Elevated Plaza

The Elevated Plaza responds to the need for a large, multifunctional urban meeting space in the old city centre of Sevilla. It is connected to the street level via large stairways that function as activators for street life. While being large enough to mark the plaza as a public space, the stairways make for easy reconfiguration in the event of restricted access such as concerts, theatre performances or fashion shows.

While most of these activities take place in the evening or at night, in the daytime, the plaza becomes an attractive destination for retreat from the urban life and a place for play, conversation or contemplation. Holes in the platform visually connect it to the market underneath and further to the museum underground. The architectural proposal doubles the original area and creates an additional 4.500 sqm of high quality programmable space. Water bassins located in selected areas of the surface further enhance the microclimate and offer attractive locations for sitting and lingering.