Resurfacing Horizons - Reabrir horizontes

The "Resurfacing Horizons" project focuses on Santa Pola (ES), a municipality located between two contrasting natural systems: the Salinas, to the west, and the rocky Sierra, to the east. The central objective is to transform the spatial, economic and social void of the Varadero-Cantera area, recovering its latent potential and integrating it with ecological processes and cultural memory. This renovation seeks to turn the site into a strategic center within the Alicante-Elche-Santa Pola territorial network.

The strategy is based on three principles: reduce land use through reactivation of existing structures, reuse coastal materials and infrastructure, and recycle natural waste to turn it into landscape resources. The waterfront is transformed into a main axis for pedestrians and cyclists, including the new Plaza de las Palmeras. The Varadero, a former industrial and shipyard void, merges memory and future into a continuous and dynamic landscape. For its part, the disused quarry is reinterpreted as a vertical public space or "open-air museum", reactivating its old extraction ramps as pedestrian paths and viewpoints.

These light interventions prototype a resilient strategy that unites Santa Pola's landscapes through a habitable and shared coast.