In February 2009, the City Council of Madrid and Valdebebas Owners´ Management Board announced an international ideas competition to seek the best original design for the new urban park in Valdebebas. The agreement came about in an effort to endow the new development with a singular space for the enjoyment of its future inhabitants, as well as to create a new reference for leisure and nature for Madrid. In order to achieve this objective, an international ideas competition was decided upon as the best way to guarantee numerous high quality proposals from which to choose while at the same time contributing to the debate on the formal relation between environment and urban centers.

The aim of the competition is to secure the services of a multidisciplinary team that will plan and design a new urban park of approximately 80 hectares in Valdebebas. The design should resolve the transition between the urban area currently being developed and the adjacent forest park. Of utmost importance will be the proposed uses and their suitability for the scale and location of the park. To this end the winning design will need to make the most of the planning, landscape, environmental and social opportunities offered by the site. For further information about the tender or to download the technical specifications, please visit the competition website:
http://www.concursoparquedevaldebebas.com