Green Day(s)

The city of Barce­lona offers its resi­dents just 6 m² of green space per capita. That is not enough.

Barce­lona curr­ently has just more than 6m² of green areas per inha­bi­tant. Accor­ding to the WHO (World Health Orga­niza­tion), cities should have a minimum of 9m².

The ON‑A proposal for the Nou Camp Nou (Nou Parc), a forest that would cover the Camp Nou in Barce­lona, ​​aims to turn the area into a great green lung using bioar­chi­tec­ture as a stra­tegy for rena­tu­ra­tion.

Accor­ding to the ON‑A philo­sophy, the rena­tu­ra­tion of cities and the crea­tion of quality spaces for its citi­zens is not just an inte­res­ting idea, but a need.

Nou Camp Nou aims to show how nature can return to cities without absor­bing addi­tional space.

Curr­ently, the area around the Estadio Camp Nou is largely sealed. It only has 8% of green areas.

The Nou Camp Nou project shows how nature would come back to cities without losing buildable space, raising the topo­graphy and crea­ting a blanket of green forest above the stadium and its faci­li­ties, which would remain below the surface of the new park.

Curr­ently this area is a closed concrete space and only 8% of green areas. Conse­quently, an “island” effect is gene­rated, sepa­ra­ting the neigh­bor­hoods of Les Corts and Zona Univer­si­taria.

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The space is huge and is in disuse most of the time, except during sport events or private visits to its faci­li­ties. Neigh­bors often expe­ri­ence collapse when the space comes into opera­tion during major events.

The space is huge and is in disuse most of the time, except during sport events or private visits to its faci­li­ties. Neigh­bors often expe­ri­ence collapse when the space comes into opera­tion during major events.

Nou Camp Nou turns the journey to FC Barce­lona matches into a spec­ta­cular expe­ri­ence. On all other days, this project is just a great park.

The conver­sion of this area would provide a great oppor­tu­nity for the city of Barce­lona, ​​which would gain a new green space capable of connec­ting neigh­bor­hoods while produ­cing 15,000kg oxygen/day and absorb 25,000kg of C0₂/day.

Inside Nou Parc Nou you could walk or run along a 2.4km route, stretch in green areas and picnic in reserved areas, in addi­tion to enjoy a 360º pano­r­amic view at the highest point of the park, which culmi­nates around the stadium.

The two lakes would help to cool the tempe­ra­ture and help the deve­lo­p­ment and main­ten­ance of the area, as well as being natural coll­ec­tors of rain­water, which could be reused for the irri­ga­tion and main­ten­ance of the park.