Parque de Santo Domingo de Bonaval [Santo Domingo de Bonaval Park], Santiago, Spain (1990)

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People:

Alvaro Siza (archive creator)
Alvaro Siza (architect)

Title:

Parque de Santo Domingo de Bonaval [Santo Domingo de Bonaval Park], Santiago, Spain (1990)

Date:

1987-1995

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

Approximately 576 drawings (including 330 reprographic copies)
331 photographic materials
0.11 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
This project series documents the Parque de Santo Domingo de Bonaval in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. While the records were held in the office’s archives this project was assigned the number 3/90. The office assigned the date 1990 to this project.

The project was for the Santo Domingo de Bonaval Park, located in the gardens of the Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval and an abandoned cementery. The park was part of the construction of the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea and was understood as an extension of it. The design was a collaboration between landscape architect Isabel Aguirre and Álvaro Siza. There was also a restoration component to the project which included restoring the pavement, paths, fountains and walls. The park, measuring 37 047 square metres, included an Eduardo Chillida sculpture. Siza and Aguirre decided not to include trash bins in the park and designed fifty-six benches. The project received the Premio Nacional de Arquitectura Manuel de la Dehesa award in 1997.

Documenting this project are studies, preliminary drawings, plans and working drawings. Textual materials include project documentation, notes and correspondence. Photographic materials document the models, project site and built project.

Reference number:

AP178.S1.1990.PR02

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series were compiled from multiple accessions. Materials within each accession were arranged by Álvaro Siza’s office and have been kept in this order.

Location:

Santiago di Compostela Spain

Credit line:
When citing the collection as a whole, use the citation: Álvaro Siza fonds, Collection Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal. When citing specific collection material, please refer to the object’s specific credit line.

Language of material:

Spanish
Portuguese

Related units of description:

Materials for this project can also be found in the Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, project series AP178.S1.1988.PR03 in this fonds.
Sketches for the Parque de Santo Domingo de Bonaval are also included in Siza's sketchbooks found in Series AP178.S2 of this fonds. Of note is sketchbook 292.

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