He Mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asirónassured that “Tree conservation” in the Paseo de Sarasate redevelopment project is “fundamental” and inalienable.” And he assured that the winning teams of the ideas competition posed “no problem” in this sense. He said this just days after insisting that will not abandon a project “for a tree or two.”
Asirón participated this Friday in a working day with the five editorial teams selected For reform this spacewhose proposals are due in mid-October. The day consisted of a technical meeting on the project in the Pamplona City Hall and, later, in a Visit to the Paseo de Sarasate check the current state of the space in order to finalize their proposals.
In statements to the media, the mayor He stressed that “these are teams with very remarkable and very contrasting CVs, they have given us very important ideas.” He also stressed that “These are teams that have worked at European level in places where there were previous trees and which have been characterized by their conservation.”
Joseba Asiron said that “a city project, like that of the Sarasate Promenadeis not conditioned at a given time by the location or not of a tree in a certain place.” However, he stressed that “we have said actively and passively and I believe that this admits of very little interpretation” that “for us there are two fundamental elements: one “the single platform, in particular with a view to accessibility” and “the conservation of trees”.
“THE tree conservation This is fundamental and inalienable for us. At no time have we questioned it,” he stressed. “I have said it every time I have spoken about this issue, the tree maintenance and the alignment of the trees is another important premises of this project,” he insisted.
The mayor admitted that at this morning’s meeting “it became clear” that “There are many conditions” like the statue of Fuerosthe location of the Parliament, the peripheral traffic or even the difference in altitude.
“They are all termsThese are all challenges and what I see is that the teams that won the ideas competition really like challenges and, in addition, they have a lot of experience in this field by working in interventions in which there were pre-existing trees and where there was an important legacy like the one we find ourselves in today,” he noted.
“No one questioned the maintenance of the trees“Asirón insisted, stressing that “all citizens and architectural teams” are aware “of the importance of trees in cities in a context of climate change and, therefore, in no case has anyone raised “no problem, no question.”
WORKING DAY WITH THE SELECTED TEAMS
Representatives of the five teams selected for the ideas competition, they participated this Friday in a working day consisting of a technical meeting on the project held at the Pamplona City Hall and a visit to the city itself. Sarasate Promenade.
The mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asiron, welcomed the editorial teams in the reception room of the Town Hall before the session, to report on the importance of the projectpresent different issues related to the reform, raise questions and clear up doubts. The five teams selected “for their professional solvency and experience in similar projects” are the group formed by Linazasoro & Sánchez Arquitectura together with MRM Arquitectos and Tabuenca y Leache Arquitectos; the group formed by Vi17 Arquitectura, Barcelona Architecture Office and Okra Landscape Architecten, led by a young local architect; Bataille and Roig; Mangado and Associates; and the group formed by Espinàs i Tarrasó and Leku Studio.
After the meeting, they headed to the Sarasate Promenadewhere they travel in space from The Monument to the Fueros until around the Parliament of Navarreas well as the adjacent streets of Segundo Ensanche who are also part of the project. They were able to observe in situ the current situation of the trees, the conservation of the sculptures, the differences in level and architectural barriers or the details that each team considers essential for the development of their proposal.
He budget The estimated cost of the planned works is 10.2 million euros, of which 2 million will be provided by the Community of the Pamplona Region for the renewal of the supply and sanitation networks of Paseo de Sarasate and adjacent streets. Once the winning proposal has been determined and after a period of four months for the final drafting of the project, the Pamplona City Council anticipates that the works can begin after the Sanfermines of 2025.
SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT COMPETITION
In the second phase, in which the competition is currently taking place, the five selected teams must develop a design proposal for the redevelopment of the Sarasate promenadetaking into account the determinations, objectives and conditions established in the bases, such as “total accessibility” of the space and the “special treatment” of trees. This second phase will be completely anonymous until the jury makes its opinion or decision public.
Proposals will be submitted anonymously under LEMA, so they must not include the name of their author(s), nor contain data, images, logos or indications of any kind that indirectly reveal their identity. The regulations specify that proposals must be submitted within at least two months from the simultaneous sending of invitations to the selected participants.
THE evaluation of proposals It will focus on “its overall quality, studied from the specific complexity of the competition”. Criteria will be taken into account such as the technical and economic viability of each proposal and others related to the solutions proposed for pedestrian mobility, permeability, accessibility and the absence of physical barriers; to coordination with regional urban transport; and action on the situation and lace of the various sculptures and the statue of Los FuerosFrom this jury evaluation a winning proposal will emerge.
