1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
"The neighbourhood of Las Delicias is the most densely populated of Zaragoza. In the 1950s and 1960s, the arrival of immigrants coming from rural zones of all over Spain swiftly gave rise to disorderly growth in the district’s urban fabric, which has been affected ever since by a manifest lack of facilities, green zones and landmark places." (Ref. 2) This NBS intervention aims to address the increasing population density, aggravating social conflict and hastening physical deterioration of buildings in the Las Delicias neighbourhood by:
- increasing the green zones in the neighbourhood (Ref. 2)
- "...convert[ing] the vacant lot left by the demolished building into a public space." (Ref. 2)
- "...us[ing] the surface of this land tangential to its main street to establish a representative place that could become a meeting point for the community, a leisure space and one of social integration and relationship with nature." (Ref. 2)
- increasing the green zones in the neighbourhood (Ref. 2)
- "...convert[ing] the vacant lot left by the demolished building into a public space." (Ref. 2)
- "...us[ing] the surface of this land tangential to its main street to establish a representative place that could become a meeting point for the community, a leisure space and one of social integration and relationship with nature." (Ref. 2)
Quantitative targets
1 786 m2 of rehabilitated space through a vertical garden (ref 2)
Monitoring indicators defined
m2 of rehabilitated space through a vertical garden (ref 2)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Implementation activities
"Las Delicias neighbourhood association sponsored in 2007 a project to convert the vacant lot left by the demolished building into a public space." (Ref.2)
Proposal presented in 2005 by Asociacion de Vecinos Manuel Viola et. al (Ref.1)
Metal structure with hanging garden (Ref. 2)
Series of ramps and a lift to reach the garden (Ref. 2)
Beneath ground level: new offices of the neighbourhood association, which is responsible for the environmental management of the garden and its use as an educational space. (Ref. 2)
Botany classes are given and art installations are exhibited. (Ref. 2)
Proposal presented in 2005 by Asociacion de Vecinos Manuel Viola et. al (Ref.1)
Metal structure with hanging garden (Ref. 2)
Series of ramps and a lift to reach the garden (Ref. 2)
Beneath ground level: new offices of the neighbourhood association, which is responsible for the environmental management of the garden and its use as an educational space. (Ref. 2)
Botany classes are given and art installations are exhibited. (Ref. 2)
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Please specify technological innovation
" the Las Delicias garden confronts the problem of the blind flank walls that are such a blot on the landscape and resolves it by going beyond any purely decorative solution. It does so by means of a vertical propagation of public space. Besides contributing added and enriching complexity to the urban reality, this act of displacement shifting public space away from its usual horizontal plane has a disconcerting effect that favours the founding of an extraordinary landmark place. " (Ref.2)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The High Line park in New York City is mentioned as a typological cast. (Ref.2)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The intervention is part of the larger Revitadud-Interreg project, for which cities in France and Spain shared experience in urban interventions. (ref 3)
