The project at the La Robla thermal power plant starts from what remains: a toxic, altered landscape shaped by industrial activity. Instead of erasing these traces, the proposal works with them, initiating the transformation through a simple gesture: planting a tree and establishing a first collective presence on site.

The project unfolds through three stages of growth: before, during, and an open final state, and is defined by three main interventions.
The first is the construction of a new topography through encapsulation, where contaminated layers and rubble are reorganized and sealed, stabilizing toxicity while forming a new territorial structure. The second focuses on environmental remediation, combining phytoremediation and injection wells to progressively detoxify the soil and air over time. The third intervention is temporary housing for volunteers, conceived as a secondary but necessary support for the remediation process.

Over the years, the encapsulated ruins become the base for new ecological dynamics, allowing the site to move toward full habitability. The project ultimately proposes a replicable model for regenerating abandoned industrial landscapes through time, care, and transformation.