Piedra Tosca Park

RCR Arquitectes (3)
RCR Arquitectes
Carme Pigem Barceló
Rafael Aranda Quiles
Ramon Vilalta Pujol

In the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park in Les Preses, near Olot, there is a very special place, a sea of rocks, the product of the basaltic flow of the Croscat volcano and the arduous work of man in his struggle to obtain a miserable piece of land to cultivate, levelling and breaking up plots and accumulating all the rocks, stones and slag in wide walls, barrows and huts. Its morphological and tactile roughness retains perception.

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The project aims to enhance the uniqueness of this landscape and to activate the surprise factor in its discovery. A narrow steel line allows you to traverse the space, and the steel, in certain episodes, holds the burial mounds that are crossed. The broken form of the steel lines contrasts with the round rocky masses and establishes "new clearings" in initial and intermediate acts.

Hisao Suzuki

General information

Piedra Tosca Park

YEAR

2004

Status

Built

Option to visit

Free visit

Address

Pk. de Pedra Tosca,

17178 Les Preses - Girona

Latitude: 42.164106044

Longitude: 2.4609573164

Classification

Building materials

Volcanic stone

Steel

Built area

más de 20000 m²

Awards

ACUE 2007

Involved architects

Carme Pigem Barceló

Rafael Aranda Quiles

Ramon Vilalta Pujol

Collaborators

P. Llimona (Model)

G. Puigvert (Project and construction management)

Blázquez-Guanter, arquitectes (Structure)

M. Tàpies (Project)

Involved architectural firms

RCR Arquitectes

Website links

Mies van der Rohe Award (ACUE)

RCR Arquitectes

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