed intervention thus reinforces the idea that the territory is organised by means of major gestures that can cope with the complexity necessary for the coexistence of different uses and scales.
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