Design for Plaza Glories: The Square

Here is Plaza Glories. It is an intersecting point for three main avenues in Barcelona including Diagonal, Meridiana, and Gran Via. In its current state, it is a very confusing area for pedestrians. The circular roadway in the center is raised up above a parking garage which blocks the views through the center of the plaza. We are developing a proposal in order to make plaza Glories a more friendly place. It is, in fact, a major city center and deserves to be enjoyed by all.

Here is a map of a current propasal for Plaza Glories which eliminates the raised motorway and reorganizes the center square. We are working with this proposal to design the massing of the buildings surrounding the plaza.

And finally, a glimpse of our proposal for the site. Our proposal contains three main ideas. First, we have developed a strong, more consistant facade bordering the L' Eixample side of the site.

Also, we introduced a pedestrian corridor under a cantilevered portion of this facade. And finally, we considered the views from the center of the plaza toward important landmarks including the National Theater.

Model of our Proposal