Somes River Banks in Cluj-Napoca
PRÁCTICA- Type Landscape architecture / Urban planning Park
- Date 2022 - 2024
- City Cluj-Napoca
- Country Romania
- Photographer Imagen Subliminal (Miguel de Guzmán + Rocío R. Rivas) Sergiu Razvan
The Spanish firm Práctica – Jaime Daroca, José Mayoral, José Ramón Sierra – was commissioned to regenerate 15 kilometers of the banks of the Sommer River that lie within the Rumanian municipality of Cluj-Napoca. An outcome of a 2017 competition, the operation has benefited from a large interdisciplinary group of collaborators. The course of the river thickened, giving rise to new public spaces, such as squares, beaches, and tiered-seating areas.
The project included: first, a system of terraces broadening the river’s edge towards the urban fabric, expanding the fluvial section, and transforming the old hard bank into a more natural boundary by putting in plants, rocks, and sand, resulting in greater biodiversity; second, several paths and bridges for walkers and bikers, giving continuity to what was a fragmented circuit along the river; third, a series of diagonal roads to sew the river to its immediate surroundings. These paths have redefined the existing urban connections, creating a corridor linking up a diversity of public spaces and green zones.
Regeneración de las riberas del río Somes, Cluj-Napoca (Rumanía)
Redevelopment of the Somes River Banks, Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
Cliente Client
Primăria Cluj-Napoca
Arquitectos Architects
PRÁCTICA / Jaime Daroca, José Mayoral, José Ramón Sierra (socios partners); Blanca Amorós, Raúl Brito, Cesia Campos, Amanda Castellano, Gonzalo Cortes, Santiago Estepa, Daniel García, Elisabetta Gravina, Ivan Iglesias, Andrea Navarro, Francisca Rocuant, Alonso Rosa, Costan Svinti, Sofía Valdivia, Banika Vijay, Beatriz Whithman (equipo team)
Consultores Consultants
Planwerk (arquitecto local architect of record); Aqua Prociv Proiect, Costin si Vlad Birou de Proiectare, EuroBB Energy (ingenería engineering); Landlab (paisajismo landscape); Baseli Drum Consult (coordinador coordinator)
Contratista Contractor
ACI Cluj, Socot, Simacek, Nord Conforest
Presupuesto Budget
25.700.768 €
Superficie Area
332.137 m²
Fotos Photos
Adrià Goula; Imagen Subliminal; Sergiu Razvan