The mysterious story of the
garden that produces water, Cehegín
How to create stories
It was a great void, a wound on the back of the upper part of Cehegín. Through a process of urban renaturalisation, we alleviated a great disconnect in the old town. We created a public space from which a vertical and horizontal garden sprouts, where the flora attracts the fauna, contributing biodiversity to the surroundings. With the help of riverbank plants, we purify the dirty water generated in the upper part of the town, thereby obtaining water suitable for watering the garden.
We recovered the natural paths produced by walkers - desire paths - making it possible to enjoy a sea of rooftops and Murcian vegetable gardens. We even managed to hide a building in a pocket of the path that houses a business incubator - a coworking space with shared offices from which initiatives emerge whose creativity is stimulated by this fantastic environment that has been created.
Credits:
Architects and works managers: Mónica García Fernández and Javier Rubio Montero (how to create stories)
Technical architect and works execution manager: Patricia León de la Cruz
Project health and safety coordinator: Antonio Martínez Sánchez
Structure calculation: DeRoman (María Dolores Román)
Calculation of installations: AGM Ingenieros and José Alberto García Fernández (industrial engineer)
Developer: Cehegín Town Hall
Construction company: José Díaz García, S.A.
Photograph: David Frutos
It was a great void, a wound on the back of the upper part of Cehegín. Through a process of urban renaturalisation, we alleviated a great disconnect in the old town. We created a public space from which a vertical and horizontal garden sprouts, where the flora attracts the fauna, contributing biodiversity to the surroundings. With the help of riverbank plants, we purify the dirty water generated in the upper part of the town, thereby obtaining water suitable for watering the garden.
We recovered the natural paths produced by walkers - desire paths - making it possible to enjoy a sea of rooftops and Murcian vegetable gardens. We even managed to hide a building in a pocket of the path that houses a business incubator - a coworking space with shared offices from which initiatives emerge whose creativity is stimulated by this fantastic environment that has been created.
Credits:
Architects and works managers: Mónica García Fernández and Javier Rubio Montero (how to create stories)
Technical architect and works execution manager: Patricia León de la Cruz
Project health and safety coordinator: Antonio Martínez Sánchez
Structure calculation: DeRoman (María Dolores Román)
Calculation of installations: AGM Ingenieros and José Alberto García Fernández (industrial engineer)
Developer: Cehegín Town Hall
Construction company: José Díaz García, S.A.
Photograph: David Frutos