MAR DEL PLATA’S COAST (maritime front)

MAR DEL PLATA’S COAST (maritime front) – CENTRAL AREA

The renewal of the public space in the city of Mar del Plata was executed because of the IV Summit of Americas. It was carried out along five kilometers of maritime front in which we revalued a total of twelve squares and parks, with a total of 170.000 m2, and a cost of us$ 3.200.000.The intervention was fulfilled re-qualifying the degraded coast spaces, revitalizing their environmental and landscape qualities and exalting their own topography of the place.
In general the intervention was based on four aspects:
Floorings
The design’s characteristic of the floorings is based on the composition between the “chessboard” geometry of the blocks and the arbitrary geometry of the city’s coast. They are large asphalt surfaces distinguished by stripes of granite floor tiles, or pieces of stone
Equipment
The equipment was thought as small sculptural pieces along the way or in sitting and resting areas. As for materials, they were chosen for the ones that could give high output involving use, and resistance to the marine environment.
Lighting
The works were complemented with public lighting with lights of courtesy for the paths and floor level lighting that indicates sitting and resting areas. The tubular luminaries are generally associates to pergolas, or paths; while the singular elements such as the footbridge or the arch that frames the sea from the Alberdi Diagonal Road, are proposed like light objects in itself.
Afforestation
The saline environment of the maritime front makes necessary not only the adoption of autochthonous species in the coastal sectors as well as grasses and herbaceous perennial that gives back to the coastal green spaces their natural quality. They were placed around 5000m2 of afforestation of plants, bushes and lawn. This was complemented with smooth waves of the lawn that protect the natural species of the marine breeze and deviate the strong winds of the area.

Proyectistas:
Arq. Guillermo de Paz
Arq. Pablo Rescia.
Colaboradores:
Arq. Maria Menna
Laura Gotlibas.
Arq. Soledad Roldan.
Arq. Leandro Cavalieri.
Arq. Patricio Calvelo.
Maximiliano Gonzales.
Juan Municoy.
Diego Gatica.
Arq. Martín Rosales.
Pliegos:
Arq. Daniel Rocaman.
Arq. Claudia Rodríguez.
Arq. Gabriela López.
Arq. Daniela Fangio.
Diseño de equipamiento:
D. I. Gabriela Sangorrín.
Diana Cabeza.
Asesoría Técnica
Dirección de Vialidad Municipalidad del Partido de Gral. Pueyrredón.
Dirección de Alumbrado Público.
Cómputo y presupuesto
Ing. Alberto Arano.