Redevelopment of Plaza Molina

- It was not a place to spend time, rather primarily a traffic and pedestrian hub, with a high proportion of the surface area devoted to road traffic.

- The architecture that makes it up is of little entity due to its style and lack of common characteristics in relation to the public space.

- The absence of a clear direction and organisation of the square, caused by the confusion introduced by the skewed alignments of the urban fabric and the large avenues.

- The presence of a large accumulation of urban elements, landscaping and installations that saturated the little available free space.

Accordingly, the following course of action was determined:

- Rationalisation and reduction of vehicle traffic.

- The accumulation of free pedestrian space in the most beneficial location, i.e. close to residential and commercial premises.

- Economy and order in the placement of urban elements and furniture, on a common base fabric.

- Formal treatment of pedestrian areas identical to that of the surfaces used for road traffic, to create a harmonious space which is also larger and more unified.

- The materials used were asphalt, granite and grass in the filtering surface of the large tree wells around the existing heritage trees.

- The proposal includes a monument to the magazine Dau al Set, in the form of a granite tree surround with a bronze plaque in the centre.

- The street furniture is standard, as is usual in Barcelona. The work underwent modifications in 2010, due to changes in the entrances and underground lobby of the metro.