El último proyecto del GATEPAC. El Proyecto de Sixto Illescas para el concurso de ensanche de A Coruña en 1940

Abstract

This article analyzes the project carried out by the Catalan architect and GATEPAC member, Sixto Illescas, for the Ensanche de A Coruña Design Contest, announced in February 1940 by the mayor, José Pérez-Ardá, to meet the city’s need for expansion and undertake two key projects of the time: the Estadio Municipal de Riazor and the Parque Joaquín Costa, on Monte Santa Margarita. The teams that took part in the projects were a faithful reflection of the state of town planning in the post-Spanish civil war period, and both the contest and the composition of the jury would result in the first city’s master plan: the Plan Cort of 1945. The Catalan architect’s design is the only one still standing from this contest, and it can be described as the final GATEPAC project.