EL MÉDANO SEAFRONT PROMENADE
PLANOS Y DETALLES TÉCNICOS
A Timber Surface Laid Over a Natural Landscape
The intervention transforms the coastal edge of El Médano, a former fishing settlement shaped by later seasonal growth, into a continuous pedestrian promenade integrated with the natural character of the shoreline.
What had been a deteriorated dirt track exposed to uncontrolled vehicle access becomes a landscape operation in which the design of public space is reduced to a minimum, allowing natural elements to structure the intervention.
The project relies on a limited material palette: stone for retaining walls and selected paved areas, and timber for the main walking surfaces, establishing a direct dialogue with the surrounding volcanic landscape.
Two distinct conditions define the promenade. In the first, linked to the urban frontage and the village square, reddish stone and a timber strip mediate between built edge and sand.
Further along, the promenade unfolds as a timber surface laid across the white volcanic formations, resting lightly on embankments of the same material.
The result is a soft boundary where pedestrian movement protects the natural character of the coastline while maintaining continuity between settlement and landscape.
The project is conceived as a restrained intervention in which material, terrain and climate define the identity of the place.
TECHNICAL DATA: Year: 1995-1997. Location: El Médano, Granadilla, Tenerife. Architects: Antonio Corona Bosch, Arsenio Pérez Amaral, Eustaquio Martínez García. Client: Granadilla Town Council, Department of Tourism of the Canarian Government. Collaborators: DD7 (Quantity Surveyors). Photography: Jordi Bernardo, José Ramón Oller.
AWARDS: Honary Mention for the Regional Prize of Architecture in the Canaries Manuel de Oraá.
