The topics that have been debated in the deliberation sessions will be deepened, such as the role of equipment, location, innovation in management, the role of peri-urban agriculture, soil recovery techniques, vegetation, and water management o the connectivities to guarantee the access of the population from the neighborhoods and the connection between municipalities.
Winners
Lote 2. Corona noreste. Uniendo parques urbanos. The winning proposal was ‘Efecto mariposa’. Authors.- UTE Climent-Climent-Navascués-ARZV, represented by Luis Climent Rosillo.
Lote 3. Corona sureste. El anillo verde del sureste. The winning proposal was ‘A flor de yeso’. Authors.- UTE Uxama ingeniería Y Arquitectura S.L.P.U, Gestión Integral del Suelo S.L. y Eslava Y Tejada Arquitectos S.L., represented by David Gistau Cosculluela.
Lote 4. Corona sur. Los parques fluviales del sur. The winning proposal was ‘Manantial sur infraestructura regenerada’. Authors.- Alday Jover Arquitectos S.L.P., represented by Iñaki Alday Sanz.
Lote 5. Corona suroeste. El anillo metropolitano. The winning proposal was ‘Del Manzanares a Guadarrama’. Authors.- Rubio Arquitectura S.L.P., represented by Carlos Rubio Carvajal.
Description of project by Madrid City Council
The jury has been made up of 24 people representing the areas of Urban Development and Environment and Mobility; from the delegated areas of Internationalization and Cooperation and Territorial Coordination, Transparency and Citizen Participation; of Madrid Salud and representatives of all political groups, professional associations, as well as the Federation of Associations of People with Physical and Organic Disabilities of Madrid (FAMMA), the Association of Landscape and Environment Restoration Companies (ASERPPYMA), the Spanish Association of Landscapers and the Regional Federation of Neighborhood Associations of Madrid (FRAVM).
Five prestigious experts have also participated: Susana Canogar, author of the Valdebebas park; Marta González del Tánago, author of the Manzanares environmental recovery project; Jordi Bellmunt, head of the European Landscape Biennial; Miriam García, member of the Europan Spain Committee; and Luis Martínez, a member of Seobirdlife who provides environmental advice to the Urban Development Area.
The winners of the contest
Lot 1.- Northwest Crown. Among natural mountains. The objective in this area is the connection of the Pardo, Valdelatas, and Casa de Campo mountains.
The winning proposal was ‘Tiempo de silencio’ while in second place was 'Aguaila Madrid Puerta de la Sierra'. The jury highlighted from the winning project its "overall vision, integration with the city and the territory" and the fact of "understanding the project as a playground to intervene with a society involved in achieving a city more integrated with nature and committed to climate change ”.
Lot 2.- Northeast crown. Uniting urban parks. The purpose of this lot is to achieve the ecological connectivity of the set of urban parks and facilities present in this environment: Valdebebas stream and park, fairgrounds, Nueva Centralidad del Este, O’Donnell Green Cuña park and Almodóvar hill.
The winning proposal was ‘Efecto Mariposa’. In this lot, the second place has been deserted. For the jury, the chosen project “has strength in connectivity, by proposing a 24-kilometer long forest avenue that connects the existing parks. It can transcend the batch and achieve continuity throughout the project”.
Lot 3.- Southeast crown. The green belt of the southeast. The aim is to value the free spaces of the urban developments of Los Cerros, El Cañaveral, Los Ahijones, Los Berrocales, Ensanche de Vallecas, and Valdecarros, connecting the Herradura hill with the Cantiles del Manzanares area.
The winning proposal was ‘A flor de Yeso’, which stands out, according to the jury, “for the predominantly environmental and ecological vision in the intervention in the territory, giving the guidelines for specific action on the gypsum soils of the southeast”. In second place was ‘From hill to hill’.
Lot 4.- South crown. The river parks of the south. The purpose is to achieve the connections of the river systems of the Manzanares river and the Gavia stream, as well as the integration of large peripheral pieces of free spaces in Entrevías, La Atalayuela, Mercamadrid, and Butarque.
The chosen project was ‘Manantial Sur Infraestructura regenerada’ and, secondly, the ‘Vuelvo al Sur’ project. In this case, the jury has valued that it is "a complete project in all its components that has generated debate about the role of water, forestry, and agriculture, which will have to be analyzed with an overall vision".
Lot 5.- Southwest crown. The metropolitan ring. The integration of the southwest metropolitan system (Getafe, Leganés, Alcorcón) with the Casa de Campo is proposed, highlighting the river environments of the Meaques stream.
The winning proposal was ‘Del Manzanares a Guadarrama’, followed by ‘The three forests of the southwest’. The selected project "succeeds in the reading of the territory, in the integration of the project in the urban structure and in the proposals for its subsequent management that must be transferred to the rest of the lots".
Jury conclusions
The members of the jury, after analyzing the 33 projects presented and making the deliberations for the selection of the winning proposals, have recorded a series of considerations and reflections to guide the following phases.
