Guixeres Path

The Camino de las Guixeres project forms part of Igualada’s broader Green Belt initiative, which aims to create a network of pedestrian and cycling routes encircling the city. The natural area traversed by the path was highly degraded, due to extensive chalk extraction in the subsoil (Guixeres del Claret and del Pelfort) and the site’s previous use as a municipal waste transfer station.

The project pursues two main objectives. The first is connectivity, ensuring continuity within the overall Green Belt, highlighting key views over the city and Montserrat, and creating a sequence of resting and gathering areas. The second is landscape and biodiversity restoration, establishing the necessary elements to generate a renewed ecological dynamic on site, progressively improving environmental conditions through water management.

The proposal’s innovation lies in the technical enhancement of conventional path construction methods, achieving higher standards of accessibility, visibility, durability, and environmental reintegration, while optimising costs and maximising ecological efficiency.