Contemporary society imposes new challenges to
architecture, beyond the formal experimentation that monopolizes much of its
recent history. Ecopolis Plaza transforms a non-place in the sprawl outskirts
of Madrid, surrounded by freeways, heavy truck traffic and adjacent to an
industrial site, into a space for social interaction.The Plaza Ecopolis generates
a model of a city as a place where citizens can discover and learn about energy
saving and responsible consumption of natural resources, integrating ecology into
everyday life without turning it into a unique phenomenon that must be explored
in a museum.