Squares In Puigcerdà / Pepe Gascón.

Architects: Pepe Gascón
Location: Girona, Spain
Construction: Flotats, S.A.
Developer: Ajuntament de Puigcerdà
Project area: 6,000 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2009
Photographs: Eugeni Pons

Remodelling of the most central and relevant public space in Puigcerdà, originally very much deteriorated, with an excessive amount of traffic that diminished the civic and integrating potential of the space.

Traffic is eliminated, concentrating road and service communication on one side, freeing up a large central space. Two large linear flowerbeds protect the pacified area from the bustle of traffic working as filters between the two. A number of elements of street furniture simultaneously emphasise the physical and visual limit of the squares themselves.

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