In 2005, an invited international competition was announced for a design of the reclaimed area above a tunnel holding a section of the M30 ring motorway immediately adjacent to the old city centre. The team proposed to resolve the urban situation exclusively by means of landscape architecture, and were the winning submission. The design is founded on the idea »3 + 30« – a concept which proposes dividing the 80 hectare urban development into a trilogy of initial strategic projects that establish a basic structure which then serves as a solid foundation for a number of further projects, initiated in part by the municipality as well as by private investors and residents.
Project Team: Burgos & Garrido / Porras La Casta / Rubio & Álvarez-Sala / West 8 Location: Madrid, Spain Project Management: Ginés Garrido Colomero Client: Madrid City Government Project Area: 80 hectares Project Year: 2006–2011 Renderings: Courtesy of West 8 Photographs: Jeroen Musch
