Gardens of Villa Cecilia

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres Architects (2)
José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres Architects
Elías Torres Tur
José Antonio Martínez Lapeña

The gardens are scenographies of nature. Gaudí and Jujol with their gates and railings, in memoriam. To extend Villa Cecília as a public park: similar geometric layouts and the same type of vegetation (cypresses, Canary Island palm trees, plane trees, laurels, orange trees and oleanders) as the garden surrounding the house, now the cultural centre of the neighbourhood.

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The geometric layout is highlighted by white limestone kerbs that frame the cypress hedges and organise the path system. The paths, which are hidden from each other, give the impression of a larger garden than it is, and it has something of a gentle labyrinth. On the other side of the wall enclosing Villa Cecília, Carrer Santa Amèlia has been designed as a carriageway inside a park, as the Parc de la Quinta Amèlia on the other side of the street is enclosed by a high zigzag fence of cypress. Fragments of this fence apparently float above the pavements of the street. Lines of trees from the Villa Cecília garden cross over the pink asphalt pavements towards the Quinta Amèlia Park, establishing a visual continuity between the two. Companies for the natural vegetation of the garden: false murals of Greek vases to increase the value of abandoned walls.

Lourdes Jansana
Lourdes Jansana

A gate on each side of the street with the name of the garden and the park. Three doors with giant vegetable leaves. Medicine capsule banks-skateboards. “Lampelunas” lamps. Carpet to dry painted on the entrance wall with the plan of the garden. Giant ginkgo leaves for the pergola over the canal-pond. Copper hair or roots to accompany the bronze Ophelia by the sculptor Francisco López. Tree beds with orange tree leaf holes. All the cypresses were to be cut and trimmed by a hairdresser, but they were pruned by the gardeners. And more...

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres Architects

General information

Gardens of Villa Cecilia

YEAR

1986

Status

Built

Option to visit

Free visit

Address

St. de Santa Amèlia,

08034 Barcelona - Barcelona

Latitude: 41.393795691

Longitude: 2.1220334019

Classification

Built area

más de 20000 m²

Awards

FAD 1986

Involved architects

Elías Torres Tur

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña

Collaborators

FCC (Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas) (Building company)

Francisco López (Sculpture)

Robert Brufau (Pergola structure and lantern lanterns)

Alberto Ferrer-Mayol (Technical architect)

Involved architectural firms

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña & Elías Torres Architects

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