1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Málaga
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Jardin Vertical de la Plaza del Pericon
Short description of the intervention
The vertical garden is 600 m2 and is an intervention implemented in Pericon Plaza in the old city of Malaga. The garden is placed above a large metal mural with inspirational words for visitors to contemplate. The garden and metal mural were built on the wall-remains of a former house that stood in the spot but was in disrepair. (Ref 1)
Address

Plaza del Pericon
Malaga
Spain

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Total area
600.00m²
NBS area
600.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Other
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
Wall from a former house (Ref 1)
Website of the intervention
https://www.diariosur.es/videos/malaga/actualidad/686808106001-primer-jardin-ve…
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2001
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2005
End date of the intervention
2009
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
This intervention is part of a larger regional urban regeneration initiative, called the Urban Initiative, which includes the following objectives (Ref 2):
1. Integration of urban activities with economic and social activities, with the goal of improving the urban environment and quality of life of citizens.
2. Exchange of knowledge and experiences among all partner cities of the Program.
3. Encourage a novel model of comprehensive management of cooperation between different Areas and services of the administration.
4. Adjust investments within a certain timeframe and complying with requirements.
5. Encourage new forms of citizen participation with co-responsibility in the Actions between administrations and society.
6. Continuity and follow up of the actions undertaken.
Quantitative targets
600 m2 squared of rehabilitated wall space (Ref 1)

Monitoring indicators defined
Area of rehabilitated space [m2] (Ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Effective management
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Real estate development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Implementation activities
2001-2005- Phase 1, of Historic City Center rehabilitation project, in 2005 the vertical garden and accompanying mural were completed.

2007- 2013- Phase 2, Community center (Ludoteca) is built across the vertical garden and the square rehabilitation is completed in 2013. (ref 2)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Please specify other type of green wall
Unknown
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature on buildings (external)
Green walls or facades
Type of Green Wall
Other
Vegetation Type
Garden beds
Other
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
within the plaza, there is a toy library which offers childcare during working hours and houses Equality Classrooms and citizen training (Ref 1); Community center (Ludoteca) is built across the vertical garden and the square rehabilitation is completed in 2013. (ref 2)
Amenities offered by the NBS
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Other
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Social and community interactions
Other
Please specify "other cultural service"
economic development (Ref 1)
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Local government/Municipality
Citizens or community groups
Please specify other local relevant strategy
Iniciativa Urbana (Urban Initiative), a community opportunity to transform Malaga into a city that addresses the challenges of modernity by adapting to a changing reality from a global city model. It presents support for the 23,000 inhabitants residing in the Historical Center.
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Service of European Programs in the City of Malaga: main body coordinating the funding of this intervention (part of larger Urban initiative) (Ref 2)
Carried within Arrabales-Carreteria program, with European (70%) and municipal (30%) funding (Ref 1)
City of Malaga government: operating intervention (Ref 2)
Imaga Construcciones (company): execution of remodeling and urban recovery of the Plaza del Pericón (Ref 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
EU body
Local government/municipality
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
EU body
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Citizens or community group
Land owners
No information found
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Unknown
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
Special Plan for the Protection and Interior Reform of the Malaga's Center (PEPRI-Plan Especial de Protección y Reforma interior del Centro de Málaga), part of the General Plan of Urban Organization for the city (1983/89) (ref 2)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Building regulation
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
Special Plan for the Protection and Interior Reform of the Malag'as Center (PEPRI-Plan Especial de Protección y Reforma interior del Centro de Málaga),, the plan on how to restore the historic city-center of Malaga (ref 2) and the General Plan of Urban Organization for the city (1983/89) (ref 2)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
General municipal plan
Other
Please specify other vegetation type
green area is made up of plants of different shades of green, with a decorative sense (Ref. 1)
vertical garden (Ref 1, 2)
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Iniciativa Urbana (Urban Initiative), a community opportunity to transform Malaga into a city that addresses the challenges of modernity by adapting to a changing reality from a global city model. It presents support for the 23,000 inhabitants residing in the Historical Center.
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Evolution of the impacts of the urban recovery and regeneration proceess of the integral urban regeneration of the city center (Evolución de los Impactos del proceso de recuperación y regeneración urbana integral del Centro Histórico de Málaga). 1994-2013 by Urban Environment Observatory (OMAU). (ref 3)
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Partly financed by EU funds and city budget funds. (Ref 1)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Set up for multiple NBS interventions, including this one
Financing
Total cost
€500,000 - €2,000,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
776 000 (Ref 1)
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
776 000 euro = total renovation of the square, from this number the construction of the new community center (across the street to the garden) cost the most. (ref 1)

