Concorso internazionale di progettazione Europan 8 a Ceuta, Spagna

The Benzu area appears as a physical description for the concept of limit, its condition is of marginality to Ceuta’s territory, which is itself as a last piece of land of two continents, somehow illogically distant from both of them. The small urban centre rises up without any plan, and as a consequence it lacks mainly infrastructures and public features. Recognition of Benzu as a whole and of the people as individuals at the same time should be encouraged by means of the public facilities, and, on the other hand, by the dwelling’s urban structure, developed around some of the principles the existing houses are based on. Thematic itineraries are developed through punctual interventions and global infrastructural designing: the seafront promenade, the pedestrian path which follows the road, together with the cycle path, the park paths, the road to the archaeological site Benzu Cave and Shelter, the naturalistic paths which climb up the mountain for birdwatching and trekking. the intersection points are underlined by the presence of new facilities.