Landscaping communal areas between apartment blocks in the Trinitat Nova neighbourhood in Barcelona


Landscaping communal areas between apartment blocks in the Trinitat Nova neighbourhood in Barcelona

Designing and carrying out landscaping for 3,550 m² consisting of several flowerbeds in the Trinitat Nova neighbourhood in Barcelona. A combination of shaded and sunny units was used in line with the features of each communal area between apartment blocks, and an automated irrigation system was installed.

Client:
Acsa, Obras e Infraestructuras
Location:
Barcelona
Period:
2021
Type of service:
Maintenance of green spaces
Ambitec carefully selected shrubs and trees to improve the green communal areas between the apartment blocks in the Trinitat Nova neighbourhood located in the Nou Barris area in Barcelona. The landscape design for the flower beds was created based on the specific conditions and needs of each plot. For instance:
 
- Shaded flowerbeds were planted using combinations of Juncus effusus, Aspidistra elatior, Agapanthus africanus and Aruncus dioicus or Carex flacca, Festuca glauca, Liriope spicata, Saxifraga stolonifera, Ophiopogon japonicus, Plectranthus zuluensis, Agapanthus africanus and Juncus effusus.
 
Sunny flowerbeds were planted using combinations of Glechoma hederacea, Lysimachia nummularia and Vinca major or Dietes grandiflora, Panicum virgatum, Muhlenbergia capillaris and Miscanthus sinensis.
In addition to supplying and planting 13,000 shrubs and 70 different tree species with their own topsoil, an irrigation system with a 9v Samcla Infinite timer was installed.
 
DETAILS

Technical data

Vegetation
 
Shrubs:
C-1L 5,000 units
C-3L 7,000 units
C-5L 1,000 units
 
Trees:
Morus alba   3 units 
Cedrela sinensis   3 units
Quercus faginea   7 units
Ginkgo biloba   3 units
Quercus pubescens   4 units
 
Pyrus calleryana   27 units
Carpinus betulus   11 units
Melia azedarach   11 units
 
Other:
Biodegradable mulch   3,600 m²
Topsoil   1,100 m3
 
 
Irrigation
 
Rotator sprinklers   660 units
50 mm tubing   1,400 ml
Sections with bypass irrigation   34 units
 
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