Oh, those sprinklers remind me of Plaça dels Països Catalans (in Sants, Barcelona) back when skaters and high-speed rail works hadn’t wrecked it beyond repair.
Madrid has been recently improving their public spaces a lot, I remember the last time I went to Madrid this square was the worst – very hard. Of course the area is kind of depressed too (or it used to be – lots of prostitution, drugs and so on) but I like the comic shops you can find in the surrounding streets 🙂
The stone paving though well designed is starting to break up. On a rainy day hard to read function of multiple levels across site. Perhaps somewhat over designed compared Madrid city plazas.
Oh, those sprinklers remind me of Plaça dels Països Catalans (in Sants, Barcelona) back when skaters and high-speed rail works hadn’t wrecked it beyond repair.
Madrid has been recently improving their public spaces a lot, I remember the last time I went to Madrid this square was the worst – very hard. Of course the area is kind of depressed too (or it used to be – lots of prostitution, drugs and so on) but I like the comic shops you can find in the surrounding streets 🙂
Great use of pattern and materials, simple, modern, urban.
The stone paving though well designed is starting to break up. On a rainy day hard to read function of multiple levels across site. Perhaps somewhat over designed compared Madrid city plazas.