Santander is a city in the north of Spain with many seaside walking paths that offer spectacular views towards the ocean and its bay. García Lago Avenue goes along the beach of El Sardinero and ends against a cliff. In this point, the Avenue widens to hold a parking lot, in which is in fact one of the best places to enjoy the scenery. On top of the cliff there’s a path that goes along the edge of the Mataleñas Peninsula, offering even more impressive views of the ocean, the bay and of the Magdalena Palace, which is located in another Peninsula right in front of this spot.
The project is divided into two stages. The first consists of the proposal to resolve the connection of the walkway and path through a glass elevator and an outdoor staircase. The second stage is a review of the end of the Avenida García Lago and its meeting with a particular natural environment, recovering space today for parking of vehicles through a new open landscaped plaza.
The project offers a new place to gather and enjoy the scenery, and claims the very language of the places where the merger between the natural and the artificial occurs. Each element of the project is a deliberately landscaped component, producing resonances between the language of the proposal and the rocks, flagstones and slopes.
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