PLAZOLETA PEDER LARSEN Y RELOJ DE FLORES (PARQUE GARCÍA SANABRIA)

This square comprises a large open space with access stairs to the interior of the park, whose esplanade is the kiosk of the cafeteria and the Interpretation Center of the Sculptures of the Park, initially conceived as a center of tourist information and control of the Park. At the bottom of it, the Flower Clock is shown in the middle of the stairs to the ponds designed by Rumeu de Armas in the middle of the century. The well-known Flower Clock presented by the park was manufactured in Switzerland by the Favag house and donated by the Danish consul, Peder Christian Larsen, in 1958, and remains an important and significant part of the Park.

ARCHITECT NICOS DATA

SPACE 1,986.92 m2

MUNICIPALITY Santa Cruz de Tenerife

AREA Historic Center

ADDRESS N Garc Park to Sanabria

The design of the interpretation center, as well as the space that comprises the northern zone, is a modern building of straight lines and noble materials such as wood and natural stone. For stairways, as well as the exterior of the structure of the clock, a natural stone cladding in gray tones has been used. The stair rails are made of steel. The watch face is adorned on the outside with small ceramic inlays of cobalt blue. In addition, a small metal fence has been placed around the clock structure as in the rest of the park's ponds.

During the rehabilitation of the park in 2006, not only were the tree areas and green spaces conditioned, but new elements were incorporated and one of them is this large architectural space. This houses the interpretation center of the sculptures as well as a point of tourist information. At the beginning of the 21st century, the clock mechanism will be replaced by a more modern one since the original was in poor condition due to the vandalism that for many years you will have suffered. The new mechanism has been rehabilitated in 2016 being relocated on April 25 of this same to o. Its repair was carried out by the Relojer a Pagan, located in the city of Vigo (Galicia), because no specialized professionals were found in the islands for it. The mechanism will be completely disassembled and transferred to the company's workshops in Vigo for a deeper analysis of its deterioration situation and possible solutions. The purpose of the repairs is to get the watch back to its original state and after achieving it, to be returned to the park for reinstallation. Once the clock was repositioned in the roundabout, the team will give account of the excessive weight of the needles, since they were reinforced in order to avoid possible vandalism but to be counterproductive for the correct functioning of the mechanism. This will produce a new intervention to return the original condition to the needles. In addition, the internal wiring as well as its electrical protection is better. Within the possible ...

- PALERM SALAZAR, JM, & TABARES DE NAVA Y MAR N, L. (2008). Architecture as landscape: a garden in the Atlantic. Garc Park to Sanabria. Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Ediciones Saquiro, SL

- GONZ LEZ CH VEZ, CM (2003). The urbanization projects of the Garc Park in Sanabria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Canary Islands History Magazine, n 185, 201-210.

Editorial and research team: Architecture Unit of the CICOP Foundation.
Miguel ngel Fern ndez Matr n.
Jos Luis D will read Mart nez.
Armiche lvarez P rez.
Sendy Hern ndez lvarez.
Virginia Ben complexion Mart n.
Beatriz Gonz lez Reyes.
Rub n Murillo Jim nez.
Raquel Padr n Monz n.

Photograph: Jos M. Bossini Ruiz.