The Plaza del Dos de Mayo closes the competition deadline for its renovation with 59 ideas. The contest of ideas for the remodeling of the capital’s central square, called by the Madrid City Council in collaboration with the Official College of Architects of Madrid (COAM), has received a total of 59 proposals once the deadline for submitting the proposals had ended. themselves. Now, the jury will have a maximum period of five months to decide the winning project.
Among the members of the jury will be the Works and Equipment delegate, Paloma García Romerowho will be the president, the dean of COAM, Sigfrido Herráez, and architects and engineers such as José Ignacio Linazasoro, Santiago Cifuentes or Juan Fisac. The chosen proposal will be the basis for writing the redevelopment project for this space in the Universidad neighborhood, in the Centro district and The City Council’s forecast is that the works will begin in 2026.
The criteria for evaluating the ideas will be evaluated with respect to criteria of architectural quality, planning, accessibility, continuity and safety of the public space. In addition, the organization of the complex, constructive rationality, economic rationality, sustainability and environmental quality will also be taken into account. The contest includes three prizes and three second prizes. The first prize will be worth 14,200 euros, the second with 9,480 euros and the third with 6,320 euros, while the second prizes will be 1,000 euros.
This action is added to others that the City Council has carried out in this square after complaints from area residents about “abandonment.” The Plaza del Dos de Mayo already underwent a reform process in 2019 in which the green areas and pedestrian areas were increased, the street furniture and the pavement of the plaza moat, which had numerous broken tiles, were improved. But this square is not the only one that will face a change of direction in 2025. look: Five emblematic squares in the center of Madrid are going to start a makeover this coming year.
The City Council of the capital plans to invest 8.8 million euros for the construction works remodeling of the Dos de Mayo, Pedro Zerolo, Tirso de Molina, and Jacinto Benavente squares and the space located between Plaza de España and the Sabatini Gardens. The one that will receive the most investment will be the redevelopment of the surroundings of the Sabatini Gardens adjacent to Plaza de España, with 3,293,693 euros. In the case of Dos de Mayo and Pedro Zerolo, 130,000 and 165,000 euros of investment are contemplated respectively, which will be allocated to the beginning of the process with the drafting of the projects.
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