Total cost: 1 218 000 euro, 974 4000 from EU, and 243 600 from City. (ref 2)
Source(s) of funding
EU funds
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Please specify other Business model
Urban regeneration (2,3)
Business models
Green densification model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Technological
Product innovation
Please specify technological innovation
The intervention is highlighted for its size as the ambitious factor that sets it apart from other interventions, it is 600 m2 and placed above a metal mural with inspirational messages. Thus, it combines elements of aesthetic appreciation with environmental action in a new type of final product. (ref 4)

Moreover, it is also an innovation that in covering a ruined wall that has no means to be restored, a green space has been made an an infrastructural issue is addressed. (ref 4)
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is copied/derived from previous initiative(s) with substantial adaptation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Intervention at Puente de Tulua, Spain named as a predecessor to this intervention. (ref 4)
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Description of environmental benefits
Creation of Green Space: vertical garden of 600m2 (Ref 1); green area is made up of plants of different shades of green, with a decorative sense (Ref. 1)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Please specify other socio-cultural impact
aesthetic appreciation: vertical garden of 600m2 (Ref 1); green area is made up of plants of different shades of green, with a decorative sense (Ref. 1)
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Increased appreciation for natural spaces
Other
Description of social and cultural benefits
Aesthetic appreciation to complement infrastructural rehabilitation: vertical garden in the place of a demolished wall (ref 1)
Location of vertical garden in Pericon Plaza creates greater access to urban green space (ref 1)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Area of green space [m2] (Ref 1); Creation of urban green space (Ref)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of 22 September 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
Link to monitoring/evaluation reports
http://www.programaseuropeos-malaga.com/subidas/archivos/arc_2486.pdf
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref. 1 El renacer de la plaza escondida
Ref. 3 El Ayuntamiento de Málaga destina más de 71 millones a la regeneración d…
Ref. 4 El primer jardin vertical del centro de Malaga
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Ref. 2.pdf (6.32 MB) 6.32 MB
List of references
1. Ferrary, Miguel. (2010). El renacer de la plaza escondida. La Opinion de Malaga. Available at: http://www.laopiniondemalaga.es/malaga/2010/10/08/renacer-plaza-escondida/372426.html [Accessed: 22 September 2020].
2. Rein Lorenzale, Miriam. (2013). Informe sobre intervenciones urbanística y transformaciones físicas en el ámbito del PEPRI Centro (1994-2013). Ayuntamiento de Malaga. [Document provided].
3. EuropaPress. (2014). El Ayuntamiento de Málaga destina más de 71 millones a la regeneración del centro histórico. Available at: http://www.europapress.es/andalucia/malaga-00356/noticia-ayuntamiento-malaga-destina-mas-71-millones-regeneracion-integral-centro-periodo-1994-2013-20140320155949.html [Accessed: 22 September 2020].
4. SurTV. (2010). El primer jardin vertical del centro de Malaga. Available at: http://www.diariosur.es/videos/malaga/actualidad/686808106001-primer-jardin-vertical-centro-malaga.html [Accessed: 22 September 2020].
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Vertical Garden Pericon Plaza
Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jardin_vertical_de_Plaza_del_Peric%C3%B3n%2C_M%C3%A1laga..JPG/922px-Jardin_vertical_de_Plaza_del_Peric%C3%B3n%2C_M%C3%A1laga..JPG