Ecosistema Urbano

Ecopolis Plaza . Rivas Vaciamadrid

source: Ecosistema Urbano . photos: Emilio P. Doiztua . j. de paz . more: archdaily

Transformation of a faceless site in Madrid’s urban sprawl, surrounded by industry and heavy traffic transportation infrastructures, into a public space for social interaction providing a building for childcare.

The project “Plaza Ecopolis” aims to incorporate the idea of sustainability into daily life. The main focus is therefore to create a vision of urban sustainability that facilitates the reduction of energy consumption by matters of design but that also aims at raising people’s awareness of their own consumption behaviour. The layout of the building generates a public space that can be used by the area’s residents, and it is considered as an “open environmental classroom”.