E17 portraits - The Inhabited Garden

Barcelona (ES) - Special Mention

The Inhabited Garden

Associates: Trung Mai (FR) – architect urbanist
Contributor: Ylan Vo (US) – landscape architect

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"El Besòs i El Maresme are situated on formerly agricultural land irrigated by channels connected to the River Besòs, and was eventually formed as a peripheral area outside of the traditional city. While this area faces challenges in integrating socially and urbanistically, its low-lying site is also prone to flooding and other environmental problems. This project transforms challenging and underused land for new agricultural programs, and also daylights the former Horta stream along Rambla de Prim, recalling the neighborhood’s landscape heritage as the Bosquet de Sant Martí with its fields of crops, vineyards, and fruit trees fed by the Horta stream."