Madrid Rio West 8

The madrid rio project was opened in 2011 after six years of hard work being the most important public work carried out in madrid in the last decades.

Madrid rio west 8. Madrid rio landscape architectwest 8 year. Articles spain landscape madrid west 8 burgos amp. Vegetation was the main material used on top of it to create a dense and ecological environment a living landscape on an inert underground substrate. Madrid rio burgos garrido porras la casta rubio alvarez sala west 8.

Gines garrido team director burgos garrido porras la casta rubio alvarez sala west 8. West 8 together with a group of renowned architects from madrid united under the name mrio arquitectos led by gines garrido colomero designed the master plan for madrid rio. Municipality of madrid partnersmrio arquitectos a joint venture of three madrid based firms burgos garrido arquitectos asociados porras la casta arquitectos and rubioalvarez sala awards. This west section travels along both banks of the manzanares river.

Built between 2008 and 2011 madrid rio transforms the recovered spaces on both. The city of madrid dug 43 kilometres of tunnels into which the exit routes and motorways of the six kilometre section along the river manzanares disappeared. The puente de segovia the oldest bridge in madrid 1582 the puente de toledo 1684 and the puente del rey 1816 have all been reformed by improving railings widening walkways and adding lanes for the new bike path the green ring anillo verde that loops around the city. The winning project was designed by a team called m rio integrated by three architecture firms from madrid burgos garrido porras la casta and rubio alvarez sala in collaboration with the dutch firm for urban design and landscape architecture west 8.

After eight years of planning and construction the last section of madrid rio was finally opened to the public in april 2015. Conde nast traveller innovation and design awards nominee 2009. In 2003 madrid city council decided to bury the 10 km western stretch of the citys first ring road known as the m30. Garrido porras la casta rubio alvarez sala cite.

The original construction of the m30 was not the result of a single design it had taken place carelessly during the last 40 years and its development had always been dependent on traffic demands. West 8 working together with mrio arquitectos a joint venture of three madrid based firms managed by gines garrido colomero designed the master plan for the reclaimed riverbanks and the new urban area. Madrid rio as a whole is one of the biggest urban mat buildings in the world.