A landscape restoration of a rubbish dump in Barcelona, Spain. ‘La Vall d’en Joan’ project was designed by Spanish architects Battle and Roig and has transformed a landfill site of 150 hectares into a terraced, agricultural landscape.
The architects said the idea behind the scheme was ‘’was to create a system of hills and banks in a way that would avoid erosion from water and to give the rubbish dump back to nature with a natural design."
Underneath the pleasing aesthetics of the design the intervention drains the site and filters out contaminated fluids, this recycled water is then used to irrigate the park. The gas released by the biodegrading of the rubbish is also emitted to produce electricity.
The large steel cages at the entrance to the site contain compressed rubbish, constantly reminding of the site’s previous use.
To take such a landscape used for dumping rubbish and transform it into a park where nature can begin to take hold acts as an efficient model for the future of landfill sites. The natural location of this manufactured site draws people to begin to use the park as a public space away from the city. Information within the text and images have been sourced from 'http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2011/01/landscape-restoration-of-landfill-in-vall-den-joan-by-batlle-i-roig/'.
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