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“Inspired by the geology of Tennessee, the landscape provides all the fun needed with water, light, stone, rolling grass, trees, ridges and valleys. Kid’s imaginations provide the rest so you don’t have to rely so much on conventional playground equipment,” said landscape architect Gavin McMillan. “It is park that turns its site specific qualities into a great place where families can spend a day, have fun and learn something of their riverfront history.”

"The End of Sitting is an installation at the crossroads of visual art, architecture, philosophy and empirical science. In our society almost the entirety of our surroundings have been designed for sitting, while evidence from medical research suggests that too much sitting has adverse health effects. RAAAF [Rietveld Architecture-Art Affordances] and visual artist Barbara Visser have developed a concept wherein the chair and desk are no longer unquestionable starting points. Instead, the installation’s various affordances solicit visitors to explore different standing positions in an experimental work landscape."

La cesión se realizó a la Asociación Cultural CSA La Tabacalera de Lavapiés, una asociación creada por la asamblea del centro social -y a la que cualquier persona puede asociarse- con el único objetivo de contar con una figura legal válida que pudiese hacerse cargo de la cesión. En los propios estatutos de la asociación se hace explícito que no se inmiscuye en la toma de decisiones del CSA, dejando este asunto en manos de la asamblea y de las comisiones que gestionan el centro -todas ellas abiertas a quien quiera participar.

"A la plaça es recrea una arbreda semblant a unes altres que són familiars als gironins en els paisatges dels camps de cultius de plàtans i pollancres. L'arbreda creix sobre un pla horitzontal de grava i sorra suau per als passejos, emmarcada per llargs volums de formigó polièdric. Aquesta envolupant tectònica la separa i protegeix dels carrers, i defineix l'àmbit d'aquest test a escala urbana."