Manuel Ocaña: Splash

Designed by Manuel Ocaña in Madrid, Splash is a private garden, an active element that reacts to light and climate issues, with reflections, vegetation and sprayed water.

Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
Manuel Ocaña designed a private garden, that used to have sunset views over an infinity pool and it was recently blocked by a big and raw grey wall of 15 meters wide and 9 meters high.
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
The concept goes far beyond a regular vertical garden. Ocaña proposed an active element that reacts to light and climate issues, with reflections, vegetation and sprayed water. Besides creating a new horizon, it climatizes the garden and creates new spaces and tours on it. 
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
Due to previous conditions difficulties, an independent structure was needed: Ocaña couldn’t rely on the exhisting wall resistance, since there were only three points of support at different heights. The architect had also to avoid and respect water treatment plants, the infinity pool and the stairs that go down to a basement. 
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
Manuel Ocaña, Splash, Madrid, 2016
The result is a new horizon that floods both garden and house, attracting several species of birds. Its spatial and material properties have now tunred positive. As Ocaña himself defines it, Splash “is deep, vivid, wet, changing, bright, colorful, reflective, refreshing, overflowing, moldable, fibrous, empathetic and sexy”.

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