Don Benito (ES) winner
Verónica Sánchez Carrera (ES)
C/ Juan de Urbieta 10 Loc. Dcha.
Indalecio Batlles Abad (ES)
28007 Madrid, Spain
Julia Font Moreno (ES)
T. +34 636226196
Beatriz Sendín Jiménez (ES)
info@nundo.org
architects
www.nundo.org
66 Don Benito´s patio Team point of view n´UNDO proposes improvement based on No Construction, Minimization, Reuse and Dismantling, with a global long-haul project. Acting through small sequenced interventions on a large localized scale, and giving priority to investment in the municipality’s typical pre-existing values and structures, the project seeks to recover and promote the grid of voids, public spaces and patios. No construction of new buildings; Minimization of barriers to accessibility, road traffic in the centre of the village and unnecessary signage and street furniture; Reuse of existing buildings for public use, revision of voids, empty plots and urban remnants, preparing them for public use; and Dismantling of buildings in poor condition or other elements that create a visual or physical barrier between public spaces. Jury point of view The project provides a sensitive municipal-scale analysis and proposes alternatives to increasing density on the competition site. Drawing on mechanisms that respect local realities, it suggests a new interpretation of the city and new itineraries, which emphasise its identity and its legacy. The proposal could be defined as fieldwork with minimal, temporally sequenced operations and a high priority on pedestrian routes.