Landskate Parks. Xarxa de Parcs Esportius Urbans de Barcelona - 9a Biennal 2016

OSCAR BLASCO LÁZARO, Sergi Carulla

In most cities, the skate parks continue to be built in the outskirts to avoid any potential conflicts with the other users of public space. The integration of skate parks into their surrounding area is generally non-existent, usually appearing as an isolated collection of strange artefacts.

The Landskate Parks are changing this dynamic to provide a new contemporary alternative use of public space. They are not a playing field or a sports zone; nor are they a street, a square or a park; they are all of these at the same time. These new meeting points embrace both skaters and passers-by, facilitating closer relations between them. The skating areas should be technically suitable and adapted to every discipline and level, but that’s not all. The facilities must be perceived by other people as part of the cityscape they are crossing. In Landskate Parks, all the features relate to each other, giving rise to more complex systems which establish a direct sense of continuity with their surroundings. They assimilate the local materials, they integrate with existing byways and permit vegetation to either grow amongst them or embrace them.

The documentary Landskating produced and written by Sergi Carulla and Oscar Blasco (SCOB), explains how certain marginal areas of the city have been naturally integrated in the urban network, taking into account the landscape, its memories, its people, its everyday life...

Documentary link: https://vimeo.com/152549632 / password: landskate

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OSCAR BLASCO LÁZARO

Sergi Carulla

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