{"id":25320,"date":"2024-08-27T14:33:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T20:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/interventions\/el-firal-boulevard\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T19:44:30","slug":"el-firal-boulevard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/interventions\/el-firal-boulevard\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEl Firal\u201d Boulevard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bach Arquitectes shares with us their project <\/span>\u201cEl Firal\u201d Boulevard\u201d<\/b>, located in the city of G\u00e9nova, which seeks to revitalize public space and return this historic place to the city through different urban strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Miquel Blay boulevard, known as \u201cEl Firal\u201d, and the Bisbe Guillament boulevard (El Firalet) are together one of the most emblematic places in the city.<\/strong> Located in the center, these two tree-lined streets contain some of the most relevant buildings in the city, including the City Hall, the Main Theater, Casa Sola-Morales and Casa Gaiet\u00e0 Vila.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Historically, \u201cEl Firal\u201d was a space for meeting and coming together of the citizens. It currently hosts a large number of activities, including the weekly open-air market and the main Olot festivities such as the \u201cFestes del Tura\u201d, which require flexibility and versatility in this public space<\/strong>. In this sense, the proposal intended to reverse the situation of recent years, in which the pavement, urban elements and other pieces presented a high level of heterogeneity due to improvised solutions that had taken place across recent decades, limiting versatility and functionality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vista de la plaza \/ View of the square
Fotograf\u00eda \/ Photography: Adri\u00e0 Goula, Eugeni Bach<\/p><\/div>\n

On the other hand, and as a central point of the intervention, the proposal aims to eliminate road traffic on the passage, limiting it to what is strictly necessary, and establishing a traffic strategy for nearby streets to peacefully manage this part of the city without problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Planta arquitect\u00f3nica \/ Architectural plan
Ilustraci\u00f3n \/ Illustration: Bach Arquitectes<\/p><\/div>\n

In order to achieve these goals, the proposal uses different existing structures to provide a new sense of functionality to this space, so representative of the city of Olot.<\/strong> The strategy consists of defining the limits of \u201cEl Firal\u201d and \u201cEl Firalet\u201d, understanding that these spaces are protagonists both historically and culturally in the life of the city. Thus the project proposes a series of strategies for the materials of the different pavements, urban buildings and lighting to highlight the limits of these spaces, while at the same time they are totally permeable. In demarcating the geometry of these two boulevards, the interstitial space is solved with a simple topographic movement, providing a new plaza in the city, which brings together both public spaces while providing the functional capacity required by the municipality.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Espacio p\u00fablico en el Firal \/ Public space in \u201cEl Firal\u201d
Fotograf\u00eda \/ Photography: Adri\u00e0 Goula, Eugeni Bach<\/p><\/div>\n

This new central space between \u201cEl Firal\u201d and \u201cEl Firalet\u201d provides for a multiplicity of uses, thanks to its open character. It solves the topographic discontinuity, eliminating all barriers and providing for children\u2019s play spaces, a stage and an open plaza for events of all kinds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Espacio p\u00fablico en el Firal \/ Public space in \u201cEl Firal\u201d
Fotograf\u00eda \/ Photography: Adri\u00e0 Goula, Eugeni Bach<\/p><\/div>\n

Architects:<\/b> Jaume Bach, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, Xevi Bayona, Alba Colomer, arquitectos. Llu\u00eds Paun\u00e9, ingeniero de caminos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Collaborators:<\/b> Angel Rico, arquitecto.<\/span><\/p>\n

Promoter:<\/b> Ayuntamiento de Olot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Date of the work:<\/strong> 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Builder:<\/strong> Rubau-Tarr\u00e9s SAU<\/span><\/p>\n

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www.bacharquitectes.com<\/span><\/p>\n

www.annaeugenibach.com<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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