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INTRODUCTION About us

Lab for Planning and Architecture (LPA) is an international practice operating in a multi-scale way in the field of bioclimatic design and urbanism, optimizing the principles of ecological and sustainable development to the singularities of regions with warm and hot climates. The production of innovative solutions (Lab), the design of visions & processes (Planning) and the construction places and spaces (Architecture) define the singular approach to urban design and planning of LPA.

LPA was founded in 2002, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Canary Islands), a city known by having the best weather in the world, and a privilege laboratory for testing the environmental and spatial potential of the geographies with “good weather”, and its connection with the advance practice of urbanism. LPA has offices in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Madrid.

The operative system of LPA is framed in the intersection of two ongoing revo-lutions: the emergence of an ecological era and the new possibilities offered by Information Technologies (IT). With the social dynamics and environmental singularities of the places with good weather—as raw material— and the po-tential of digital tools—as a processing tool—, LPA has developed its own work-ing methodology and has applied it in high sensitive environmental sectors such Leisure & Hospitality and Waterfronts & Maritime. The work of the office has been awarded in national and international competitions.

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ProjectConcurso de Ideas para la Rehabilitación Integral de las Zonas Turísticas de Calvià

LocationMallorca, Spain

Year2009

ClientCalvià Municipality

StatusCompetition

Size450 Ha

Scope of WorkUrban DevelopmentUrban PlanningUrban Design

ServicesLand-Use PlanMaster PlanningLandscape Design

2nd prizein International Ideas Competition

“Cavities” and “convexities” of the coast drive a location of potential tourist developments

CALVIA COASTAL & TOURIST DEVELOPMENT

The municipality of Calvia is situated on the southwest end of the island of Mallorca. It has nearly 60 kilometres of coastline and it concentrates more than 50,000 tourist beds and as many second homes which totals for more than 50% of the tourist accommodation on the Island. The proposal is based on the geographic system of “cavities” and “convexities” that characterizes Calvia’s coast. The design strategy aims to recover and update the development pattern of the first tourist settlements where the “cavities” of the coast hosted tourist enclaves while the “convexities” were maintained as landscape reservoirs. This pattern is the basis of the vivid image that characterizes the Majorcan coast, and an example of intelligent and sustainable development of the waterfront. The project also includes a model of sustainable mobility and eight tourist enclaves, each with its own unique identity and tourist profile.

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CreditsProject DirectorsJuan Palop-CasadoLeopoldo Arnaiz EgurenMiguel Ruano

Planning TeamIgnacio López Busón (Team Leader)Fernando PortilloRubén GinorioLaura RodríguezEva PadrónBentejuí HernándezSergio AlexisJavier González

CollaboratorsPlanning & LegalIris PastorBeatriz EnríquezGerardo OteroOlga FernándezSilvia Rodríguez

Tourist StrategyJose Antonio Rodríguez(Hotel Director)Susana Sariego

InfrastructuresJorge Calle TesoroLuis Angel Pichot

EnvironmentClaudio Pérez López

SociologyMar Mechán

GISIgnacio Arnaiz David ZazoPolo Arnaiz

VisualisationRaúl RubioPrudencio FernándezJosé Antonio PalomaresCarolina TelloSebas GarcíaJorge Ros

DraftingDavid SanjuanFernando San Gregorio

More InfoInternational Ideas Competition 2nd prize