Works #947
Plaça CopríncepsRealized
MIQUEL MERCE ARQUITECTE
Location | Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra |
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Year | 2016 |
Categories | Architectural Design |
Description Original Language (Catalan)
Plaça Coprínceps is one of the squares in Andorra (not like the town square) that bear this name, but at the same time they correspond to the urban reality of wide urban space, limited and shaped by the private facades where they develop activities and animation is generated. In this sense, the multitude of individualities that make it up: hotels, offices, homes, banks, shops, restaurants... contribute this urban wealth and uses that reinforce the reality and typical wealth of a square.
An object is therefore generated, not spaces, like a canopy to maintain the visibility of the commercial spaces and cover the terraces while giving privacy to the relationship of the more private spaces on the upper floors with the activity of the square.
A galvanized iron structure has been used, to minimize the thickness of the structure and limit maintenance. The upper part is made up of different wood elements (natural and synthetic) which allows you to vary the density as well as the situation to generate rhythm and vibration, quality of light and shadows. It was essential that this "sculptural-functional" element be in contrast with the other built elements of the square such as facades or pavement (grey, heavy and made of rocky material)