Pedra Tosca Park

摘要

In the Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park in Les Preses, near Olot, we encounter a very special spot, a sea of rocks resulting from the basalt defile of the Croscat Volcano and man's strenuous labours to win over a miserly bit of earth for cultivation by levelling and de-stoning the land and amassing all the rocks, stones and rubble into stout walls, burial mounds and huts. The morphological and tactile ruggedness of the spot captures the eye. The project attempts to foreground the singularity of this landscape and to stimulate the surprise factor in its discovery. A narrow broken line in steel enables you to cross the space, and at sporadic intervals the steel holds the protruding burial mounds in place. The zigzagging of the steel lines is counterpoised to the rounded masses of rock and establishes "new clearings" here and there.