Solidarity Park

With this starting point, the Solidarity Park fulfils two fundamental objectives. One pragmatic, which is to link the urban fabric of the city, and the other aesthetic, which is to have an impact on the landscape of the Ronda de Dalt. The first objective is based on the extension of the pre-existing streets on each side of the slab, two for vehicles and two more for pedestrians. The latter, Esport and Pau Torres, create a large grass-covered hall, the widest part of which houses one of the most characteristic elements of the park: a six-metre-high steel sculpture by Alberto Udaeta.

This central hall is the real axis that structures the park and acquires a special relevance during the hours of darkness, when the carpet of grass is lit up by the numerous luminous beacons that, in the form of a constellation, reach the sculpture to produce an explosion of light that emphasises its monumental character. Two 12-metre-high, very light-weight metal gates delimit the hall on both sides and support two lines of neon light which, thanks to their intensity, are visible from a great distance, creating a particularly attractive effect from the round.

As they drive along, motorists can see two horizontal lines of light hanging in the middle of the sky, symbolising the connection between Can Clota and Can Vidalet above the expressway. The central grass hall divides the large slab, which accommodates various recreational uses by means of staggered platforms that, with the help of dense pepper planting, delimit the park into four sectors. As a counterpoint, the entrances to the ring road tunnel are home to species with very different flowering, whether at the south or north entrance. Thus, if on the sea side yellow-flowering mimosas proliferate, on the mountain side white-flowering almond and cherry trees proliferate. The aim of this planting is to create a large patch of colour at the tunnel mouths that achieves the same effect during the day as the lines of light do at night. In other words: luminous traces or masses of colour which, due to their size, remain in the retina of the driver who drives along the ring road and identify the two neighbourhoods that the slab has twinned within its layout.