Marti Miralles Arquitectes
DeveloperMercadona S.A.
LocationHorta-Guinardó, Barcelona
Project2014
Floor area5,962 m²
External consultants
Rafael Bellmunt (Structure), Ingeniería Ingest (Facilities)
Plaça Botticelli underground car park is designed in line with the urban remodelling undertaken along Av. de l’Estatut between Estatut and Botticelli squares. The square was part of a system of green spaces and pedestrian thoroughfares in the centre of Avinguda de l’Estatut, which run below the level of the surrounding traffic. The remodelling of the lower section of the avenue altered this system and the square became a marginal and ill-fitting area in the newly designed urban space.
This project proposed developing the square to the same level as the rest of the urban space by constructing a car park in the empty space demarcated by retaining walls, using a large part of the existing structures as earth-retaining walls for the underground car park and a section of its entrance points.
The car park is spread over two 50 m diameter circular basement levels and has 124 spaces, each measuring 2.40 x 4.80 m, and 15 motorcycle spaces, each 2.00 x 1.00 m. The car park will be connected to level -2 of the residential building of the PVd plot via a tunnel, allowing direct access to the retail premises from the car park.
Vehicle access is via a descending ramp parallel to the pavement of Avinguda de l’Estatut de Catalunya, and the vehicle exit is via an ascending ramp parallel to the pavement of Avinguda de Can Marcet. These accesses connect street level with level -1. Vehicle access to level -2 is via an interior two-way ramp. There are three pedestrian accesses, one for disabled access, without physical barriers, and linked to the aforementioned tunnel.
This project proposed developing the square to the same level as the rest of the urban space by constructing a car park in the empty space demarcated by retaining walls, using a large part of the existing structures as earth-retaining walls for the underground car park and a section of its entrance points.
The car park is spread over two 50 m diameter circular basement levels and has 124 spaces, each measuring 2.40 x 4.80 m, and 15 motorcycle spaces, each 2.00 x 1.00 m. The car park will be connected to level -2 of the residential building of the PVd plot via a tunnel, allowing direct access to the retail premises from the car park.
Vehicle access is via a descending ramp parallel to the pavement of Avinguda de l’Estatut de Catalunya, and the vehicle exit is via an ascending ramp parallel to the pavement of Avinguda de Can Marcet. These accesses connect street level with level -1. Vehicle access to level -2 is via an interior two-way ramp. There are three pedestrian accesses, one for disabled access, without physical barriers, and linked to the aforementioned tunnel.