En 1995 y 2002 se realizaron dos nuevos concursos para remodelar el vacío sur del palacio, en el marco de las celebracio- nes del Bicentenario de la Independencia del país. El resultado de dichas consultas permitió a Undurraga Devés completar el diseño del Barrio Cívico de Santiago. El proyecto original consideró un nuevo espesor urbano que permitirá, en el futuro, el cruce de vehículos y el transporte público bajo la plaza. La propuesta, aún pendiente, entregará a la ciudad un espacio urbano monumental consagrado al paseo ciudadano. Este proyecto, construido parcialmente entre 2005 y 2010, incluye recomponer el suelo fragmentado, creando un nivel continuo y subrayando, así, la unidad sugerida por los edificios circundantes. En primer término, se propuso abrir, contigua al Palacio de La Moneda, una terraza amplia que extendió los patios interiores del edificio gubernamental hacia el espacio público bajo la cual se construyó el Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda. Desde este nuevo plano arranca, mediado por una fuente de agua, una plaza-parque donde el césped se inscribe en una rigurosa geometría matizada por senderos secundarios que dan lugar a un paseo más lúdico y libre. Sendas corridas de árboles enmarcan este espacio en los costados oriente y poniente, y lo conectan con el eje que se desarrolla hacia el sur.
The remodeling and subsequent enhancement of this space has been divided into three stages. It is a process that began more than 39 years ago and has continued over time through different competitions awarded to Undurraga Devés. This has allowed the architects to reverse the accentuated deterioration and the evident hierarchical diminution of these urban voids, where large parking areas had displaced the actual presence of citizens. The first of the competitions took place in 1980. On that occasion, Undurraga Devés proposed a combination of two types of plazas: the first, a hard, triangular plaza, faced the Government Palace, while the other, in the form of a park, sur- rounded the first, incorporating a green space in the middle of historic downtown. In 1995 and 2002, two new competitions were held to remodel the southern void of the palace, within the framework of the country's Bicentennial Independence celebrations. The result of these competitions allowed Undurraga Devés to complete the design of Santiago's Barrio Cívico. The original project considered a new urban density that will allow, in the future, vehicle crossing and public transpor- tation under the Plaza. The proposal, which is still pending, will provide the city with a monumental urban space dedicated to a public promenade. This project, partially built between 2005 and 2010, involves recomposing the fragmented ground, creating a continuous level and thus underlining the unity suggested by the sur- rounding buildings. First, a large terrace was proposed adjacent to the Palacio de la Moneda, extending the government building's interior courtyards into the public space under which the Palacio de la Moneda Cultural Center was built. From this new plan starts,
W Plaza de la Ciudadanía, Barrio Cívico. W Citizenship Square, Civic District.
The first of the competitions took place in 1980. On that occasion, Undurraga Devés proposed a combination of two types of plazas: the first, a hard, triangular plaza, faced the Government Palace, while the other, in the form of a park, surrounded the first, incorporating a green space in the middle of historic downtown.
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