Murcia has its roots in the valley of the Segura river and its current growth is centred around a diagonal axis that crosses the project site and connects the city with the university campus. At the point where this axis meets the western access to the city from the "Mediterranean route" highway, Plazarte is introduced.
The project is a gateway to the city and as such a reminder of the original way of access through walled gates. The scale of the site is what determines the cyclopic concrete structure of its northern façade.
On the other side, the connection with the smaller urban tissue of the city's edge is made gradually, by means of two pedestrian ramps that lead to the central square: Plazarte, the heart of the project.
The connection with the smaller urban tissue of the city’s edge is made gradually, by means of two pedestrian ramps that lead to the central square: Plazarte, the heart of the project.
The outer walls of the kindergarten are made as a mosaic of enamelled bricks, that show us well known images like van Gogh's Starry Night and Hokusai's Great Wave of Kanagawa.
