Un momento por favor

Urdanibia Square

Proyecto

Publications

Awards

2016

Selected. European Landscape Biennial,

2010

Winner. Competition for the remodeling of Urdanibia Square,

Client:

Ayuntamiento de Irún

Location:

Irún. Spain.

Year:

2013-15

Surface:

13.820 m2

Photograph:

Adrià Goula

Green and pedestrian connectivity

Urdanibia Square is the central public space in the Historic Center of Irun, where the city’s main public events take place: weekly markets, patron saint festivals, craft fairs, and concerts. Prior to the intervention, the site was overrun and fragmented by car use.

    A much more
    popular, vital, and busy square

    The project reclaims the square for people, establishing close relationships of complicity with the site and its history. The large dimensions of the space, previously highly fragmented, are highlighted, and the green infrastructure is given continuity to link the city center with the green spaces on the outskirts.

    The work has allowed for the preservation and enhancement of the positive social dynamics that already existed in the area, while prioritizing inclusive use by people. This has resulted in a much more vital and busy square, which has multiplied its uses and its popularity in the city of Irun.