Natura March - April 2014 | Page 95

BANYOLES DÖNÜŞÜM PROJESİ KAPSAMINDA YENİLENEN DÖRT MEYDANDA OLUŞTURULAN ESTETİK VE FONKSİYONEL FORMLAR HEYKELİMSİ BİR ETKİ YARATIRKEN STEREOTOMİYE FARKLI BİR YAKLAŞIM GETİRİYOR. THe BANYOLES URBAN TRANSFORMATION PROJECT THAT INCLUDES THE REHABILITATION OF FOUR PUBLIC SQUARES, GENERATES SCULPTURAL EFFECTS WITH ITS AESTHETIC AND FUNCTIONAL FORMS that exhıbıt ınnovatıve stereotomy ın stone. at many levels from rural to urban contexts. From technique to philosophy, architecture is now increasingly in active engagement with nature and the environment from rural countryside to urban areas. It is in the latter sense that we can understand the projects for a number of squares in the city of Banyoles in northern Catalonia by Barcelona practice MiAS Arquitectes led by the architect Josep Miàs Gifre. MiAS founded in 2000 has since then had as a focus on public space in designs for outdoor squares and plazas with an empha 6