Last stretch to the cathedral. Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO
22/03/2023.
[Santiago de Compostela] Spain
metalocus, OSCAR A. SÁNCHEZ
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Galician architecture studio CREUSeCARRASCO designed a ramp with the idea of facilitating the route of the French Camino De Santiago in the lower part of Monte do Gozo, located east of the capital Santiago de Compostela. The ramp solves different difficulties that were caused by the complicated situation where the final stretch was completed.
The project has recently been awarded in the category of design of urban spaces, gardening and landscaping at the COAG 2023 awards.
The area of the Rúa do Gozo is between the foot of the mountain and different high-speed infrastructures surrounding the entrance to the city, so the previous solution was a long and steep staircase going down. The drawback of this was that it broke the continuity of the route, and caused accessibility difficulties for disabled people in wheelchairs or bicycles.
The project has recently been awarded in the category of design of urban spaces, gardening and landscaping at the COAG 2023 awards.
The area of the Rúa do Gozo is between the foot of the mountain and different high-speed infrastructures surrounding the entrance to the city, so the previous solution was a long and steep staircase going down. The drawback of this was that it broke the continuity of the route, and caused accessibility difficulties for disabled people in wheelchairs or bicycles.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Site plan. Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO.
Sections. Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO.
Model. Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO.
Model. Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO.
CREUSeCARRASCO solves all the drawbacks in a practical and fluid way, replacing the stairs with a gentle slope that allows you to stop and has views of the city as you progress along the route. The structure takes advantage of its curved shape and turns as transition spaces. Surrounding nature accompanies the journey and advances until it reaches the city.
The ramp is 111 meters long and 2.5 meters wide, improving the quality of time for walkers and a functional and comfortable improvement for moving from the mountains to the city. It is built with concrete and stone at the ends, supported and separated from the ground with 25-meter spans. The U-shape has a slit where the lighting is located and expansion cuts for the drain and water drainage.
Arrival ramp of the French way to Santiago by CREUSeCARRASCO. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
Description of project by CREUSeCARRASCO
The entrance of the “Camino de Santiago” into the city meets between the sacred hill “Monte do Gozo” and the high-speed infrastructures that surround it. Until now, a long and steep staircase solved this slope, built following the lines of the tracks, breaking the continuity of the route and making accessibility difficult for people, preventing mobility in a wheelchair, bicycle or on horseback. The ramp recovers the idea of the path and replaces the staircase, taking advantage of the cuts made to the slope. Its gentle tilting allows stopping and observing the city that appears along the way. The curves, with their twists and turns, can be used as transitional spaces in which the change towards the urban takes place, but also the memory of the nature that is being left behind. In this sense, the serpentine route of 111 meters long and 2.5 wide, in addition to functional improvement, plays a role that registers for the walker a change of time (arrival) and space (between the mountain and the city).
Built as a U of concrete and stone at its ends, it rests as well as levitates from the ground with 25-meter spans, alongside a line that holds the lighting and expansion cuts that serve as a drain. The whole of it is both line and duct, a piece that appears, accompanies and disappears for the pilgrim who enters the city and whose next aim is reaching the cathedral.
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Architects Arquitecto
CREUSeCARRASCO. Lead architects.- Juan Creus, Covadonga Carrasco.
Project team
Miriam Núñez , Mónica Rodriguez, Iago Otero.
Collaborators
Consultans.- AXI (Carlos Lefler, Francisco Menéndez), Proyfe ( J. Manuel Moure, David Pardiñas, Silvia Pérez).
Structure.- Javier Zubía.
Management.- CREUSeCARRASCO, PROYFE (Javier Rivera).
Landscape Integration Projects Coordinator Camino de Santiago entrance.- Xerardo Estévez.
Structure.- Javier Zubía.
Management.- CREUSeCARRASCO, PROYFE (Javier Rivera).
Landscape Integration Projects Coordinator Camino de Santiago entrance.- Xerardo Estévez.
Builder
Vázquez y Reino.
Location
Rúa do Gozo, Santiago de Compostela. Galicia. Spain.
Fotografía
Juan Creus, Covadonga Carrasco. CREUSeCARRASCO
CREUSeCARRASCO is an architecture studio based in A Coruña founded in 1994 by Juan Creus (Cée, 1966), doctor of architecture and tenured professor of projects at the ETSA of A Coruña, and Covadonga Carrasco (Ribadeo, 1965).
