O’Donnell Garden / Estudio Caballero Colón

Jul 2010

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Architects: Estudio Caballero Colón
Location: O´Donnell Street, Madrid, Spain
Directors in Charge: Paula Caballero and Diego Colón de Carvajal
Project Area: 1,028 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán

site plan

At first, the assignment was the demolition of the cellars of the Madrid Regional Service of Health´s Old Building. However, the possibility of using this ground as a part of the nursing home “La Paz” led to the accomplishment of a small garden with the minimum possible elements and at a very low cost.

In our view, the garden, as nature manipulated by man, finds its beauty in a strange balance between the diffuse and diverse character of the nature, and the clearness and unity of the artifice. In designing the distribution of plants and paths, we looked for an intelligible organization in order to enhance that contrast. As a kind of enlarged graffitti, a series of blotches in different colors with winding shapes establishes in a clear way the three types of grounds: plantation, drainage and paths.

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The plants were chosen in consideration of their strength (given the inclemencies of the weather and the urban contamination) and their low water consumption. For this reason our choice was: lavandula angustifolia, salvia officinalis, callistemon viminalis and festuca.

With the same purpose of fighting the deterioration of our natural enviroment, we tried to use as much as possible recycled materials. Thus, instead of the usual gravel under the reinforced concrete we used crushed recycled concrete; the necessary rugosity to prevent slippery surfaces when it rains was obtained by mixing the resin with recycled glass (which produces unexpected brightness and iridescence under the sunlight), and the dark gravel for drainage between the paths and plantation areas is crushed material of demolished roads.

: © Miguel de Guzmán

: © Miguel de Guzmán

: © Miguel de Guzmán

: © Miguel de Guzmán

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: © Miguel de Guzmán

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: site plan

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: recycled material diagram

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Saieh , Nico . "O’Donnell Garden / Estudio Caballero Colón" 23 Jul 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 10 Feb 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/69982>

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masanchezl says:

looks nice…there’s a lot of Burle Marx style on the landscape design

# July 23, 2010 at 23:15

GLK says:

Somebody tell these designers that people do not always assemble in groups of exactly two. But maybe it’s a moot point when the chairs are designed for aesthetic rather than ergonomic appeal.

# July 24, 2010 at 01:22

Galaxian says:

Amazing. But very hard for servicing.

# July 24, 2010 at 04:54

Fran says:

Burl Marx is not dead

# July 24, 2010 at 11:37

lina says:

Burle Marx is alive and I didn´t know…what a copycat

# July 24, 2010 at 13:14

sandor says:

Again the bullshit about copying thing .. So using these rounded shapes is only for ‘Burle Marx’ to do? I guess that people who make these remarks are not designers themselves, then you would know that there is a difference between ‘copying’ and ‘being inspired by’.

Anyways, I like the design, have no clue about whether it is easy to maintain and am just wondering if there are also picture from within the park? As in the way the people would actually experience it.

# July 26, 2010 at 02:50

Draft Dot says:

Beautiful, however, pure Burle-Marxism
As Warren Buffett says (in his 3-i theory, which applies for every field), there are 3 kinds of people:

1- Inovators
2- Imitators
3- Idiots

# July 26, 2010 at 09:52

Silvy says:

Rare, estrange design.
I dont like.

# July 26, 2010 at 14:22

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