Metropol Parasol Updated
Metropol Parasol
Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnacion, Seville, Spain
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Andre Santer, Marta Ramírez Iglesias, Jan-Christoph Stockebrand, Marcus Blum, Ana Alonso de la Varga, Paul Angelier, Hans Schneider, Thorsten Blatter, Wilko Hoffmann, Claudia Marcinowski, Sebastian Finckh, Alessandra Raponi, Olivier Jacques, Nai Huei Wang
International Competition: 1. Prize, 2004
Project: 2005-2007
Completion: 2010
As most of us may know, the Metropol Parasaol won a Holcim Award in the year 2005. For those who doesn't know the project, here is a brief description:
Metropol Parasol is the new icon project for Seville, - a place of identification to articulate Seville’s role as one of Spains most fascinating cultural destinations. Metropol Parasol pushes the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new urban centre of Seville. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities such as contemplation, leisure and commerce. A highly developed infrastructure helps to activate the square, making it an attractive destination for tourists and locals alike.
The Metropol Parasol scheme, with its large mushroom like structures, offers an archeological site, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. Thought of as a light wood structure, the parasols grow out of the archeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark. The columns become prominent points of access to the museum below as well as to the plaza and panorama deck above, defining a unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city. Metropol Parasol is the new icon project for Seville, - a place of identification to articulate Seville’s role as one of Spains most fascinating cultural destinations. Metropol Parasol pushes the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new urban centre of Seville. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities such as contemplation, leisure and commerce. A highly developed infrastructure helps to activate the square, making it an attractive destination for tourists and locals alike.
The Metropol Parasol scheme, with its large mushroom like structures, offers an archeological site, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. Thought of as a light wood structure, the parasols grow out of the archeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark. The columns become prominent points of access to the museum below as well as to the plaza and panorama deck above, defining a unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city.
Here are some images about the state of the construction, taken by Alex Orlch and Rachel Meyer in their recent travel to Sevilla in January 2009:
Redevelopment of Plaza de la Encarnacion, Seville, Spain
J. MAYER H. Architects
Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Andre Santer, Marta Ramírez Iglesias, Jan-Christoph Stockebrand, Marcus Blum, Ana Alonso de la Varga, Paul Angelier, Hans Schneider, Thorsten Blatter, Wilko Hoffmann, Claudia Marcinowski, Sebastian Finckh, Alessandra Raponi, Olivier Jacques, Nai Huei Wang
International Competition: 1. Prize, 2004
Project: 2005-2007
Completion: 2010
As most of us may know, the Metropol Parasaol won a Holcim Award in the year 2005. For those who doesn't know the project, here is a brief description:
Metropol Parasol is the new icon project for Seville, - a place of identification to articulate Seville’s role as one of Spains most fascinating cultural destinations. Metropol Parasol pushes the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new urban centre of Seville. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities such as contemplation, leisure and commerce. A highly developed infrastructure helps to activate the square, making it an attractive destination for tourists and locals alike.
The Metropol Parasol scheme, with its large mushroom like structures, offers an archeological site, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. Thought of as a light wood structure, the parasols grow out of the archeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark. The columns become prominent points of access to the museum below as well as to the plaza and panorama deck above, defining a unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city. Metropol Parasol is the new icon project for Seville, - a place of identification to articulate Seville’s role as one of Spains most fascinating cultural destinations. Metropol Parasol pushes the potential of the Plaza de la Encarnacion to become the new urban centre of Seville. Its role as a unique urban space within the dense fabric of the medieval inner city of Seville allows for a great variety of activities such as contemplation, leisure and commerce. A highly developed infrastructure helps to activate the square, making it an attractive destination for tourists and locals alike.
The Metropol Parasol scheme, with its large mushroom like structures, offers an archeological site, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, multiple bars and restaurants underneath and inside the parasols, as well as a panorama terrace on the very top of the parasols. Thought of as a light wood structure, the parasols grow out of the archeological excavation site into a contemporary landmark. The columns become prominent points of access to the museum below as well as to the plaza and panorama deck above, defining a unique relationship between the historical and the contemporary city.
Here are some images about the state of the construction, taken by Alex Orlch and Rachel Meyer in their recent travel to Sevilla in January 2009:
Comment
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Comment by Iñigo Ortiz Monasterio on October 3, 2009 at 7:59pm -
En mi opinion es un proyecto terriblemente desproporcionado, pretencioso y sobrado. Creo que con mucho menos alarde, se podria lograr mucho mas. Por supuesto pasa a formar parte de la ya larga lista de proyectos de su tipo -"proyectos ITO"- cuya unica intencion es utilizar a la arquitectura como instrumento de intereses economicos individuales o grupales (seguramente exitoso), pero empobreciendo terriblemente, la oferta arquitectonica internacional.
In my opinion it is a terribly disproportionate project, pretentious and attic. I think with much less fanfare it could achieve much more. Of course it becomes part of the long list of projects of its kind - "ITO projects" - whose sole intention is to use architecture as a tool for individual or group economic interests (presumably successful), but terribly impoverished the international architectural offer.
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Comment by Gautam Trivedi T on January 16, 2009 at 9:20pm -
Thank you for explaining it so well Ethel.
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Comment by Ethel Baraona Pohl on January 16, 2009 at 2:09pm -
Hi friends, thank for your interest!!
Gautam:
Elevated Plaza
The Elevated Plaza responds to the need for a large, multifunctional urban
meeting space in the old city centre of Sevilla. It is connected to the street level
via large stairways that function as activators for street life. While being large
enough to mark the plaza as a public space, the stairways make for easy reconfiguration in the event of restricted access such as concerts, theatre performances or
fashion shows. While most of these activities take place in the evening or at
night, in the daytime, the plaza becomes an attractive destination for retreat
from the urban life and a place for play, conversation or contemplation. Holes
in the platform visually connect it to the market underneath and further to the
museum underground. The architectural proposal doubles the original area
and creates an additional 4.500 sqm of high quality programmable space.
Water bassins located in selected areas of the surface further enhance the
microclimate and offer attractive locations for sitting and lingering.
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Comment by Gautam Trivedi T on January 15, 2009 at 8:20pm
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yes, i agree with Michael. the longitudinal section is very interesting, what happens on the upper levels, Ethel ?
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Comment by Michael McKenzie on January 15, 2009 at 7:32pm -
Hi Ethel,
Looking at these photos I see the imagination and the powerful creative forces of humans...and in this skeleton phase there is the best evidence of that muscular majestic...most often covered by the finished product, no matter how beautiful.
Cheers
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