In 2021 they have been Mentioned by the CSCAE Spanish Architecture Award and the Galician Architecture Award for the Social Center in Cornido. Also Second Prize for the Juana de Vega Architecture Award for Casa Elías in Corcubión and, with a project about the Cans Festival, they participated again in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the Spanish Pavilion. They are creators of the recent MUV, Art Center of the María José Jove Foundation, the first 100% virtual museum in Spain. In 2016 they received the Galician Architecture Award and the BEAU Award (both for Casa Chao in Corcubión), also participating (with Remodeling of the Port of Malpica) in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the Spanish Pavilion, winner of the Golden Lion They have been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award (2015 - Casa Chao) and won the Ar+d Emerging Architecture Award, granted by Architectural Review and the RIBA (2011 - Malpica). They were also Special Mention at the FAD Awards (2014 - Casa Chao) and Special Mention of the Jury at the BEAU (2011 - Malpica). They have won the ENOR Galicia Award (2007 – Lonja de Fisterra), COAG de Obra Nova (2011 – Casa Mercedes in A Coruña), Espazo Público (2011 - Malpica and 2000 – Plaza in Lugo) and Rehabilitation (2002 – Fundación Luís Seoane) , as well as the Juana de Vega Architecture Award (2018 – Casa C, 2015 – Casa Chao and 2013 – Casa en Redonda). In 2007 they were the participating Galician studio in the V Encontros Internacionais de Arquitectura. There are different monographic publications on his work, such as the books 1+1 (Uzina), Architecture 2000-2012 (TC), Remodeling of the Port of Malpica (OYS), Lonxa de Fisterra (Atlante) and Fundación Luis Seoane (Concello da Coruña).
Juan Creus is the creator and co-director of the magazine O monografías and author of books such as A Terra das Mil Belezas, Terra o Viaxe á Fin da Terra (also with Covadonga Carrasco), both collaborate in different magazines and forums related to the territory and the architecture. From his studio they publish the magazine RESINA. With his interventions they intend to reinvent the nearby landscape as a generic form.
In 2021 they have been Mentioned by the CSCAE Spanish Architecture Award and the Galician Architecture Award for the Social Center in Cornido. Also Second Prize for the Juana de Vega Architecture Award for Casa Elías in Corcubión and, with a project about the Cans Festival, they participated again in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the Spanish Pavilion. They are creators of the recent MUV, Art Center of the María José Jove Foundation, the first 100% virtual museum in Spain. In 2016 they received the Galician Architecture Award and the BEAU Award (both for Casa Chao in Corcubión), also participating (with Remodeling of the Port of Malpica) in the Venice Architecture Biennale with the Spanish Pavilion, winner of the Golden Lion They have been nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award (2015 - Casa Chao) and won the Ar+d Emerging Architecture Award, granted by Architectural Review and the RIBA (2011 - Malpica). They were also Special Mention at the FAD Awards (2014 - Casa Chao) and Special Mention of the Jury at the BEAU (2011 - Malpica). They have won the ENOR Galicia Award (2007 – Lonja de Fisterra), COAG de Obra Nova (2011 – Casa Mercedes in A Coruña), Espazo Público (2011 - Malpica and 2000 – Plaza in Lugo) and Rehabilitation (2002 – Fundación Luís Seoane) , as well as the Juana de Vega Architecture Award (2018 – Casa C, 2015 – Casa Chao and 2013 – Casa en Redonda). In 2007 they were the participating Galician studio in the V Encontros Internacionais de Arquitectura. There are different monographic publications on his work, such as the books 1+1 (Uzina), Architecture 2000-2012 (TC), Remodeling of the Port of Malpica (OYS), Lonxa de Fisterra (Atlante) and Fundación Luis Seoane (Concello da Coruña).
Juan Creus is the creator and co-director of the magazine O monografías and author of books such as A Terra das Mil Belezas, Terra o Viaxe á Fin da Terra (also with Covadonga Carrasco), both collaborate in different magazines and forums related to the territory and the architecture. From his studio they publish the magazine RESINA. With his interventions they intend to reinvent the nearby landscape as a generic form.
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